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Inside the home of the loneliest man in the world

Fascinating photos have emerged of the home of the the last known survivor of an Amazonian tribe who has wandered the rainforest alone for 22 years

The man, known as 'The Man in the Hole', has been surviving on his own in the remote state of Rondonia, Brazil, since the rest of his people were murdered by land-grabbing cattle ranchers two decades ago.

The tribesman spends most of his time hunting forest pigs, birds and monkeys with a bow and arrow, and lives in a hut surrounded by papaya and corn plantations.

Photos from his home shows a wooden spear and bamboo sticks thought to be used for hunting, and another taken nearby shows one of the holes which has given him his nickname.
According to local officials he digs the holes to trap animals, or to hide in himself while out hunting in the Amazon jungle.

Earlier this month, footage shot by Brazilian government officials was released, showing the man, who is in his fifties, using a hand-made axe to chop down a tree near his hut.
There are believed to be 113 un-contacted tribes living in the Amazon, 27 of which have been sighted by experts who attempt to track their movements.

Experts from the Brazilian agency for native tribes, called FUNAI, believe the man belonged to a tribe of six - five of whom were murdered by farmers in the 1990s.

Survivors of other indigenous groups in Rondonia state have told how invading farmers shot them in the back while taking their land during the period. And Funai has publicly blamed cattle ranchers for the deaths of family of 'the man in the hole'.
Funai said in a newspost: 'In the 1980s, disorderly colonisation, the establishment of farms and illegal logging in [the Rondonia region] led to repeated attacks on the isolated indigenous peoples who had lived there until then, in a constant process of expulsion from their lands and death.

'After the last farmer attack in late 1995, the group that was probably already small – from reports, the local staff believed [it] to be six people – became one person. The guilty were never punished.'

Funai has a strict policy of leaving isolated groups in the region alone, but they have monitored his activity from a distance since he was first spotted in 1996.

They do not know his name or the name of his tribe, but have worked to extend the area of his jungle home to 8,070 hectares so he can maintain his lifestyle.

An indigenous reserve known as Tanara was set up in the 1990s as part of moves to protect his territory.

Traditional weapons like axes and machetes have been left by Funai workers for him to find, but they never allow themselves to be seen by him.

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