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it's being scared here dangerous people you always have to
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hide see go down looks like that guy had a gun some sort there's like so many of
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them there's like four of them and they're looking at us they're
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at me like this is YouTuber and vlogger
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Elliot Eastman and these are only some of the final words spoken by by him only 2 weeks later he vanished from social
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media and stopped responding to all messages sent by loved ones and none of them could easily get hold of him either
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because well he had traveled more than 8,000 miles away to embark on a new life in an unfamiliar country although this
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case is now technically considered to be closed and solved what happened next was and still partially is a mystery
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depending on who you ask what was left behind was a story shrouded in Secrets Intrigue corruption and sorry OT some
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terrible decisions but we all have a story to tell and I'm here to tell you his welcome or welcome back to Coffee
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House crime folks my name is Adrien and before you begin today this is just to remind you that I post True Crime
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subscribing and now with all of that said let's dive straight into this one please get comfortable and grab yourself a coffee this is the case of Elliot
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Eastman [Music]
Elliot Eastman
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it was on October the 17th of this year that 26-year-old YouTuber Eliot Eastman suddenly fell silent across all forms of
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his social media now although Elliot was originally from the United States he was currently living abroad in the
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Philippines with his wife who was native to the country and so his family and friends back home had no idea what was
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going on but when they noticed that he had stopped posting across all of his social media well that's when they
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expected that something terrible must have happened happened you see as a vlogger Elliot had posted more than 600
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videos to his YouTube channel in the year 2024 alone and this included shorts live streams and long form videos and so
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for him to cut all communication with his family and friends while simultaneously seizing all of his social
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media that was extraordinarily out of character for Elliot and as it turns out
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their concerns were totally valid because none of this was his choice Elliot Eastman grew up in a beautiful
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part of a mon in the small town of of Hinesburg born in the Year 1997 he graduated from Champlain Valley Union
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High School in 2016 classmates of his say that he was the quiet and reserved type but was a good kid after graduating
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from high school he then studied at Ithaca College which is found in New York state before then moving back to
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Vermont but with Hinesburg being so small and a population of only 900 residents there really is not much to do
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here not a lot in terms of entertainment or work either Elliot didn't have many
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aspirations when it came to his career and so by the year 2022 he eventually
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found himself working as a door Dasher and anuba driver in his hometown but after checking out his social media you
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can see he's got some pretty cool Lighting in his car in his spare time Elliot would practice photography and
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occasionally hit the slopes to ski and I have to say he was pretty good at it too the man really did seem to love nature
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and animals but it turns out that the peaceful yet slow pace of life in Hinesburg was was simply not enough
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relate I mean sure it was a very Charming place to be but you can only visit the same lake so many times before
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it starts to get boring Elliot wanted to travel the world have some fun and experience things far outside of his
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comfort zone and So eventually he would do just that now I don't need to tell you how big the world is or how vastly
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different every single country can be but for whatever reason he chose the Philippines we don't quite know what
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initially caught his interest over there but his plan was to travel around the country while making videos on YouTube
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all while doing it cheaply and with the average wage in the Philippines only being $300 this was literally 5% of the
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average back home in Vermont in fact Elliot planned to live inside the Red Zone which had an average wage of only
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$200 so why not whether that was a smart idea or not we'll get to in just a few
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moments but Elliot he had already made his mind up and so at the end of 2023 he
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tied up all of his loose ends left his job said goodbye to his family and boarded a flight to the
The Philippines
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Philippines boarding a flight from Burlington International Airport Elliot then traveled 8,000 mil to Manila the
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capital of the Philippines now I don't need to tell you that life in the Philippines is very different from that
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in the Western World whether you're from Europe the United States or even Australia life in the so-called pearl of
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the Orient is different in almost every single way if you can believe it or not the Philippines has a stagger
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7,641 Islands across its territory and where there is land you will find the islands to be covered in dense and lush
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tropical rainforests and mountains with many lakes and waterfalls dotted in between thanks to its very steep terrain
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as you can see the cities are absolutely beautiful too Manila is full of things to see and do including museums Parks
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theaters shopping malls and a plethora of restaurants to choose from and it seems at the markets Foods Malaysian and
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Spanish influences all contribute to a rich yet unique culture Manila itself is
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also considered to be relatively safe so long you exercise a high degree of caution and keep to the well-known areas
