10 amazing stories about people who abandoned all the benefits of civilization and began to live away from everyone, in harmony with nature.
Son and father from Vietnam who fled during the war and were discovered 40 years later
During the Vietnam War, a man named Ho Van Thanh lived in a village called Tra Kem with his wife and three sons. As the conflict between US soldiers and Vietnamese soldiers escalated, Thanh became more and more concerned for the safety of his family. Then, one day, he was horrified to see his wife and two sons killed in a mine explosion.
In a panic, the 42-year-old man grabbed his remaining son, two-year-old Ho Van Lang, and ran into the jungle to hide. Never realizing that the war was over, father and son hid in the jungle for the next forty years.
In August 2013, workers from neighboring village noticed the men wearing loincloths made from tree bark and notified the authorities. After five hours of searching, the now 80-year-old and 41-year-old men were found. Old man still remembered the local dialect a little, so he was able to tell what happened to their family many years ago. In addition, he told them that he and his son survived by growing corn and collecting fruits and vegetables. They built an elaborate tree house and lived in it. The photo above shows their house.
Both of them have undergone medical examination and treatment, and will try to integrate into modern society.
Man hid in Maine woods for 27 years
For nearly thirty years, residents of the North Pond in central Maine have told stories of a hermit who lived in the woods and occasionally ransacked nearby homes and camps in search of food and supplies. These stories have become a legend, a fairy tale for today.
The legend became a reality when, in April 2013, the State Gamekeeper caught the Northern Pond Hermit stealing. Forty-seven-year-old Christopher Knight was caught red-handed when he stole food and was camping on the lake. The capture ended his twenty-seven years of seclusion, and confirmed the rumors about him once and for all. Although Knight has apologized for the theft, authorities suggest he may be responsible for at least a thousand thefts he has committed over the years.
At a court hearing in August 2013, Knight pleaded not guilty to charges of seven break-ins and six thefts. He says he went into the woods at nineteen and during that time he only spoke to one person, a hiker he stumbled upon sometime in the 90s. Knight claims to have maintained his intellectual development while reading the books he stole from homes. He is currently awaiting trial.
Russian family hid in the forests of Siberia for 40 years
In 1978, Russian geologists traveled to a remote location in the wilderness of Siberia, but instead of finding precious minerals, they discovered a family of six who had lived there undetected for forty years.
Karp Lykov and his family were Old Believers, members of a fundamentalist Russian Orthodox sect that was persecuted under the Soviet Union. During the Bolshevik Revolution, many Old Believer communities fled to Siberia to escape religious persecution, and the Lykovs were among them. In 1936, a communist patrol shot brother Lykov right in front of him, so he took his wife and two young children and ran away with them into the forest.
Taking with them only the most necessary property and some seeds, they gradually moved further and further away from society until they stopped about 160 kilometers from the border with Mongolia. The couple had two more children, and the family of six lived off what they could grow and by picking berries and roots. They often starved, and began to set traps and, accordingly, add meat to their diet only when their son came of age and learned how to make traps. However, they were severely short of food, and the mother of the family starved to death in 1961, having given her share of food to the children.
The family had no idea about events such as landing a man on the moon or that the Second World War. They were fascinated by little things like cellophane packaging. Over time, the younger children developed a strange dialect in which outsiders had difficulty recognizing Russian. After the geologists made contact with them, the family slowly began to trust them, but being deeply religious, they always refused to leave their isolated home. Eventually, they began to accept small gifts of salt and other precious foodstuffs that they had lived without for so many years.
Just a few years after contact was made, three out of four children died of kidney failure due to complications from years of malnutrition. One son died of pneumonia after vehemently refusing medical care, saying: "A person lives as long as God has given him."
The father of the family died in 1988. Agafya Lykova, the last remaining member of the family, continues to live there alone. She is almost seventy years old and has never left her household.
Japanese soldier refused to believe that the war was over
In 1944, the Japanese army sent Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda and several other units to the sparsely populated Philippine island of Lubang to wage guerrilla warfare during World War II. Although the war ended shortly after, Onoda and his compatriots on the island were not officially told about it, so they continued to stay on the island and fight with local residents over the next thirty years.
