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Case 208: John Chau

Casefile True Crime

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John the Sentinel

In the summer of two thousand 17, john attended a two month course on translating the bible into new languages at the canadian institute of linguistics. His dream was to learn sentinelese, a language known by no one except the islanders, and interpret the bible for them. If the tribe accepted him, john hoped to stay with them for many years, maybe even forever. The programme was intended to teach john how to interact with foreigners who had little or no understanding of christianity.

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