A kusan tsakar dare, ya tura daga bakin teku, yana tattara kyamararsa, kwakwa, da gwangwanin Diet Coke. Mykhailo Polyakov—wanda yake da shekara 24 a lokacin kuma daga Scottsdale, Arizona—ya jagoranci kwale-kwalen sa na roba zuwa cikin ruwa, yana rage gudu don guje wa ganinsa.
Bayan sa'o'i na tsallaka Tekun Bengal, abin da yake nema ya bayyana: wani tsibiri marar tsayi wanda da kyar ya raba teku da sama. Da rana ta yi tsaka, Polyakov ya kashe injin ya fara yin rikodin a GoPro dinsa. "Don haka, manufar," in ji shi, yana lumshe ido ga farin rairayin bakin teku mai makanta, "shi ne gabatar da wannan kabila ta Zamanin Dutse ga rayuwar zamani... Mu sauka a wannan rairayin bakin teku."
Polyakov yana tunkarar Tsibirin Sentinel ta Arewa, wani yanki na tsibiran Andaman na Indiya. Zuwa cikin kilomita 5 (mil 3) an hana shi sosai, balle sauka a bakin teku, kuma hukumomi suna sintiri a kusa da ruwan akai-akai. Amma Polyakov ya ɗauke shi a matsayin manufa: don ganin—kuma mafi mahimmanci, yin fim—'yan asalin da ke zaune a can.
Sentinelese suna iya zama mafi keɓantattun mutane a duniya. Suna rayuwa a matsayin mafarauta, tare da kimanin mutane 100. Bayan haka, ba a san komai game da su ba, har ma da yarensu. Kuma haka suke so. Kabilar ta zaɓi ci gaba da keɓe daga duniyar waje kuma ta yi tsayin daka wajen hana duk wani ƙoƙari na tuntuɓar su. A shekarar 2018, wani ɗan mishan na Amurka ya mutu da kibiyoyi a ƙoƙarinsa na uku na sauka a bakin teku. Tun da farko, a shekarar 2006, wasu masunta biyu na Indiya sun mutu bayan kwale-kwalensu ya nitse a bakin teku bisa kuskure.
Polyakov, wanda zai cika shekara 26 a wannan shekara kuma ya karanta ilimin kuɗi, ya yi imanin cewa haɗarin an wuce gona da iri—ko aƙalla ba shi da mahimmanci fiye da sha'awarsa ta ɗaukar hoton 4K na farko mai haske. "Ba zan ƙarfafa ayyukan da ba bisa ka'ida ba, amma a gare ni, sha'awar zuwa can tana da ƙarfi sosai," in ji shi, shekara guda bayan tafiyarsa marar izini. "Kuna ganin bidiyoyin Sentinelese, kuma duk hotuna ne masu duhu daga shekarun 90s... Wannan ya tura ni sosai don in ɗauke su a kyamara."
Ya kawo madubi da busa "don fitar da su," tare da wasu kyaututtuka na alheri idan ya sami tuntuɓar: Diet Coke a matsayin "alama ce ta rayuwar zamani" da kwakwa "domin mun san suna son kwakwa." Ba don kawai yawan kallo ba ne, Polyakov ya ƙara da murmushi: "Zai zama rashin ladabi kada a kawo kyaututtuka yayin ziyartar mutane."
Survival International, ƙungiyar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam, ta kiyasta cewa al'ummomin 'yan asali 196 ne ke rayuwa kamar Sentinelese, cikin keɓe na son rai. Yawancinsu suna cikin Kudancin Amurka, a cikin dajin Amazon da yankin Gran Chaco wanda ya shafi Paraguay da Bolivia, tare da wasu kaɗan a Indonesia, West Papua, da sauran wurare a tsibiran Andaman da Nicobar na Indiya. Ko da yake sun bambanta da juna sosai, waɗannan ƙungiyoyin duk sun zaɓi ƙin baƙi da duniyar masana'antu, suna rayuwa cikin dogaro da kai. Masu tsara manufofi da masu fafutuka suna kiransu "mutanen da ba a tuntuɓar su ba."
