BRASILIA, Brazil — A young individual from a secluded Indigenous tribe came into contact with a river community in Brazil’s Amazon but returned to his tribe within a day, according to reports from Brazilian officials.

The incident took place around 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Bela Rosa, situated along the Purus River in the southwestern region of the Amazon. Footage shows the young man barefoot and dressed in a simple loincloth, appearing composed and healthy as he carried two logs.

Residents believed he was seeking fire, and a video captured one local attempting to demonstrate how to use a lighter to him, though this effort did not succeed. Soon after, representatives from Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency, Funai, arrived at the scene and transported him to a nearby facility for care.

On Thursday afternoon, Funai announced that the young man had gone back to the forest. The agency confirmed that a team of health experts was dispatched to evaluate the individual for any potential exposure to diseases that could threaten his isolated tribe, which may lack immunity to such illnesses. They also indicated that measures are in place to monitor and prevent external access to the tribe’s territory.

Brazil typically refrains from forcing contact with such Indigenous groups, preferring instead to maintain protected and monitored zones, like Mamoriá Grande, in close proximity to where this encounter took place.