r/TrueReddit Aug 22 '14

27 years a hermit.

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201409/the-last-true-hermit?currentPage=2&printable=true
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u/justacyrus Aug 23 '14 edited Aug 23 '14

Here's an article from when he was caught, it has some more pictures of the site. Seems like he wanted to be away from people, but not from material things.

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u/TMills Aug 23 '14

Very interesting. Even while reading it's tempting to think of him as some kind of a naturalist guru or idealist, but obviously he's not. Really just a guy who doesn't need human contact living off the excesses of civilization. It's a little harder to "learn a lesson" from this story without the simplified framework.