Amma ƙara yawa, baƙi suna ƙoƙarin isa gare su—kuma su ci riba daga gare su. Survival da sauran ƙungiyoyin da ke aiki don kare al'ummomin keɓaɓɓu sun ba da rahoton cewa masu tasiri suna ƙara kai musu hari, suna fatan ɗaukar hotuna na musamman na "tuntuɓar farko" da samun shaharar intanet. A yanzu, lambobin sun yi ƙanƙanta, tare da Polyakov a matsayin wani lamari da aka tabbatar, amma masu fafutuka sun ce barazanar gaskiya ce, tana girma, kuma tana buƙatar mataki. An tattauna masu tasiri a taron kasa da kasa a Jakarta a watan Janairu da kuma a taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Brazil a watan Yuni.
GTI PIACI, ƙawancin ƙungiyoyi 21 da ke kare 'yan asalin da ba a tuntuɓar su ba a Amazon da Gran Chaco, ya yada labari a cikin hanyar sadarwarsa, in ji sakatare Daniel Aristizábal daga Bogotá, Colombia. "Yana zama al'ada, kuma dole mu daidaita. Waɗannan mutane suna da kuɗi."
"Yana da wuce gona da iri. Yana da matuƙar 'dube ni, ina da ƙarfi sosai.'"Sophie Grig, daga ƙungiyar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam Survival, tana sa ido kan kafofin sada zumunta don masu tasiri waɗanda ke ƙoƙarin tuntuɓar su. Hoton: Patrick Dowse/The Guardian
Ƙungiyar Survival ta Burtaniya tana ƙara yin nisa ta hanyar sa ido kan kafofin sada zumunta don masu tasiri waɗanda za su iya sha'awar kaiwa. "Yana da wuce gona da iri," in ji Sophie Grig, shugabar shawarwari da bincike, tana magana ta Zoom daga gidanta a Cambridge. Ta yi aiki da Survival tsawon shekaru 30, tana mai da hankali har kwanan nan kan yankin Asiya-Pacific, kuma tana jin haushin wannan "barazanar da ke kunno kai" daga masu tasiri. Ƙungiyar tana bin diddigin asusu kusan goma sha biyu akan YouTube, TikTok, da Instagram waɗanda ke buga game da mutanen da ba a tuntuɓar su ba. Yawancin mutanen da ke bayan waɗannan asusun—mafi yawa fararen maza—suna zaune a Kudancin Amurka ko Asiya, suna ƙirƙirar abun ciki game da al'ummomin 'yan asalin da aka riga aka tuntuɓa. Rubutunsu sau da yawa suna nuna makamai, macizai, da "magungunan shuka" kamar ayahuasca. "Yana da matuƙar 'dube ni, ina da ƙarfi sosai,'" in ji Grig da raini.
Ko da yake damar waɗannan masu tasiri su isa ga mutanen da ba a tuntuɓar su ba kaɗan ce, haɗarin da ke tattare da shi yana da girma: al'ummomin keɓaɓɓu a tarihi an shafe su da cututtuka kamar kyanda, waɗanda ba su da kariya daga gare su. "Tuntuɓar waɗannan mutane na iya kaiwa ga halakarsu cikin kwanaki," in ji Beto Marubo, shugaban 'yan asalin daga kwarin Javari a cikin Amazon na Brazil.
A shekarar 1987, gwamnatin Brazil ta dakatar da manufarta na "aikin tuntuɓar tilas" tare da kabilun Amazon da ba a tuntuɓar su ba saboda cututtukan da suka ci gaba da yaduwa duk da matakan tsaro. Don mai tasiri ya raina haɗarin kuma ya yi magana a madadin mutanen da ba a tuntuɓar su ba "hali ne na rashin alhaki, har ma da laifi," in ji Marubo.
Grig ta lura cewa "masu sha'awar kasada" na Yamma sun daɗe suna sha'awar wurare kamar Amazon, amma masu tasiri suna ƙara haɗari saboda isar su ga duniya: waɗanda ke cikin jerin sa ido na Survival suna da mabiya sama da miliyan 40. Ko da ba sa neman mutanen da ba a tuntuɓar su ba, ta hanyar buga game da su, Grig ta ce sau da yawa suna ƙarfafa ra'ayoyi marasa kyau, suna yada bayanai marasa gaskiya masu haɗari, kuma suna iya zaburar da wasu su gwada irin wannan.
