The human rights organization believes that the man’s tribe was targeted by genocide. The last member of the tribe was monitored for security reasons since 1996.
The hermit who lived in the Amazon rainforest was known only as the “Man of the Hole”. The name came from the fact that he dug deep pits as traps for animals and hiding places for himself.
The body of a man estimated to be in his 60s was found last week in a hammock outside his straw hut. There were no signs of violence.
The “pit man” with his tribes lived in isolation from other people in the Tanaru region of the state of Rondônia. The tribe’s remote living area is practically a patch of forest surrounded by numerous cattle farms.
Ranchers who expanded their land are believed to have killed most of the tribe’s members already in the 1970s. Miners are suspected to have killed six members in 1995, after which “The Pitman” was left alone.
“We can only imagine the horrors he experienced”
– No one outside knew much about the tribe. [“Kuoppamiehen”] with death, mass destruction has ended.
Brazilian authorities have been monitoring “The Pitman” for his safety since 1996. In a video shot some years ago, a man was glimpsed in the jungle chopping wood with an ax-like tool. That was the last time “The Pitman” was seen alive.
– We can only imagine what kind of horrors he experienced during his life and how lonely he has been, says Watson.
According to Watson, “The Pit Man” resolutely rejected all contact and made it clear that he just wanted to be left alone.
About 240 indigenous tribes still live in Brazil. The environment of many is threatened by the expansion of mines, logging and agricultural lands, warns Survival International.
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