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however as you can maybe imagine things do change the moment you step out of the capital city travel into the countryside
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and things start to get a little hairy travel South and you may find yourself in trouble and then travel to the
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southern island and then Westward and some will argue that you're looking for death in fact many Western Government
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advisory boards urge citizens to avoid traveling to the south at all costs smart traveler recommends that you do
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not travel to Central and Western minda now including the Zamboanga Peninsula
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the Sulu archipelago and the southern Sulu sea area all due to the very high threat of terrorism and kidnapping the
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UK's FC Doo expresses very similar advice advising against all travel to
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the Central and West part of the southern island and although the US Department of state's advisory map
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suggests increased caution across the entirety of the Philippines it also strongly advises that you do not travel
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near the Sulu sea which as you can see stretches around the Zamboanga delor
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Peninsula terrorists and armed groups in the Sulu archipelago and the Sulu sea have historically engaged in kidnappings
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for ransom on land and at Sea in addition to this they are well known for several bombings in the area and other
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types of attacks these incidents often Target foreign Nationals including US citizens local government entities and
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security personnel as you can imagine much like the Australian Canadian and British governments the US government's
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ability to provide emergency services to any citizens in this region is extraordinarily limited other threats
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include violent protests robbery gun crime scams drink spiking and even
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Mother Nature herself typhoons tropical stor storms earthquakes tsunamis and
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volcanoes are all a risk here so essentially this beautiful country does
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come with quite the heavy price tag but for one reason or another Elliot did not see this advice as enough of a reason to
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steer clear he instead took pride in being one of the only westerners to travel to the Philippines Red Zone as a
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result he settled along the coast of the municipality of sabuko which as you can see here on this map can be found in the
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Zamboanga deln region it is worth noting that this is well into the Red Zone and
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not even close to an orange Zone let alone yellow or green from the get-go Elliot was concerned about his safety
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and so during this time he traveled to see a shaman who was found in the mountains of sabuko some may believe it
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was through fate but it was during that time that he fell in love with the Shaman's daughter named Kisha Jala and
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according to Elliot it certainly was love at first sight the two hit it off very quickly so much so that they would
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even marry only a couple of months later by July they were as official as two can
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be and Eliot he was now locked in with the Philippines Elliot would stay in the
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red zone of the Philippines fall of 2023 and 2024 sparing one visit to go back
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home and make some more money it was during his time back home that he carved out his social media by creating
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Facebook YouTube and Tik Tok accounts and moving forward this would be his main source of Revenue in the
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Philippines in in addition to this he would also integrate donation pages into those social media profiles including
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PayPal venmo and buy me a coffee you know strategically speaking this was actually a very good idea because a
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dollar would stretch much further in the Philippines than any Western Country after all he would only need around $200
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to survive now these were not the only ways that he was planning to make some money as he did have some other business
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ideas that he would introduce to the local community however we'll get to that in a short while as they were quite
About Page
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risky on his about page on YouTube Elliot wrote hello everyone I'm Elliot
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Eastman I am 26 years old and I came to the Philippines about a year and a half ago where I met the love of my life deep
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in the mountains of the red zone of the Philippines Zamboanga deln is a recently
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developed area of the Philippines that was once only accessible by boat I will be showing you my day-to-day life as the
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first and only Foreigner to have ever lived here in subb for a long period of time I am from the USA Elliot began his
The Beginning
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YouTube career in the Philippines at the beginning of January 2024 posting his
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first of what would be more than 500 YouTube
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[Music] shorts the following month in in
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February he began daily Vlogs on his YouTube channel and it appeared that he set the tone from the very beginning
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titling his video living in the most dangerous area of the Philippines Red Zone I do have to say it does offer a
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very fascinating view of what life is like in the southern islands of the Philippines and it would certainly have
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offered good entertainment to Western viewers if refined and given a better structure it's about 6:00 7:00 I'm just
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cooking some dinner added some salt and
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pepper Gish is going to cook up some fish and
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um we're going to have some dinner and then tomorrow we're going to go swimming it's definitely different here
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see this little crack in the wall here that's the CR you wouldn't think it's
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much but little bathroom
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in the crevice of a wall I am renting this apartment here
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for um 3,000 pesos each month which comes to about
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$52 each month um around $75 each
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day and um yeah rting place it's very
