Arizona Based YouTuber Goes Where No Man Has Before

Since the website's launch in 2009, YouTube has cultivated a platform that rewards risk takers. Those that feel like they have what it takes pursue creating content full-time, and can turn this into a lucrative career.

Some YouTubers take things way too far, however, and one Arizona based creator just landed himself in a whole heap of trouble for it.

Arrested in India

On March 31st, 2025, Scottsdale-based YouTuber Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov was arrested in India for trying to film a video for his channel. To the outside eye, this may seem like overkill, but the country's reasons are valid.

On March 29th, just two days prior to his arrest, Polyakov did what almost no other human being has done before: step foot on North Sentinel Island. He boarded the island, took video of the shore, grabbed some sand samples, and left behind coconuts and a can of Diet Coke. Why has this caused such a fuss?

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What is North Sentinel Island?

Located in the Indian Ocean, between India and Myanmar (Burma), North Sentinel Island is one of the last remaining pieces of land untouched by human progress. The island is inhabited by the Sentinelese, who are so reclusive they attempt to kill every outsider they see.

As a result, in order to Protect both the tribe and outsiders, no one is allowed within three miles of the island, much less step foot on it. As a result, Polyakov is facing up to five years in prison, but he should consider himself lucky he's still alive at all. The previous visitors to the island were not so lucky...

[Associated Press]