Not all heroes wear capes!
For 13 thousand dollars, the Englishman Brandon Grimshaw bought a small uninhabited island in the Seychelles in the indicated ocean, the small island is called Moyenne. and moved on when Englishman Brandon Grimshaw was in his forties, quitting his job as a newspaper editor and starting a new life.
At that time, no human had set foot on the island 50 years ago.
As befits a true Robinson, Brandon found a pal (his Friday) among the natives of the Seychelles, and hired him. Her name was Rene Lafortin together with Rene, Brandon traveled to the desert island and started setting up his new home. While René only came to the island of Moyenne occasionally, Brandon lived there for decades and
In 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 alone on the island.
He was 81 years old. It attracted 2,000 new species of birds to the island and introduced more than a hundred giant tortoises, which the rest of the world (including the Seychelles) were already on the verge of extinction. Thanks to Grimshaw's efforts, the once desert island is now home to two-thirds of Seychelles' wildlife. An abandoned land has become a real paradise.
A few years ago, the Prince of Saudi Arabia offered Brandon Grimshaw $50 million for the island, but this modern Robinson turned him down. “I don't want the island to become a favorite vacation spot for the wealthy. It better be a national park that everyone can enjoy. "
And he ensured that the island was effectively declared a national park in 2008.
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