A cikin tambayoyi, Polyakov ya yi watsi da sukar Survival cewa ya jefa Sentinelese cikin haɗari, yana jayayya cewa an yi masa allurar rigakafi kuma haɗarin yaduwa ya yi ƙasa. Ya kuma yi iƙirarin cewa masu kutsawa a can sun fi yawa fiye da yadda ake ba da rahoto kuma har ma ya yi tambaya ko akwai mutanen da ba a tuntuɓar su ba da gaske. Grig ta kira wannan ma'anar son kai: yayin da "keɓe na son rai" zai iya kwatanta yanayinsu da kyau, babu shakka suna son a bar su. Sau da yawa, wannan ya samo asali ne daga tashin hankali ko rauni na baya. "Idan ba a tuntuɓar ka a 2026, wannan saboda ka yanke shawara mai ƙarfi," in ji Grig. "Mutane kamar Sentinelese sun bayyana a sarari: ba ma son mutane a yankinmu."
Don mutunta 'yancin su, Survival, GTI PIACI, da sauran masu fafutuka suna bin diddigin ƙungiyoyin da ba a tuntuɓar su ba daga nesa mai nisa, sau da yawa ta hanyar tsoffin membobin da suka bar daji ko al'ummomin 'yan asalin makwabta. Wasu mutanen da ba a tuntuɓar su ba na iya yin hulɗa da baƙi lokaci-lokaci, in ji Grig, yawanci lokacin da matsi ya tilasta musu—amma, mahimmanci, bisa sharuɗɗansu. "Ba sa kaiwa, kuma dole mu mutunta hakan."
Dokokin kare haƙƙin ɗan adam na duniya sun goyi bayan haƙƙin 'yan asalin na zaɓar keɓe kansu kuma suna buƙatar "yarda kyauta, ta farko, da kuma sanarwa" don kowane aiki a ƙasarsu, amma kariyar ƙasa ba koyaushe take cika wannan matakin ba, kuma aiwatarwa sau da yawa ba ta da daidaito. A Peru, alal misali, shiga ba tare da izini ba na iya haifar da tara mai lambobi shida, amma tare da ƙarancin kasancewar gwamnati a ƙasa, damar kama shi kaɗan ce.
"Ba kamar na hanzarta haɗin duniya ba ta hanyar zuwa can. Idan ba ni ba, wani zai yi."
Duba hoton cikakken allo: Cikakken allo na hotunan da Mykhailo Polyakov ya buga bayan saukarsa a Tsibirin Sentinel ta Arewa. Hotuna: YouTube
Masu ƙirƙirar abun ciki, waɗanda dandamali ke ƙarfafa su waɗanda ke ba da lada ga abun ciki mai ban sha'awa da na musamman, na iya yanke shawarar cewa haɗarin ya cancanci. "Yana jin kamar wannan ɓangare ne na dogon tarihin mulkin mallaka," in ji Grig, tana jin haushi. "Mutane sun bi ƙasa, zinariya, roba, katako, rayuka—kuma yanzu ya zama yawan kallo."
A YouTube, inda Polyakov ke buga galibi, yana tafiya da @Neo-Orientalist—"domin ina dawo da shi"—kuma yana amfani da avatar irin na Tintin. Amma ya ƙi a kira shi mai ƙirƙirar abun ciki, yana watsi da kafofin sada zumunta a matsayin kayan aiki kawai don cimma manufa. Ta hanyar nufin Sentinelese, ya so ya tura manufarsa ta yin shirye-shiryen "masu canza wasa." "Ina so in yi wani abu da babu wanda ya taɓa yi," in ji shi ta hanyar kiran bidiyo, fuskarsa ta cika kyamarar wayar. A bayansa, wani bangon siminti mai launi mai haske da haske mai ƙarfi suna nuna masaukin matasa. Lokacin da muka yi magana a watan Mayu, Polyakov ya ce yana wani wuri a Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya, yana aiki kan ayyuka. Ya guji ba da ƙarin bayani, yana damuwa game da ƙara "masu ƙiyayya" na kan layi: "Idan kuna son sanin inda zan je, ya kamata ku bi."