Onoda continued to live in the jungle for decades, living on coconuts and bananas. In October 1945, the Japanese government tried to notify the soldiers who were hiding in the remote jungle that the war was over, but Onoda and his compatriots decided that the newspapers and leaflets dropped by the planes were allied propaganda. The men scrutinized every word of the leaflet, but decided they would not surrender until their commander ordered them to do so. Several teams were sent to look for them, but no one could find them.
Over the years, all the other men died, and the remaining soldier except Onoda decided to give up and sneaked out of their camp. Onoda lived alone for another twenty years, becoming a legend among Japanese and Filipino nationalists who believed he was dead. In 1974, a tourist found Onoda and tried to convince him that the war was indeed over, but Onoda stubbornly refused to believe him.
The tourist, Norio Suzuki, left the island and arranged a meeting between Onodo and his now retired commander. When Onodo found out the truth, he was incredibly shocked. He was hailed as a hero in Japan and was pardoned for killing and injuring Filipinos while living on the island for all these years. After reintegrating into society, Onoda decided that he preferred a simple, solitary lifestyle. He moved to Brazil and lived on a ranch, visiting his island one more time in 1996.
Man, the last member of his tribe, lives alone in the Brazilian rainforest
Nearly twenty years ago, Brazilian officials discovered an Indian, probably the last of the tribe with whom no contact had been made. He lived alone in the Brazilian rainforests. Officials decided for a long time what to do with the man. Their attempts to establish peaceful contact did not go well, and the man fired an arrow into the chest of one of the rescuers. Previous attempts to integrate tribal members into modern civilization also ended in disaster: people who lived their lives in isolation usually died soon after they were integrated into society.
Seeing the deforestation and industrialization coming to the area around the lone man's habitat, government officials determined that no attempt at industrialization or deforestation should be made within a 48-kilometer radius of the Indian's habitat. The man, now in his forties, still leads the loneliest existence known to the earth.
Man happily lived 30 years alone in a remote home in Alaska
After a long career in the Navy and as a diesel mechanic, Richard Proenneke has chosen a rather unique style for his retirement. He built a house high in the mountains of Alaska, in a place called Twin Lakes (Twin Lakes), where he lived alone for almost thirty years, eating pasture.
During his reclusive retirement, Proenneke ventured several times across forty-eight states to see his family, but for the most part, he spent all his time alone in the remote wilderness of Alaska. He hunted, fished, and studied nature with the sharp eye of a born scientist.
Proenneke filmed his solitary life, which was later edited and made into a series. documentaries PBS channel, called "Alone in the Wild" (Alone in the Wilderness). His notes have also been adapted into several books, and he made several valuable records of the meteorological and natural data of the area of Alaska where he lived.
Lonely Woman from San Nicolás Island
In 1835, California authorities ordered that all Indians were to be transported from tiny San Nicolas, the most remote of the Channel Islands. Located about 85 kilometers west of the coast of Los Angeles, the island suffered from wars between Indian tribes. During the evacuation, one woman refused to leave the island because, she claimed, her Small child missing. She disappeared from view and was not seen again for almost twenty years.
In 1853, a hunting expedition came across the same woman. She never found her child and spoke in a language no one had heard before, but she charmed everyone who saw her with her wide smile and cheerful disposition. The hunters brought her to the mainland, and she was shocked and delighted with modern world. Unfortunately, she lived only seven weeks after her reintegration into society, dying of dysentery.
Independent researcher goes missing after spending five years alone
Everett Ruess was born in 1914, but no one knows when he died because he spent his whole life alone. Ruess was an artist, poet and writer who explored nature on foot and on horseback for many years, spending most of its time in the High Sierra, on the coast of California, and in the deserts of the American Southwest. He disappeared in the late 1930s, when he was only twenty years old, while traveling through remote Utah.
Ruess was one of the first Americans who came into contact with Native Americans and lived among them. During his travels, he explored dwellings in the rocks and exchanged his artwork for food and other supplies. He never spent more than one or two days in the company of people, preferring to remain alone. He kept diaries that were later turned into books about his unusual lifestyle and lack of desire to be part of any formal civilization.
