Yahoo News Inside the home of the lone survivor of uncontacted Amazon tribe
Images have captured the home of an indigenous tribesman who has survived alone in the Amazon jungle of Rodonia for 22 years.
He was captured on camera last month hacking at a tree near his home in the region of Tanaru in Brazil.
He is believed to be the sole survivor of a brutal massacre of the rest of his tribe – although no one knows his name or even what language he speaks.
Images shown off by Survival International have captured the hut he lives in – where he grows crops and digs holes to sleep in and to trap animals.
Survival International says, ‘He lives on his own and is constantly on the run. He totally rejects any type of contact.
‘FUNAI has set aside a small patch of rainforest for his protection. This is entirely surrounded by cattle ranchers.
‘In late 2009, the man was viciously targeted by gunmen. In the past, many ranchers have used gunmen to kill uncontacted Indians in Rondônia.’
He was first spotted in the jungle in 1996 – but strict laws which forbid contact with isolated tribesmen has meant he has been left alone.
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He’s believed to be the only survivor after farmers attacked his tribe, killing the other five people, in 1995.
Survival International says he is in his 50s, and survives alone in an area surrounded by ranches.
The group says it’s ‘extraordinary’ he has survived alone for so long – given that farmers and land grabbers are interested in his territory.