Polyakov ya yi iƙirarin cewa babban manufarsa ita ce yin fim na Sentinelese, ba mu'amala da su ba, wanda ya ce ya rage haɗarin ga ɓangarorin biyu. "Kuna iya yin fim daga wajen kewayon kibiya koyaushe," in ji shi yana ɗaga kafaɗa. Amma lokacin da ya isa Sentinel ta Arewa a ƙoƙarinsa na uku, a watan Maris 2025, "a ƙarshe, na kasa samun wanda ya fito," in ji shi. Bayan ya ja kwale-kwalen sa zuwa bakin teku, ya yi yawo na mintuna biyar zuwa goma, yana busa busarsa ba tare da wani amsa ba. Sa'an nan ya koma cikin teku ya yi fim na kansa yana jefa gwangwanin Coke zuwa gaɓar. "Ba shi da ƙarewa... Na ɗan yi takaici."
Ya ce ya fi damuwa da cin karo da hukumomi fiye da Sentinelese. Amma a cikin faifan da ya daga baya ya buga a YouTube, Polyakov ya yi kama da tsoro, sannan ɗan jin kariya. "Duba, ba zan iya tilasta wa 'yan ƙasar su fito ba," in ji shi ga masu sauraronsa da zarar ya dawo lafiya kan ruwa. Ya koma otal dinsa ba tare da an kama shi ba, amma daga baya an kama shi. Hukumomi sun hango wani kwale-kwale a cikin ruwa, kuma Polyakov ya manta ya fitar da katin ƙwaƙwalwar kyamararsa. "Sun same ni ina cewa, 'Yaya, mutane? Ina a Sentinel ta Arewa,'" in ji shi cikin nadama. "Daga nan, abin ya yi tsanani."
An tuhume Polyakov da wasu dokoki biyu, amma ya ce ya tabbata cewa, a matsayinsa na baƙo, "ba zan tsaya a Indiya shekaru ba." Ya amsa laifinsa kuma an yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin kwanaki 25 a gidan yari tare da tara na kusan £120.
"Sanarwarsa" ta farko daga Sentinel ta Arewa an buga ta a YouTube a wannan watan Afrilu. Sharhin sun kasance mafi yawa marasa kyau, kamar yadda Polyakov ya yarda. (Wani babban sharhi ya karanta, "Bro's got main character syndrome.") Ya zargi rahotannin "masu son zuciya" kuma yana amfani da kowace dama don yin magana da kafofin watsa labarai, wani ɓangare don talla, amma kuma don kare kansa daga sukar ƙungiyoyi kamar Survival, wanda ya kira shi "wawa da rashin kulawa."
A mayar da martani, Polyakov ya kira Survival ƙungiyar fafutuka da ke tura manufar "kuskure" "don kiyaye wasu ƙungiyoyi a makale a baya," kuma ya ce yana aiki don amfanin jama'a ta hanyar "kawo bayanai a duniya." Ya ƙaryata cewa ya jefa Sentinelese cikin haɗari, yana nuna sharar filastik da ya samu an wanke ta a bakin tekunsu. "Suna sane sosai da duniyar waje... Ba kamar na hanzarta haɗin duniya ba ta hanyar zuwa can. Idan ba ni ba, wani zai yi."