His death remains a mystery to this day. Some think he died an accidental death from a fall or drowning, others suspect a violent death. His strange image life and mysterious disappearance turned him into folk hero among naturalists and historians.
Christopher McCandless went into the wilderness
After graduating with honors from Emory University in 1990, Christopher McCandless donated the remaining $24,000 in his account to charity, freed himself from family ties, and all his possessions, and went on an adventure across the country. Calling himself Alexander Supertramp, McCandless traveled without money and without much contact with the outside world. He arrived at his destination in Fairbanks, Alaska on April 28, 1992.
Just four months later, McCandless' frail body was found in an abandoned Fairbanks bus on the Stampede Trail. Weighing 30 kilograms, he died of starvation and poisoning by poisonous mushrooms. Writer Jon Krakaeur wrote an award-winning book about McCandless's tragic departure from civilization. The book called "In wild environment"(Into The Wild), was subsequently adapted into a film starring Emil Hirsch.
Christopher McCandless is a controversial figure. While many people feel sympathy for this young man who wanted to live a solitary life, others criticize his unpreparedness and lack of basic knowledge of survival techniques.
A woman who prefers to live "outside the system" lives in a "hobbit house"
In 1995 small group people bought a large plot of land in Wales with the intention of turning it into a commune. For years they lived peacefully "outside the system" until the government stepped in and questioned their legal ownership of the land. This was followed by a legal battle that lasted a decade, but in the end it was established that they did indeed own the land and had full right live there.
One of these preppers was Emma Orbach, an Oxford University graduate who now lives in a hobbit house style hut she built for herself. Orbach divorced her husband, who was also a prepper, and now lives alone in round house which she built herself. She grows her own food, produces her own electricity, and prides herself on living without pressure. public rules. Orbach keeps his own farm animals, fetches water from a stream, and occasionally goes to nearby shops to afford treats like chocolate.
“This is how I want to live,” says Orbach. "This lifestyle makes me very happy and brings me peace, this is my ideal home."
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As you know, society is
historically
established forms of joint
people's activities; or is it
isolated from nature, but closely
related part
material world, including
themselves ways of interacting
people and the ways in which they are brought together.
As can be seen from the definitions, they
themselves laid down the principle that
society is made up of people
people are part of society. "But in them
nothing is said about addiction
from human society" - can
say anyone. Yes, and he will be right.
In definitions of reality
nothing is said about the man
will die without society. But it turns out
that if there is no person, there will be no
society. So right? Society
is made up of people's traditions,
located in it. And if
consider any society taken
at any time in our history, then
It can be seen that all relations
within society are regulated
certain rules. At the beginning
it was morality, now it's
more rigid "documents" - and
exactly the law. And for breaking
these norms and laws of man
punished. In what way?
Man tried to isolate from
society, imprisoned
sent to exile. After all, already
It has been known for a long time that man
hard to live alone. Exactly
so they were always drawn to each other
friend in primitive world, wives
often went to Siberia for their husbands, yes
and the prison is not made single-chamber
(although this does happen)
multi-seat. Many people say:
"I can't live among people, I
I love peace and quiet. I find it difficult
communicate with people because I
closed, or because I
I like music/books more than
of people. I would like to understand them." Yes.
Of course, it cannot be denied that
sometimes it's easier for people to be alone with
book or music than with people.
But did this one ever live
man completely isolated
from human society? Was it with him
ever such that he could not
communicate with family and friends
weeks or even months? Not
Think. Because when we say that
we'd rather live in technology or
book, we do not think about
the depth of these words. After all, I
sure that saying live alone, he doesn't
thinks he has it on his computer
have devices for personal
communication, like ICQ, or Quip. Or,
that he has a mother with whom he
will still talk
no longer isolating yourself. People,
which for a long time isolated
from society, begin to descend from
mind. Isn't it crazy
a sign of personality degradation, and
Does that mean her death? . Good
an example of when people struggled with
crazy in jail
outlined in the book: Henri Charrière
"Papillon", where is the person, so as not to
go crazy walking around for days
camera, counting your steps. And in
Sin city movie? After all, there
a person was also isolated from
society. But in order to support
his mind in a state he wrote
letters every day to a girl,
which he had to part with.
