06/24/2023
Not all heroes wear capes!
For 13 thousand dollars, Englishman Brandon Grimshaw bought a small uninhabited island in the Seychelles in the indicated ocean, the small island is called Moyenne. and moved on there forever When Englishman Brandon Grimshaw was in his forties, he quit his job as a newspaper editor and started a new life.
At that time, no human had stepped foot on the island 50 years ago.
As befits a true Robinson, Brandon found a mate (his Friday) among the Seychelles natives, and hired him. Her name was Rene Lafortin Together with Rene, Brandon traveled to the deserted island and began to set up his new home. While Rene came to Moyenne Island only occasionally, Brandon lived there for decades and never left.
Over 39 years, Grimshaw and Lafortin planted 16,000 trees with their own hands and built nearly 3 miles of trails. In 2007, Rene Lafortin died, leaving Brandon all alone on the island.
He was 81 years old. It attracted 2,000 new bird species to the island and introduced over a hundred giant turtles, which rest of the world (including Seychelles) were already on the brink of extinction. Thanks to Grimshaw's efforts, the once-deserted island is now home to two-thirds of Seychelles' wildlife. An abandoned piece of land has become a true paradise.
A few years ago, the prince of Saudi Arabia offered Brandon Grimshaw $50 million for the island, but this modern Robinson turned it down. “I don’t want the island to become a favorite vacation spot for rich people. It better be a national park everyone can enjoy. "
And he got the island effectively declared a national park in 2008.