A cikin ganganci ya yi niyya ga mafi keɓaɓɓun mutane a duniya, ya karya dokoki da yawa, kuma an kama shi, Polyakov lamari ne bayyananne. Sau da yawa, masu ƙirƙirar abun ciki da ke buga game da mutanen da ba a tuntuɓar su ba suna da wuya a iya tantance su, musamman saboda akwai iyaka mai girma tsakanin abin da masu tasiri ke faɗa a kan layi da abin da za su iya yi a zahiri. Wani da Survival ke sa ido (wanda ya nemi a bayyana sunansa, saboda sun yi imanin yana da babban haɗari) ya raba cikakken tsare-tsare a kan layi don ziyartar Tsibirin Sentinel ta Arewa tare da mabiyansa sama da 600,000. Amma babu wata shaida da ke nuna ya yi ƙoƙari sosai don zuwa can a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata. Sauran masu tasiri suna yin alfahari game da tafiya ta "yankin da ba a tuntuɓar ba," yayin da a zahiri suna kan hanyoyin da aka sani ko ma suna shiga cikin abubuwan kabilanci irin na yawon buɗe ido. Survival na jin tsoron wasu na iya yin akasin haka—suna yin kamar masu halalci yayin da suke neman nemo da yin fim na mutanen da ba a tuntuɓar su ba. Tun da yake iyakokin ƙasa, doka, da ɗa'a ba su bayyana ba, masu ƙirƙirar abun ciki sau da yawa suna aiki a cikin yanki mai duhu.
Nathan Seastrand, ɗan shekara 30 wanda ke tafiya da @yankiguayo akan Instagram, yana da mabiya 276,000. Ya bayyana kansa a matsayin mai shirya fina-finai wanda ke yin shirye-shirye game da yankin Gran Chaco na Paraguay da mutanen Ayoréo na asali. Asalinsa daga Utah, ya zauna a Paraguay tun 2016. A bainar jama'a, yana gabatar da kansa a matsayin mai goyon bayan Chaco da mutanensa, yana gaya wa kafofin watsa labarai na gida cewa "sha'awa da mamaki" ne ke motsa shi. Amma kwanan nan, wannan suna an ƙalubalanci shi a bainar jama'a, tare da zargin Seastrand da cin zarafi—da'awar da ya ƙaryata.
A farkon watan Agusta, wani mai tasiri wanda ya nemi a bayyana sunansa ya buga wani bidiyon YouTube game da aiki tare da Seastrand a kan wani shiri na shekarar da ta gabata. Ya ce Seastrand ya yi kama da "mai sha'awar" neman da yin fim na mutanen Ayoréo da ba a tuntuɓar su ba. A cewarsa, Seastrand ya yi tafiye-tafiye da yawa zuwa yankinsu, ya kafa kyamarori na hanya, kuma ya yi ƙoƙarin samun jirgin sama mai daukar hoto don bincike daga sama.
An kiyasta cewa akwai kimanin mutanen Ayoréo 150 da ba a tuntuɓar su ba, suna rayuwa cikin ƙananan ƙungiyoyin makiyaya a cikin sassan Chaco da ke raguwa waɗanda ba a share su ba saboda sare dazuzzuka. Masu fafutuka na gida suna bin diddigin su ta hanyar alamomi kamar sawun takalman fatar dabbar tapir, amma ba a ɗauki hotonsu ba shekaru da yawa. A shekarar 2018, gwamnatin Paraguay ta sanya hannu kan wata yarjejeniya da ke buƙatar ta hana tuntuɓar da ba a so, amma ba ta hana shi musamman ba. Samun damar shiga ƙasashen 'yan asalin ana ba da shi bisa ga ra'ayin shugabannin al'umma ɗaya ɗaya.
Mai tasirin, wanda ya raka Seastrand a tafiye-tafiye biyu zuwa Chaco, ya ce ya ƙara damuwa game da hanyoyin Seastrand "masu shakku a ɗa'a." Ya yi iƙirarin cewa Seastrand ya ba da kuɗi da giya ga shugabannin Ayoréo don samun damar shiga yankinsu da izinin yin fim, wanda daga baya ya haifar da rikici da makwabta waɗanda ke son rabon yarjejeniyar. Mai tasirin ya ce ya ƙare dangantakarsa da Seastrand jim kaɗan bayan haka, yana zarginsa da "cin zarafin mafi talauci da mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin al'ummar Paraguay don ya zama mai arziki da shahara."
"Ba mu cikin kasuwancin talla ba... Duniya tana buƙatar fahimtar abin da ke cikin haɗari."