And he had a bright mind. Maybe
be a man and be able to live without
society, but his personality will die.
His individuality will die, but
one of the hallmarks of society is
a collection of individuals. Human -
biosocial being, and without
societies to live, develop and
to take place as a person
will be able.
Personality and society - perhaps none of the other topics caused so much debate and did not become the subject of so many works of outstanding minds of mankind. Whether the individual is able to live outside of society is one of the most relevant in all historical times questions.
Many peoples from ancient times had very interesting rituals associated with the initiation of maturation. Some of their details may seem modern man wild and even creepy. For example, a long-term separation from the community was supposed (symbolizing placement in a certain sacred environment in which it was supposed to acquire new knowledge), often accompanied by additional prohibitions - a taboo on talking, a requirement to be in complete darkness, etc.
Moreover, such a "disgrace" could continue for quite a considerable period of time - from a week to a year. Among other effects, such forced isolation gave rise to a literally indestructible thirst for communication in those who went through it. Having lost access to this simple everyday pastime, people literally languished from the inability to satisfy one of the most important needs - communication.
This example is another proof of the thesis that a person is unthinkable without society. Not only an extrovert (capable of going crazy from sheer loneliness), but also the most terry introvert desperately needs to interact with their own kind.
This kind of agony was experienced, in particular, by Dr. Robert Neville, Will Smith's character in the film "I Am Legend." Left in a metropolis dying from a terrible virus, flooded at night with half-zombie-half-vampires generated by this infection ( former people who received their status as evil spirits by-effect from a new anti-cancer drug), and during the day, teeming with wild animals wandering from the surrounding forests, he is trying to find his own kind (if at least one of them managed to survive in a grandiose biological catastrophe).
In order not to go crazy from the lack of a social environment, Dr. Neville in desperation invents some semblance of communication. At a video rental point, for example, he sets up the figures of people he used to meet there in the "pre-virus" time, and speaks to them, imitating normal communication.
Such a craving for elementary communication among the representatives of humanity, who are in forced isolation, is not surprising. It was the continuous information exchange that led people to that high - especially in comparison with times ancient history- the stage of development at which they are now, without interrupting their further progress towards progress.
Interacting with his own kind, cooperating with them, voluntarily or involuntarily undergoing training in what others know and own, a particular representative of the human race not only grows in personal terms. He is also developing as a professional, as someone who knows how to work for the benefit of others, to feel like one of the creators of something valuable and significant.
Through this interchange with communication tools, the return of accumulated experience is carried out and the so-called continuity of generations, which is important for the survival and enhancement of global human achievements. In other words, young members of society absorb the knowledge accumulated by their ancestors, gradually adding to them something of their own, recently discovered and conscious, harmoniously complementing - and at the same time in individual nuances refuting - previous knowledge.
Psychologists from all over the planet have long come to the conclusion that Homo sapiens is a biosocial creature, and for a complete sense of happiness, harmony and well-being, he urgently needs the realization that he is not alone. Moreover, support is important not only from the most beloved and relatives, but also from strangers (which was confirmed by some experiments - in particular, by Argentine scientists). Therefore, the question of whether a person can live without society is hardly, according to by and large, admits a positive answer.
Outside of society, a person falls into a kind of informational vacuum, losing the most important evaluation tools that help determine the value and real importance of his achievements. Growing up in society, an individual absorbs, among other things, acceptable moral and ethical attitudes, already in the course of his childhood, realizing that outside these generally accepted norms, with their violation, full-fledged interaction with others is unlikely to come out.
In addition, such restrictive social frameworks give a sense of security, reliability, even protection. Any member of society can be sure that his ability to survive in such an environment will be many times higher than alone.
One who is deprived of communication with others will not be able to grow into a full-fledged person. In the literature, a lot of negative things have been said about what a person without society is. Examples of this are at least the stories of Robinson Crusoe and Mowgli. By the way, in reality there were many people who grew up among animals. None of them subsequently managed to adapt to full existence among other people.
Thus, outside of society, neither personal, nor spiritual, nor any other development is simply impossible. Deleted from society, a person will lose his orientation in his own advancement in life, and it will be easy for him to slide down the path of degradation.
