[1] “Stranger in the Woods” by Michael Finkel: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30687200
It’s hard to know if what he was saying was true or not, but I think I believe it. He also saw my VW and immediately observed that it had been in an accident based on the way the doors hung. So, I feel like he knew some stuff.
Oh - and you automatically stay awake, when it gets too cold. Only when you are really exhausted and sleep in the cold, you will never wake up (from various movies and books I was afraid of this trope when I was younger, but nope, as long as you have energy left, your body automatically wakes you up and starts moving to create heat). Not being able to sleep, because of cold, is one of the less awesome outdoor experiences. On the other hand, the more you enjoy the sun on the next day (if you are lucky and there is sun).
Into the woods: how one man survived alone in the wilderness for 27 years - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13878801 - March 2017 (124 comments)
The Strange and Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8205993 - August 2014 (86 comments)
You are unlikely to have no first name and two last names, and Zailenko looks like a last name, so the other one is likely a first name, which would be Petro.
Of course there is always a chance that he is Petrov-Zailenko.
“And I was a kid, so I thought love could fix anything,” she said, recalling how she hugged him good-bye once, “and he just shook.”
Outside of local edible vegetation, there is smaller game. And as you say, this is how many used to survive.
But beyond that, you can plant beans and have a crop in weeks. Even with a lack of pesticides and fertilizer, being able to plant a plant here, a plant there, will result in food not being eaten completely by pests.
And the ground is far more fertile, when not monocropping.
And yes, seeds can be reused, it's how farming still works today for many farmers.
To speak to this, where I grew up, many people would go into the woods, and plant a single pot seed here, another there, always close to trees etc, so overflies by police helicopters wouldn't see a crop.
Being rural, some people owned 1000 acres, and plausible denialability exists. Even if some went missing, the scatter method yields results.
I'm assuming it was Ukrainian? Although if someone tried to speak to him in Russian, they'd be able to understand that he was speaking Ukrainian and naturally understand a good majority of it.
-ko is a suffix denoting a lastname of Ukrainian origin though those were spread around even in Russian Empire.
There are a lot of people with Zayilenko surname in Russia now and Zalenko and Zelenko is still one in Ukraine now.
Given the Wikipedia article on him there is a chance it's just a corruption and he was called Petro Zelenko
[0] Petrov "Petro" Zailenko, a.k.a. Pitro Zalenko
One thing that initially annoyed me about Oahu was that there were people everywhere
Remote secluded beach? People.
Woods? People.
Forbidden, secret trail after ten “no trespassing we’ll shoot you” signs? People.
I lived there for 6 months and found more solitude when I wanted it, but also became more exhibitionist
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