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nice washing machine a classic
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sto I have a garden here one mango for
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less than $2 per day I'm getting I have an apartment with
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utilities included all right we're out here the
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streets of sabuka look this is my little wife and she's
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very disobedient at times but do L listen to me all the time
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so dangerous area you already know what
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oia
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yeah matches a lot of his videos are genuinely interesting to watch and by
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the way at the point of making this video they are still all available on YouTube they offer raw and unfiltered
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day-to-day life in a sparely documented area and I mean yes what he was doing
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does come with its fair share of risks but it was special nevertheless check
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out all these cool boats y'all so very
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different a right here but right now it is not working cuz we don't have enough
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battery in our Solar to make it R and it's already here to the end of the day
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the solar is fin
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and these guys are collecting some wood that D around the ocean what's that are
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beauti and that is going to be a wrap for today's V I know it was short not
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much but it was something and tomorrow going to be looking at another
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one the light is little so that's going to be it for
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today's Vlog y'all thank you guys for watching and I'll catch you
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tomorrow peace setting up his shop and home on
The Beach
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the beach he would routinely battle mother nature and the ocean embracing a life that rarely any European or
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American would encounter everybody
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7 in the
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morning waves are super
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huge it's scary it's coming in
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it's but Elliot would also face economic issues too hardware and electronic
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equipment such as inverters and batteries would often break on him all right so we got up our freaking inverter
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second inverter just fry should did this our first one that just fried
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and now this is our second one that really just started smoking I don't know if this guy set it
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up wrong or what maybe he set this up wrong cuz this should not be the second
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already be like FR this isly my livelihood here like I'm
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surviving at this point I spent all my money on this business so either I get this business running or
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basically I just get home the candid and matter of fact way that Elliot communicated with his
Starting a Business
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audience was quite unique he made no effort to dress the place up and recorded casually as if his his viewers
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were family all of his live streams which began in June of 2024 were to bring fresh awareness to his YouTube
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channel in the hope that he could soon become monetized and then receive donations he also opened a shop in the
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summer of 2024 selling food snacks and essential items out to the local community and in addition to this he
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also installed Wi-Fi which he then rented out to customers as you can see in one of his YouTube videos he sold
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household items like toothpaste cooking oil and noodles all at a 30% marker
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check out my store you
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guys we got canned stuff what up Billy we got canned
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goods we got all kinds of stuff we got our little Priceless Mist made
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out these ones are like 28 pesos this charging like 30%
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mark up on everything br oh no dude I'm not from
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the Philippines I'm from the US actually but I'm living here in the Philippines and I'm starting businesses here and
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today is our first day we got our store open we just we just
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uh you know we just this is our first day opening this store we've had a couple sales so far
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you know it's pretty decent it's pretty big size
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too and then this guy chat you like a skeleton skeleton what you think I'm
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dead here you're dead N I ain't dead here bro I'm
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chilling I'm good nobody's going to kidnap me right
Elliots Wife
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in addition to this Elliot would also let his wife live stream with him who seemed to be very chilled out and happy
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in front of the camera staying skinny jug every day in 30 steps back
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and forth back and forth like that and then go to
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gym and then like look at him he's like a monkey no
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no I don't know if I'm pregnant or no they said I'm
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pregnant maybe my husband is
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pregnant you too Queenie Take Care thank you so much God bless you I don't know
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maybe I'm sick however this is where we begin to look at the fear behind not only Elliot but
Fear
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Kisha too because despite this being their home they clearly did not trust everyone in their community and we would
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see this when it accidentally came out in one of Elliot's Liv
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streams swiming Riv no I didn't want to go just only you
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and me huh I don't want to go just only you and me what
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I'm
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afraid I'm afraid if we don't have somebody with
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us this would also begin a small argument between them over the following minutes and there were clear signs of a
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clash of cultures but of course with Elliot being the Foreigner here he needed to respect the culture that he