Society imposes certain norms of behavior on a person, since the community of people implies unity according to some signs, otherwise its parts will not be able to interact. For this reason, a person is always dependent on the team. If he is freed from this addiction, he falls out of society forever.
Such is the example of Larra, the hero of Gorky's story "Old Woman Izergil". Society rejects Larra for killing the elder's daughter. She refused him love, but he took revenge on the proud beauty. The tribe at the council admonished him, people wanted to show him that it was impossible to do this. However, the proud man coldly listened to their speeches and was in no hurry to repent. Then the community decided to expel the dangerous young man from their ranks. Larra was doomed to lonely wanderings, and God also endowed him with immortality. Only then did he know the price of permissiveness and human contempt. As you can see, it is impossible to stay in society if you have gone out of obedience and violated its laws. People could no longer live side by side with the hero, because they were afraid of him. Stepping over prohibitions, he became dangerous for all relatives, no one trusted him anymore. No wonder that freedom from the tribe led Larra to exile.
The problem of a person's search for his place in the social structure was also touched upon in B. Pasternak's novel "Doctor Zhivago". There, too, a person could not free himself from society, being a part of it. Boris Zhivago cannot accept the changed order in Russia during the revolution and civil war. He falls in love with Lara Antipova, who also wants to break away from the violence and troubles that have befallen the country and her family. They realize that it is impossible to escape from war and the harsh reality with impunity, so they decide to take the risk and die. In their opinion, this is better than being involved in terrible events that bring violence and bloodshed. Boris Zhivago is an example of a person who did not endure the new social order, for whom it was easier to get away from them and create, at least for a while, his own personal happy world, albeit divorced from important social problems that time. The hero became free only when he left for Yuriatin, having escaped from society.
Thus, it is impossible to live in society and be free from it, as the great revolutionary Lenin said. I also think so, because the violation of social dogmas promises inevitable exile, because society is united due to the fact that people respect the rules and norms that are binding on everyone. If a person despises them, he has no place in the team.
Interesting? Save it on your wall!The theme of the relationship between man and society is relevant to this day. Society is a part of the world that lives and develops, has its own rules and values. The constituent of this group is none other than man. It is people who can influence the development of culture, technology and change other people's views. But it often happens that several opinions collide, which is where the conflict comes from.
There are examples in the literature of social conflicts. Consider Chatsky from the comedy "Woe from Wit" by A. S. Griboyedov. Chatsky, who has own opinion, tossing it up against Famus Society, condemns servility, ignorance and bribery. There is a clash between the "current century" and the "past century", because Chatsky is not used to lying and adapting, and this does not suit the Famus society.
Alexander Andreevich defends a real person, mind and culture. He expresses his point of view in disputes and conversations, directing his mind and determination to this. Those around take revenge on Chatsky for the truth, which they cannot accept; revenge for the fact that Alexander tried to destroy their usual way of life. The young man accepts that he will not be able to find supporters and friends in Moscow; he is struck by the fact that Sophia loves Molchalin - such a vile and helpful person. This blow was the last for Chatsky - he practically runs away from Moscow, broken and defeated. But at the same time, Alexander understands that he will not be able to live a full life outside of society. This honest and fair man it won't be easy.
I want to bring another literary example. Consider the novel by M.Yu. Lermontov "Hero of our opinion". Pechorin found himself out of society with his narrow-mindedness and mediocrity. He did not want to try on any of the popular social. roles, so he always tried to be the exception to the rule. He plays with the fate of other people, putting himself in atypical circumstances. Pechorin now convinces himself of his love for Bela, then he pretends to court Marie, then he sets off after Ondine. Seeking adventure he ignores moral standards and interests. The peculiarity of Gregory was aimed at destruction. This man suffers because of his alienation, his rebellion is meaningless. In this case, society could teach and save a person if he listened to someone else's opinion. But he did not listen - he forced himself out of society, therefore not a single person could help him.
From my reasoning, I want to conclude that man is a social being. The development of man depends entirely on society, just as the development of society depends on man. Outside of society, only degradation and madness is possible. In life, people develop qualities and talents that form consciousness and intellect. And this can only be done in society.
