NOT WORTH THE TRIP.

The North Sentienel Sea

In the Bay of Bengal, home to the Sentinelese tribe, lies an island whose people are known for killing anyone who ventures too close to the island’s shores, be that intentionally or by accident.

In 2006, two eager Indian fishermen were mud crabbing not far from the island.

As night fell they put down a makeshift anchor, which failed them while they were sleeping. The current pushed their boat too close to the shore, and the Sentinelese murdered them in an instant.

When Indian officials came to retrieve the bodies, a volley of arrows was shot at the helicopter forcing the pilots to retreat and eventually give up.

So little is known about the island that the population is estimated to be between 50 and 400.

The violent and defensive tendencies of the Sentinelese people have left India’s government to enforce a 3-mile ban around the island, urging people to leave the North Sentinel Island alone.

Safe to say it’s a place on Earth I’d never go to.

     “Some Places are Best Left Unseen”