Petrov_Zailenko
Petrov "Petro" Zailenko, a.k.a. Pitro Zalenko, known as the "Hendy Hermit" or the "Boonville Hermit," lived in Hendy Woods State Park in California for more than 18 years during the 1960s and '70s in huts of his own construction consisting of redwood plank lean-tos, one of which was located on a hollowed-out tree stump.[1] [2] He subsisted on small game such as chipmunk and produce from nearby farms and obtained clothing discarded by others.[1] [3]