/ 30 August 2022

Mysterious man meets his end

Image source: Facebook
Image source: Facebook

An Indigenous man thought to be the last of his tribe in the Brazilian Amazon has been found dead, frustrating conservationists who believe his language and culture will be lost forever. He was known as the ‘Man of the Hole’ due to spending much of his life hiding in underground pits that he dug to evade decades of attacks which saw many of his people killed. His body was discovered lying in a hammock covered in macaw feathers with no obvious signs of violence – experts say he likely knew he was going to die. Authorities occasionally left supplies for him but other than that, the man lived in near-total isolation for the past 26 years. This man wasn’t on his own out there… Reports say there are 235 and 300 remaining tribes in the region, and about 30 groups are deep in the jungle and have had little contact with the outside world.

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