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put himself into no no tourists ever come
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here I've never seen one except maybe from Arabia or Saudi Arabia or something
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[Music] yeah no tourist has has ever visited
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this area I'm like the first one which over well I think there's been people
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who have visited but they only stay like a day and they only stay for equipment to
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visit and then they move on but me I've been living here for 3 months this trip and in the past I've
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lived here for six total I've probably lived here like a whole year in total in my
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life I've never seen any other Foreigner here cuz it's dangerous it's a dangerous
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area honestly it sounded like Elliot was consistently worried about his own safety and even played with the idea of
Going Home
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going back home to the United States I mean he often spoke about it being a real possibility and felt like he wasn't
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safe in the Philippines for if I was going to go back to the states to do that I'd have to get my license I'd have
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to renew renew my license maybe I'm going to go to the
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stat soon here yeah it's very possible obviously this
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place isn't the most safe place for like
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somebody like
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me yeah that's like a smart idea honestly quick just do some quick get
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some quick delivery cash and come back not a bad idea but at the same
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time I don't know if I'd want to I definitely would want to do things a little differently if I came back
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here and I wouldn't want to rush over here anytime soon unless I was like ready it's a 100% flip difference of
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living and most most Americans probably couldn't live here from for very long I don't think they could I don't know how
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most of them couldn't really wouldn't really want to deal with this kind of stuff up Max most Americans kind of will not
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handle this kind of lifesty they just can't cuz it is 100% a
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low quality and most people are kind of like okay with it like they
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don't they don't doesn't matter to them if it's any better than than this so that's that's
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part of the hard part about living down here like people don't care to be
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better people don't want to try to make their lives better or change things or anything like that through this live stream he would
Living in the City
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also talk about how other drivers seemed to Swerve into his vehicle intentionally and how some men would intentionally pee
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all over the stores bathroom floor and how people would routinely burn trash around the perimeter of his building
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it's hard because I'm living in the city right now honestly my life here it's like it's kind of ass a little bit if I
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were to do it again I would I wouldn't do it like this yeah it's just hard like being stuck in
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something that's like not that you're not content with
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it's not even that I'm scared it's like the fact like the family that I'm living with is scared of me something happening
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to me and then if something happens to me they're scared of something is going to happen to them too so it's like I'm
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stuck listening to what they are telling me what to do that's the hard part yes
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it's dangerous for me here dangerous
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here he would also create shorts and in some of them even complain about his
Feeling Trapped
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neighbor's burning trash and how he can't change the culture around him and these feelings did not seem to get
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better over time either during his live streams which were accessible to anyone who wanted to watch his videos Elliot
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would often talk about his dissatisfaction with his life and the many fears he had around him yeah it's
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like I would love to like do stuff that I want to do but I feel like trapped I literally feel like trapped cuz if I
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want to go even want to go do something I want to go walk out anywhere or down the beach somewhere different like this
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family is going to get mad at me that I'm living with they're going to be angry with me that's the problem I have
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right now you know it's not even like they're feeling it's like the way they feel like
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maybe they're going to they're going to be affected by something happens to me so I'm like putting them at risk by me
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doing something that's what they're saying but maybe they're scared that I'm just going to leave them yeah there're
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there's that possibility too like if I'm
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uh if I'm getting kidnapped or something like that yeah there's like criminals yeah
People Want To Harm Me
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and as you can see here he then began to wonder if people wanted to harm him it's
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like sometimes I do feel respected here sometimes I don't really feel respected
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so that's the other hard part it's like I know if I went any other way any other place in the Philippines or any other
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place in the world besides maybe the us cuz in the US as an as an American like
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somebody like me I'm just a normal person right nobody gives it nobody gives two shits nobody thinks anything
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of it but if I go to anywhere else in the world maybe people are going to treat me good
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people are going to treat me nice for the most part you know and at least anywhere in
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the Philippines I know that and if I'm not being treated well I know I just have to move so and then I can find a place where people
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will treat me well cuz I know that's how the Philippines work but I feel like I've been staying in this area for so
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long to the point where people I don't even know if people like me anymore maybe they want bad things to happen to