A cikin imel zuwa Guardian, Seastrand ya ƙaryata labarin mai tasirin, yana cewa duk ayyukansa a ƙasar Ayoréo sun kasance na halal kuma shugabannin al'umma sun amince da su. Ya kira da'awar cewa ya sami damar shiga da giya "wauta," yana bayyana cewa ya gina abota ta hanyar ziyarta da yawa. "Ba a yaudare su ba ko tilasta musu ba... Al'ada ce a gayyaci abokanka zuwa gwangwani na giya mai sanyi."
Seastrand ya tabbatar da cewa ya biya kuɗi, wanda ya ce daidai ne don yin fim, amma ya yi watsi da rikicin da mai tasirin ya bayyana a matsayin "babu wani abu face ƙishirwa daga ƙabilar makwabta."
Game da kyamarorin hanya, Seastrand ya ce an sanya su a wani yanki da aka bunƙasa kuma manufarsa ita ce yin fim na damisa. "Yiwuwar wata ƙabila mai keɓe tana zaune a wannan yanki ta yi ƙanƙanta sosai kuma... babu wata cikakkiyar shaida ta wanzuwarsu. Zan fi samun sa'a in ƙoƙarin ɗaukar hoton dodo na Loch Ness ko Bigfoot." Ya ce ambatonsa na "yankin Ayoréo na daji" a kan kyamara ƙoƙari ne kawai don jawo hankalin masu kallo. "Babu irin wannan abu... Babu wanda ya san inda suke da gaske."
Wasu ma sun yi magana game da ayyukan Seastrand a Chaco. Wani lauya na Ayoréo ya zarge shi da raba hoton mahaifinsa da ya rasu ba tare da izini ba kuma ya ƙi cire shi lokacin da aka nemi. (Seastrand ya yi iƙirarin cewa yana da izinin mahaifin kuma tun daga lokacin ya cire hoton.) Kafofin watsa labarai na Paraguay kuma sun ba da rahoton cewa an zargi Seastrand da ba da kuɗi ga mutane don nemo al'ummomin Ayoréo da ba a tuntuɓar su ba. A tsakiyar watan Agusta, bayan Cibiyar 'Yan Asalin Ƙasa ta Paraguay (INDI) ta shiga tsakani, wata kotu ta ba da umarnin matakan gaggawa a kansa, ciki har da cire kyamarorinsa na hanya. Seastrand ya ci gaba da ƙaryata duk wani laifi kuma yana ci gaba da bugawa daga Chaco akan Instagram.
Kafin ya zama, a cikin kalmominsa, "ɗaya daga cikin sanannun masu tasiri a Paraguay," Seastrand yana da wata manufa ta daban: shi ɗan mishan ne na Mormon. A cewar wani rahoto na New York Times na 2023, ya yi baftisma fiye da mutane 30 kafin ya bar coci don mai da hankali kan ƙirƙirar abun ciki.
Wannan sauyi ba shi da ban mamaki kamar yadda yake bayyana, in ji Aristizábal na GTI PIACI. Dukansu masu tasiri da mishan suna niyya ga 'yan asalin da kansu, maimakon ƙasarsu ko albarkatunsu. John Allen Chau, ɗan mishan na Kirista ɗan shekara 26 da Sentinelese suka kashe a 2018, ya rubuta tafiye-tafiyensa akan Instagram kuma yana da yarjejeniyoyin talla, ciki har da ɗaya tare da kamfanin nama. Lokacin da labarin mutuwarsa ya isa Survival, Grig ta ce, "Zatonmu na farko shi ne cewa shi mai tasiri ne."
An ba da rahoton cewa Chau ya motsa shi don isa Sentinelese saboda keɓewarsu mai tsanani ya sa su zama ƙarin rayuka masu daraja don ceto. Yanzu, mishan masu tasiri suna ɓata layin ta hanyar rubuta ƙoƙarinsu na tuntuɓar 'yan asalin a Amazon da sauran wurare a fili.
A farkon wannan shekara, faifan mutanen Mashco Piro (ko Nomole) da ba a tuntuɓar su ba a bakin kogin a cikin Amazon na Peru ya yi yaɗuwa, yana jawo rahotanni daga kafofin kamar New York Post, Sun, da dandamali na zamantakewa kamar LADbible da Worldstar Hip Hop. Bidiyon Paul Rosolie ne ya raba shi, ɗan Amurka wanda ya kafa Junglekeepers, ƙungiyar da ba ta riba ba da ke aiki a cikin Amazon na Peru.
