'Idiot' US tourist who risked wiping out entire uncontacted tribe with a can of Coke faces FIVE YEARS in jail for his stunt

An American 'danger tourist' who risked wiping retired an full uncontacted people faces up to 5 years successful jailhouse for sneaking onto a forbidden land and leaving down an 'offering' for its inhabitants, it has emerged.

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, illegally acceptable ft connected the restricted territory of North Sentinel - portion of India's Andaman Islands - carrying a coconut and a tin of Diet Coke connected Saturday morning, in a bid to conscionable the Sentinelese tribe.

Polyakov, of Arizona, was arrested precocious Monday, astir 2 days aft helium went ashore, was presented earlier the section tribunal and is present connected a three-day remand for further interrogation.

Police seized a GoPro camera from the wannabe question influencer, who recorded the infinitesimal helium approached the highly restricted island.

'That is it. The past uncontacted tribe. The past mystery. If they spot me, volition they attack? Or volition they judge me?' helium said successful the recording, The Telegraph reports.

Polyakov faces 'three to 5 years successful situation for breaching the instrumentality prohibits unauthorized introduction into the areas inhabited by protected tribes of North Sentinel Island' if helium is recovered guilty, the manager wide of Andaman and Nicobar constabulary said.

Indian authorities person prosecuted immoderate locals who person aided attempts to participate the land and are trying to place anyone who whitethorn person helped Polyakov. 

The nonstop intent of his travel remains nether investigation, but according to The Times of India, Polyakov told constabulary during his interrogation that helium is simply a 'thrill seeker'.

Polyakov - who past twelvemonth spent clip with weapon toting Taliban successful Afghanistan - regularly posts his exploits on YouTube under the username Neo-Orientalist, a nonstop notation to the conception of however Western countries often represent the Islamic satellite successful a stereotypical and antagonistic way.

Polyakov arrived successful Port Blair, the superior metropolis of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, connected March 26, according to the authoritative constabulary study detailing Polyakov's arrest.

He 'ventured into the oversea without informing authorities' connected March 28 and returned the adjacent time 'without a wide explanation', constabulary allege. 

'A reappraisal of his Go Pro footage suggested imaginable introduction into the restricted North Sentinel Island,' the study stated. 'His recordings showed him claiming unofficial practice of the US and landing connected North Sentinel Island.' 

Police accidental helium utilized a grey Gemini inflatable vessel to sail across a 25-mile consecutive from Kurma Dera Beach to North Sentinel Island connected March 29.

He acceptable sail for restricted territory astir 1am, 'carrying a coconut and a Diet Coke arsenic offerings for the Sentinelese.' He reached the northeastern enactment of North Sentinel Island astir 10am, according to the report. 

Polyakov surveyed the country with binoculars and kept blowing a whistle disconnected the enactment for astir an hr to pull the tribe's attraction earlier helium went ashore.

'He landed concisely for astir 5 minutes, near the offerings connected the shore, collected soil samples, and recorded a video earlier returning to his boat,' Dhaliwal said.

'A reappraisal of his GoPro camera footage showed his introduction and landing into the restricted North Sentinel Island.'

'At 1pm helium started his instrumentality travel and reached Kurma Dera Beach by 7pm, wherever helium was spotted by section fisherman.'

The study elaborate however he visited Port Blair successful October past twelvemonth with plans to sail to North Sentinel Island utilizing an 'inflatable kayak', but was stopped by edifice staff.

Polyakov visited again successful January this year, wherever he visited the Baratang Islands and 'illegally videographed the Jarawa tribe'.

Polyakov posted a bid of six 30 infinitesimal videos connected YouTube past September, detailing his sojourn to Afghanistan - which is controlled by the Taliban. 

The footage charted his 3 week enactment arsenic helium filmed himself walking done the streets 'enjoying beverage with locals' and interacting with the Taliban.

One clip shows the infinitesimal the Taliban hands him an assault-style limb and draped an ammunition loop crossed his neck. Polyakov can beryllium heard saying 'yes,' arsenic helium holds the limb up, earlier unleashing a changeable successful different clip.

He wrote: 'In this series, I instrumentality a three-week roadworthy travel crossed what has go the unrecognized Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan pursuing the chaotic US withdrawal successful 2021 and the accelerated takeover of the state by the Taliban.

'Recognized arsenic a violent radical by galore countries, the Taliban support a strict theocratic authorities successful which music, dancing, women's education, being cleanable shaven, utilizing commencement control, and adjacent the depiction of faces are forbidden.'

He closes by telling his 398 subscribers: 'Join maine arsenic I navigate 1 of the astir unsafe and unquestionably the astir blimpish state successful the world. Don't hide to like, remark and subscribe for more!'

In different clip helium is besides seen having a haircut successful a barber for $2 and helium comes retired telling viewers: 'Just got a caller cut. Looking other crispy today.

'Great happening it outgo lone $2 and dissimilar successful America wherever they flip a tablet and request 30 per cent supra the terms which is ever great,' earlier adding however helium was besides fixed a overgarment of lipstick arsenic well.

Other videos showing him walking done an abandoned US subject basal arsenic helium explores a soil bugged bunker with slug holes and shrapnel damage. He asks 'how overmuch did we permission behind?' arsenic helium films destroyed subject vehicles.

Seemingly oblivious to the information helium has exposed himself to, helium besides posted a clip called Road Rage Afghan Edition successful which helium said a 'traffic quality ends successful gunfire.'

He navigated to the forbidden land utilizing a GPS and arrived at its northeastern shores astir 9 hours aft his aboriginal greeting departure. Looking done binoculars, helium surveyed the land for signs of life. 

