pop culture always talks about cataclysmic apocalypse events that destroy the entire earth, but there’s at least one man who is living through his own apocalypse. His entire tribe was massacred in 1995 and he’s been the sole survivor ever since(FUNAI watches & protects him) 
About 30 sq mi around him are considered his territory, and FUNAI has designated this land as a reservation for this man alone. Nobody knows his name, nobody...not even neighboring tribes...speak his language. He’s been alone for 25 years. He’s in his 50’s now they think
His territory is surrounded by deforestation. All the land around him is owned by cattle ranchers and plantation owners. They all want his land so they’ve been trying to kill him ever for years. The last time he nearly died was in 2009.
FUNAI calls him “man of the hole” bc he digs holes for protection and for making animal traps. He knows that FUNAI is different from the ranchers and loggers and actually signals to FUNAI agents where traps are hidden so they don’t get hurt...but he always keeps his distance
FUNAI has visited his hut while he was away hunting, and they’ve visited his farm. He grows corn, papaya, and cassava in a plot that would have taken him days if not weeks to clear by hand. They leave him gifts of metal tools and seeds to plant, and he’s left gifts for them back
Imagine being him...imagine your entire world came crashing down around you and now you’re in a small jungle oasis surrounded by hostile people who want to kill you for their own greed. Nobody to speak to. Even if he does make real contact with FUNAI nobody speaks his language
He could still be alive but the last update FUNAI released about him was in 2018. I really hope COVID stays far away from him after the steak of people in the Amazon who have sadly passed bc of it. It must be the saddest existence on the planet
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https://twitter.com/sowi_kiki/status/1363723222479491072
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