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me now it's like that's how I'm starting to think so it's like it's really not good I don't really know like what would
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happen if somebody did come try to like somebody did try to come here and kidnap
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me right would the neighbors help me or would they just sit there and not because it's gotten to the point
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where I've been here for so long that people are like have become normalized for me
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in in this area and especially the family I'm living with and I just don't
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know like I get mixed feelings you know so it's kind of people coming here to tell my family that there's people that
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want to kidnap me or they're threatening to kidnap me or stuff like that like every day every this is happening this
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is like a real life thing for me here that's why no no foreigners or no any other there's no tourists staying here
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cuz they're they're smarter than that but for me I've been living here I've been taking this chance you know even
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last night I'm scared a little bit I'm scared and if it comes to the point
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where it's like all of a sudden I'm kidnapped and something going to happen to me I'm going to ask
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myself I don't know now unfortunately there are many many
The Bottom Line
28:02
more examples of this sort of behavior from Elliot the bottom line is that he was absolutely terrified about his own
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safety and well-being and this would carry on for several months the sad truth is that being kidnapped in the Red
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Zone was a very real and credible threat to Elliot because in fact more than 40
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westerners had been kidnapped in the recent decade alone in fact his very own wife would even have firsthand
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experience of this because when she was in in fifth grade at school her Canadian classmate was kidnapped for a ransom of
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$50,000 however for whatever reason Elliot did not believe that he could just simply walk away maybe he was
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worried about his wife's safety or maybe he believed that he could just fight back instead and now that I've set the
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scene you can tell that Elliot was in very dangerous territory especially now he was creating a business within that
28:51
local community and if publicly broadcasting his fears wasn't already Reckless enough he would then go on to
28:57
create one more business business in that town which Frankly Speaking was just begging for trouble moving into the
29:03
second half of 2024 Elliot decided to step into the lone shark industry basically giving away free money to the
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locals so long they paid them back with 20% interest now not only did this
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signify wealth and Corruption but he now basically made himself one of the main competitors to all criminals in the area
29:22
and need to remind you that being in debt to someone can really play around with morals too quite frankly this was a
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terrible choice to make especially as the only Foreigner in the
Dangerous People
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area go
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first here I am
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[Music] they being scared
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here dangerous people you always have to hide see
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on focusing on his long form YouTube videos you can tell that his overall situation was worsening over time in
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this video which was published on October the 6th 2024 he was convinced that people were following them and
30:32
often questioned if they wanted to kidnap him as he approached the bottom of the hill with his wife and friend he
30:38
noticed that the other group of people along that Shoreline had guns so not only did he feel unsafe in his
30:45
environment but those around him seemed to have an advantage too I wonder what they're doing maybe
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they're spear fishing uh there spear
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fishing I think these people are spear fishing looks like they' got had a
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gun some sort there's like so many of them there's like four of
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them four people there
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Beau although nothing would happen to Elliot or Kisha or their friend on this day day it is worth remembering how
31:29
uncomfortable she felt about going unprotected to the Shoreline and using Google Maps I was able to figure out
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that this was only a short walk away from their home meaning that even their backyard came with severe
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risks and they're looking at us me
Lone Shark Business
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interesting in his third final video Elliot shared several details about his
32:04
own personal lone shark business he talked about the kind of profit he was making from this debt and how he could
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flip those profits to more significant numbers from the same people the guy who we lent money to he returned our money
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when we lent him 21,400 and he came back with 23,500 so little extra we sent him
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back with 35k yeah should be seeing a little bit extra profit off of this uh
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maybe next in one month we'll have already uh 3,500 profits you know U
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businessing there we got our Wi-Fi still running and then we're working on getting another Wi-Fi going with through
32:42
PLT in his final long form video which was his second final video Elliot talks
32:48
about the Filipino lifestyle his wife feeling ill and doing some yoga to combat the many aches and pains that he
32:55
was recently feeling and boom we are out fresh out of the shower the cold shower
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in the cold rain water it's hard to get used to Filipino
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night style it's crazy showering in cold water
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crazy so sweet pece still a little bit sick I brought her some
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water but she's still not feeling that well hopefully she's going to get better
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soon all right so now I'm going to I'm going to do some yoga got these pains and everywhere on my body Sports in high
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school so I'm going to go ahead and do some yoga real not real quick but hopefully
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for a while until like I'm either too tired or I feel good right you guys it's already late
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super late so that's going to be the end of the Vlog then I will see you guys
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tomorrow and in his final live stream video which was streamed on October the 17th 2024 Elliot mainly sat in silence