Polyakov spent astir an hour blowing a whistle from his inflatable vessel successful hopes of drafting attraction to himself, but received nary response. He past proceeded to onshore connected North Sentinel Island, police said.

He spent astir 5 minutes collecting soil samples, signaling a video and leaving down a tin of soda and a coconut arsenic 'offerings for the Sentinelese' tribe.

Police accidental his travel to the prohibited territory was meticulously planned, alleging that the tourer had studied sea conditions, tides and entree points earlier making helium acceptable sail.

He returned to Kurma Dera Beach astir 7pm that aforesaid day, wherever helium was spotted by section fishermen who past reported his activities to police.  

Investigators are besides trying to place wherever else Polyakov visited during his enactment successful the portion and are 'questioning the edifice unit wherever helium was staying successful Port Blair'.

'We are getting much details astir him and his volition to sojourn the reserved tribal area,' Andaman and Nicobar Islands' Director General of Police told The Press Trust of India.

The US Embassy, the Ministry of External Affairs and the Home Department person been notified of his arrest. 

Indian authorities prohibit visits to North Sentinel Island successful an effort to support the Sentinelese people from extracurricular threats.

The people is considered a peculiarly susceptible radical and reportedly hostile towards outsiders, having attacked astir everyone who has entered their territory.

Caroline Pearce, the manager of indigenous rights radical Survival International, branded Polyakov's effort to sojourn the land arsenic 'reckless and idiotic'.

'This person's actions not lone endangered his ain life, they enactment the lives of the full Sentinelese people astatine risk,' she said successful a connection provided to MailOnline.

'It's precise good known by present that uncontacted peoples person nary immunity to communal extracurricular diseases similar flu oregon measles, which could wholly hitch them out.' 

Pearce added that the 'Sentinelese person made their privation to debar outsiders incredibly wide implicit the years', citing how American missionary John Chau was murdered by the people successful November 2018.

Chau, 26, was killed successful a hail of arrows arsenic helium went ashore connected North Sentinel Island. He had been persistently trying to scope retired to the Sentinelese successful a bid to speech to them astir Jesus - a determination which his person said 'he knew that helium had nary concern doing.'

The people past tied a enactment astir his cervix and dragging his assemblage away, according to the fishermen who helped him get there. His assemblage remains connected the island. 

Chau began his missionary grooming astatine the All Nations International office successful Kansas City successful October 2017 earlier mounting retired into the world. 

The radical subscribes to the content that spreading the connection of God to 'all nations' volition origin the 2nd coming of Jesus and works to speedily conscionable that goal. 

The missionary antecedently visited the Andaman Islands, which includes North Sentinel Island, in 2015 and 2016. His extremity was to instrumentality to physique a semipermanent narration with the tribespeople successful the area, and if possible, to beryllium accepted to unrecorded amongst them.

He organized his 2018 sojourn to the land done a person who hired 7 fishermen for $325 to instrumentality him determination connected a vessel which besides towed his kayak. His archetypal effort astatine reaching retired was connected November 15.

Chau paddled toward the enactment successful his kayak and sent the vessel with the fishermen backmost retired to oversea successful a bid to debar detection.

But helium was undeterred and conscionable a fewer hours aboriginal returned - this clip attempting to locomotion to the formation to present gifts such arsenic a shot and food to the tribespeople.

He was erstwhile again met with hostility and was chased backmost into the surf earlier helium frantically swam toward the fishermen who had been waiting for him. 

However, helium inactive remained undeterred by the group's choler and returned doubly more. He was again met with hostility and the last effort would beryllium to beryllium fatal.

Speaking again of Polyakov's arrest, Pearce said: 'It's bully quality that the antheral successful this latest incidental has been arrested, but profoundly disturbing that helium was reportedly capable to get onto the land successful the archetypal place.'

'The Indian authorities person a ineligible work to guarantee that the Sentinelese are harmless from missionaries, societal media influencers, radical sportfishing illegally successful their waters and anyone other who whitethorn effort to marque interaction with them.' 

MailOnline has approached constabulary and the US Embassy successful India for comment. 

The Sentinelese, who are considered to beryllium the world's past pre-Neolithic tribe, person a past of hostility towards outsiders. Because of their rejection of the extracurricular world, small is known astir them - including what they telephone themselves.

What is known has been gleaned from viewing them from boats moored acold capable distant from the tribesmen, who transportation spears, bows and arrows, oregon from the fewer times the people allowed authorities to travel adjacent capable to manus implicit coconuts.

The Sentinelese attracted planetary attraction successful the aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami, erstwhile a subordinate of the people was photographed connected a beach, firing arrows astatine a chopper that was checking connected their welfare.

North Sentinel Island is retired of bounds adjacent to the Indian navy successful a bid to support its reclusive inhabitants who fig lone astir 150. 

Campaigns by non-profit and section organizations person led the Indian authorities to wantonness plans to interaction the Sentinelese. 

It is amerciable to person immoderate interaction with the people and the Indian authorities said adjacent taking photographs oregon making videos of aboriginal Andaman tribes would beryllium punishable with imprisonment of up to 3 years. 

Survival International, which works to guarantee that nary further attempts are made to interaction the tribe, says the Sentinelese person thrived connected the tiny forested land - which is astir the size of Manhattan - for up to 55,000 years.

The women deterioration fibre strings tied astir their waists, necks and heads. The men besides deterioration necklaces and headbands, but with a thicker waist belt. 

From a distance, they look steadfast and thriving and observers person noted galore children and large women astatine times.

According to Survival, the Sentinelese hunt and stitchery successful the forest, and food successful the coastal waters by marque constrictive outrigger canoes, which tin lone beryllium utilized successful shallow waters arsenic they are steered and propelled with a rod similar a punt.