Rosolie ba kawai mai ƙirƙirar abun ciki ba ne, amma ba ma mai kiyaye muhalli na yau da kullun ba. Ya kira kansa "mai bincike," yana da mabiya miliyan 2 akan Instagram, kuma yana raba labarai game da haduwarsa da kabilun da ba a tuntuɓar su ba akan manyan dandamali waɗanda ba koyaushe suke sananne da kulawa ba, kamar The Joe Rogan Experience. Faifan sa na Mashco Piro an raba shi ne kawai ga mai yin podcast Lex Fridman, an tallata shi a matsayin "na farko a duniya" kuma an sake shi kwanaki kaɗan kafin littafinsa na sabon ya fito—ko da yake faifan ya wuce shekara guda.
Rosolie ya ƙi yin hira, amma wani wakilin Junglekeepers ya ce a cikin sanarwar imel cewa haduwar ta kasance ƙarƙashin kulawar jami'in gwamnatin Peru kuma ta bi ka'idodin rashin tuntuɓar. Wakilin ya ce Rosolie ya fitar da fim ɗin don jawo hankali ga ƙoƙarin Junglekeepers na kare ƙasar Mashco Piro daga sare dazuzzuka ba bisa ka'ida ba. "Ba mu cikin kasuwancin talla ba... Duniya tana buƙatar fahimtar abin da ke cikin haɗari."
Da salon Indiana Jones da ƙwarewar nunawa, labarun Rosolie masu ƙarfin hali suna ɗaukar tunanin mutane—da kuma kuɗinsu: Junglekeepers ta tara $3.3 miliyan a 2024, wanda ya ba ta damar siyan da kare fiye da kadada 135,000 na gandun daji. Amma Survival da sauran ƙungiyoyin da ke aiki don kare mutanen da ba a tuntuɓar su ba sun ce yana ƙarfafa tsofaffin ra'ayoyi marasa kyau da masu cutarwa. A kan podcast na Steven Bartlett na Diary of a CEO a watan Fabrairu, Rosolie ya bayyana haduwarsa da Mashco Piro: "Kamar akwatin lokaci ne, shekaru dubu tsakaninmu... wannan buɗewa ce ga tarihin abin da ɗan adam ya kasance." Labarunsa sun jaddada haɗarin daga "mayaka" tsirara da "kibiyoyi masu tsawon ƙafa bakwai" da mashi, da sauƙin rayuwarsu, "cikin daji sosai har ba su taɓa jin labarin cokali ko dabara ba." Daga baya, Rosolie ya ba Bartlett zaɓin macizai don ya riƙe.
Sauran hirarrunsa sun bi irin wannan tsari. Grig ta nuna cewa Rosolie ya fara samun shahara ne da wani abin mamaki na tashar Discovery Channel, inda ya ƙoƙari a "ci shi da rai" ta wani maciji mai tsawon ƙafa 20. Ta ce, "Idan ba shi ne mai tasiri ba, yana da halayen tasiri sosai." Ta kuma soki bayanin sa na Mashco Piro a matsayin "ba ma zamanin dutse ba," tana jayayya, "Suna rayuwa a ƙarni na 21, kamar yadda muke." Grig ta yi imanin cewa amfani da irin wannan "harshe mai ban sha'awa, na wulakanci, na rashin mutuntaka" yana jefa mutanen da ba a tuntuɓar su ba cikin haɗari, saboda yana ƙarfafa hujjojin da aka daɗe ana amfani da su don kwace ƙasashensu, cire su daga al'ummominsu, da sanya abin da ake kira "ci gaba."
Rosolie ya zargi Survival da yin yaƙin neman zaɓe na batanci ta hanyar danganta shi da mutane kamar Polyakov. Babu wata shaida da ke nuna ya taɓa karya doka, kuma yana hana ƙoƙarin tuntuɓar waɗannan ƙungiyoyi. Wani wakilin Junglekeepers ya ce suna kallon yanay