Reminds me a bit of the story of the Russian family that lived in a remote section of the Siberian taiga: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-40-years-th

Reminds me a bit of the story of the Russian family that lived in a remote section of the Siberian taiga: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-40-years-this-russian-family-was-cut-off-from-all-human-contact-unaware-of-world-war-ii-7354256/?no-ist http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-40-years-this-russ... Granted, they weren't alone (it was a family), but they truly lived a hermit's existence, even when they were discovered by geologists.