Alone in the wilderness - Russian style

[Beachcomber]

I wasn't sure where to post this so thought here was as good as any. A few references have been made on the site to the guy that spent 30 years on his own in the Alaskan wilderness (the odd resup not included). I thought this account of a Russian family that did it with no support whatsoever over a c40 year period (1936 - 1978) before being discovered by geologists might be of interest. No weapons or tools, just barefoot hunting at -40...

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html

[Beachcomber]

That is supposed to read '1978' not 8-) but having just got home from the pub don't know why the 8 does not work

[waistdeep]

Fascinating :-)

[seymourpats1]

That was great, thanks for sharing

[srupp]

WOW!

Steven

[Leaseman]

Now that was a hard life ..... :-|

[ncurrie]

Thanks for sharing, it was a very interesting read!

[BCHunterFSJ]

I read the story with great interest!
Thanks.

[fishingguy44]

Great read, at the bottom of the story is a link to a documentry aswell

[Beachcomber]

Glad you enjoyed it. I found it here: www.longform.org (http://www.longform.org). The idea is that they post articles that are more in depth than the usual stuff you find on the internet. Some good stuff though you may want to avoid this evening's lead article. It is from Rolling Stone, 'The NRA vs America'. No prizes for guessing what they think!

[luckofthedraw]

Very neat. Thanks for posting.

[REMINGTON JIM]

Thanks for the Read - Very interesting ! :) RJ

[WKCotts]

Pretty amazing

[sparkes3]

wow what a life

[anglo-saxon]

Fascinating, but tragic.

[jkt]

Thanks for posting this, it somehow open your eyes.

[just hunt]

Very Kool story now if they can only find bigfoot lol

[Apolonius]

You can see what a totalitarian system can do!!!And here we vote commies/lefties to power.Like comrad Gregor/Dix