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[Judi Lynn]

Argentine man has lived in a cave for 40 years

The 79-year-old survives without water or electricity in his cave in a mountain. Word of his solitary lifestyle spread and he now gets an occasional visit from tourists.

By Alvaro MedinaAssociated Press
Sun., July 31, 2016


SAN PEDRO DE COLALAO, ARGENTINA—Pedro Luca has lived in a cave in northern Argentina for 40 years.
The 79-year-old survives without running water or electricity in his cavern high in a mountain in northern Tucuman province. When he gets hungry he picks up his rifle and goes hunting or heads on a three-hour trek down the mountain to the nearest settlement of San Pedro de Colalao. A creek is his main source of water.

“It’s the purest, richest water there is,” he says.

Luca prepares food inside his mountain cavern. The 79-year-old man has survived without running water and electricity in his cavern high up in a mountain in northern Tucuman province.

His cave mates? Eleven roosters and two goats that roam the mountainside during the day and return at night looking for shelter from pumas and other predators. The crows of the roosters wake him up at around 3 a.m. every morning and he begins the day by starting a fire.

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