Final Livestream
34:01
while he ate food on his kitchen floor he appeared quite flat and disheveled while answering occasional questions
34:07
from his viewers at one point a viewer asked him are you enjoying the Philippines and you can clearly tell in
34:13
his response that he did feel quite troubled by some aspects join
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phili I'm enjy it there's some parts that I like about
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it there's some parts that I don't like he was then asked what don't you
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like about it what don't like about
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it the bathrooms are smelly they don't smell good most most
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of times and I'm just getting tired of
34:54
like being around all the same people
35:04
he otherwise appeared to be very disengaged with his audience and would eventually turn off his camera without
35:10
saying goodbye tragically that would be the
The Aftermath
35:15
last time that the internet ever saw Elliot Eastman alive only 2 hours later men disguised his police officers would
35:22
quietly approach his property these so-called officers were actually from a splinter Terr IST group and of course
35:29
they were there to abduct him for ransom Elliot resisted his capture and so the terrorists well they shot him in the leg
35:35
to stop him from running away tragically It is believed that while being fired at a rogue bullet accidentally penetrated
35:42
his stomach however instead of releasing him the militants would then pack him into a motorized boat and then speed
35:48
away into the night and at least for this moment in time that was all that was known about Elliot Eastman's fate he
35:55
vanished into the dark sea leaving his his screaming wife behind local police tried to chase the gunman but
36:02
unfortunately failed to catch up it is reported that they fled further south towards the provinces of basilan or Sulu
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an area notoriously bad for terrorism and Pirates when police arrived at the
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home to investigate they found a blood smear across the vinyl floor Blood on the sand and an empty bullet cartridge
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from an M16 rifle as you can imagine Elliot's disappearance created a massive
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problem for the Philippines National Police Force when a Westerner disappears under concerning circumstances
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especially when it's an American it can have a significant impact on local tourism as a result the local mayor
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announced a 150,000 Philippine peso or $2,500 reward for any information which
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may help find him news eventually got out that Elliot had allegedly died from his wounds while on that boat and rumors
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spread that his kidnappers then threw his body out at Sea and in a dramatic twist police were able to locate the
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group who were suspected of kidnapping Elliot and then engaged in a shootout which eventually resulted in the arrest
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of four of those suspects with another four currently remaining at large tragically one of the arrested men then
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gave a written statement to confirm that the rumors were in fact true after dying
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from one of the gunshot wounds they then threw Elliot overboard he never made the boat trip back to base which of course
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is why they never contacted the auor authorities to negotiate a ransom deal dozens of surges have been carried out
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along the shores and the nearby islands for his body but unfortunately there have been no signs as of yet members of
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the FBI and the Department of State have joined investigators in the Philippines but so far have found nothing no Ransom
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demand or proof of life has since been received from any of his abductors and
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tragically he is now presumed to be dead as a result the authorities have shifted from arrest operation to a recovery
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effort but it is unlikely that his body will ever be found now that it's been a couple months historically some have but
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most never see the closure they need this story has been a horrific one to cover and without a body ever being
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recovered we do end this one slightly open-ended too however given the
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testimonies from his arrested kidnappers and the statement created by the FBI I think we can call this one solved
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now I would love to stand here and say that Elliot was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time but
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unfortunately he made some very Reckless decisions first and foremost I would like to say that Elliot was a bright and
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kind man who really did love his wife but moving to a Red Zone flaunting your wealth creating videos about the local
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community and then complaining about them and then becoming a lone shark well
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he really did overshoot by quite the margin to add to that there were other interesting aspects that I came across
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too for example all Muslim men living in the area must be covered between the naval and the knes whereas Elliot he was
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always topless and wearing shorts so put quite bluntly the way that he dressed certainly did lack respect for the
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culture that he inserted himself into to answer that Elliot posted pictures and videos of his expensive neighborhood in
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Vermont onto his social media profiles and anyone who saw that would definitely think that he was wealthy and finally
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Elliot did not seem to be well-liked within the local community not only that but he failed to heed the warning signs
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and get out while he could and so tragically I think I have to say here that this is just another example where
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you really should follow your gut instinct good or bad if it sounds sensible just do it get out while you
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can with no body ever being discovered I really do hope that Elliot is found safe alive and well however sadly this story
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seems to be over and with that said I think I'll end this video here today folks thank you so much for watching
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today but before I go I'd love to hear your opinion on this one what do you think about aliot Eastman's decisions
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not only about him traveling and living in the Red Zone but his choices after moving there too and do you think he's
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still alive and well or do you think tragically he has been murdered as always please share your thoughts in the
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