The ‘loneliest man in the world’: Hunter survived 26 years alone in Amazon rainforest after rest of his tribe were massacred by ranchers – with civilization’s only glimpse of him in these secret video clips

Deep in the heart of Brazil‘s Amazon rainforest, a silent and haunting story of unimaginable loss came to a tragic end. 

Known as the Last of his Tribe and Man of the Hole, an unnamed indigenous hunter lived entirely alone for nearly three decades – the sole survivor of a brutal massacre that wiped out his people.

Desperate to survive in the depths of the world’s largest tropical rainforest, the unnamed man would construct deep holes to trap animals and hide in. The hermit shunned all contact with the outside world although authorities kept an eye on him and occasionally left him supplies. 

But secret footage captured by the Brazilian government in 1998 gave fascinating insight into the life of the hermit as he hacked down a tree before glancing straight into the camera lens and disappearing from sight.

After years of evading both civilisation and death, his solitary life eventually came to an end. …