Cave Man

Panta Petrovi has been living in a cave in the canyon of Serbia’s Gradasni ka river for over 16 years. Pics Courtesy/@juznasrbija.stranica

Panta Petrovic has been living as a hermit for over a decade, spending half the year in a wooden tree house in the middle of nowhere, and the other half in a 25-metre-long cave hidden in the canyon of the Gradasnicka river. All because he wanted to go back to the basics and get away from modern civilisation.

The 70-year-old man spends his days taking care of his dozens of pets and enjoying the freedom and happiness that a life without material possessions offers. He wasn't always like this, though. In fact, he remembers a time when he cared a lot about making money and using his mastery of several useful crafts to fill his pockets. He also had a lot of friends back then, but as his purse ran dry, most of them evaporated. "I didn't fit in that world anymore, and you can't buy this kind of freedom for any money. You don't get a bill for electricity, water…And you have all the most valuable things that nature gives you," Petrovic has said.

He bathes in the river, warms himself by a fire he starts in a barrel, sleeps on the ground, and never complains about the lack of modern amenities. In fact, he prefers life this way. Having once lived in a regular home, he claims being a hermit is a million times better and adds that he would gladly consult anyone willing to follow in his footsteps for free.

Petrovic shares his modest cave dwelling with dozens of pets, including chickens, ducks, goats, dogs, cats, and even a full-grown wild boar. The boar just stumbled into his cave one day, about six years ago, as a piglet, to hide from dogs or hunters that had most likely killed its mother, and never left. Petrovic took it in and raised it as a pet.

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