Re:Fugitive on run for seventeen years found living in cave ...
by sandworm101 on Monday September 30, 2019 @08:59AM
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He wasnt "alone". He was getting food somewhere. He had lots of stuff he couldnt make himself. And someone had contact enough to report his location. Id bet he was stealing from locals.
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Re:Fugitive on run for seventeen years found living in cave ...
by seanmcdirmid on Monday September 30, 2019 @09:49AM
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This was in rural China. He could have found work as a migrant and no one really cared much about documentation.
He was also living near his hometown. So “cut off” is a bit less likely than mostly under the radar.
Re:Fugitive on run for seventeen years found living in cave ...
by chiefalchemist on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:02AM
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I thought the same thing, but the article closes saying he had trouble communicating from not having done so for so long. Not sure how they determined that, but presuming it's true, then maybe he was truly alone.
Re:Fugitive on run for seventeen years found living in cave ...
by Gpetrium on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:57AM
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It is difficult to determine whether he was alone in a 'Wilson' Cast Away sense or if he was alone while watching others do their activities and stealing from them to support his necessities.
These two environmental conditions can have varying impacts on a person's mind.
Re:Fugitive on run for seventeen years found living in cave ...
by jandrese on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:33PM
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There was a story of a kid up in Maine that ran away to live in the woods for 27 years.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/11/american-hermi...
He stole food and propane tanks from the vacation homes in the area. When he was eventually caught and put in jail for all of the theft people remarked at his strange use of language. They claimed he talked like a book.