The Forbidden Island

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Posted in Amazing by on July 11th, 2013

In August 1981, the crew of the Primrose, a Hong Kong freighter, happened to get tangled up in a submerged coral reef. Rather than fret, they stayed put for the night only to awaken and discover North Sentinel Island. After a nasty, couple day standoff with the island’s naked, armed natives who had (and continue to have) zero access to the outside world, choppers flew in to rescue the crew from the Sentinels. Read more of this fascinating tale here with The Forbidden Island.

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