Jasper KingPublished on July 8, 2024 at 11:08 AM | Updated on July 8, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Samuil lives in rural Siberia and endures sub-zero temperatures every day (Photo: YouTube/Kiun B)
Could you survive in the Siberian wilderness at -70°C alongside bears and wolves? Well, the loneliest man in the world can.
For the past 20 years, Samuil has lived in one of the most hostile environments on Earth, in the heart of the Yakutsk forest, five hours from civilisation.
The 67-year-old even moved from his previous home in a small village in Russia because life there was “quite boring.”
Samuil spends his time foraging for food, reading Frozen magazines and listening to the radio.
Life is hard, as he lives in a hut built from materials he finds in the wilderness and cuts down trees to make fires for heat.
The windows have holes in them where the cellophane sheets have peeled off, allowing icy air to get in.
However, he managed to keep the hut warm by lining it with tarpaulins, tin sheets and blankets.
He is approaching 70 and beginning to feel weary of life, so he prays every time he leaves his hut.
Samuil survives in a makeshift hut (Photo: YouTube/Kiun B)
He built his own house (Photo: YouTube/Kiun B)
“My God, Jesus Christ, please help me. Help me find food when I go to the village,” he said in a YouTube documentary.
A big problem for Samuil is the threat of bears, who said: “I’ve seen bears pass by my house many times.”
“They roam around my house. My dog is always barking. I’m glad they don’t come inside the house. They’re very dangerous.”
“But they don’t care about me. We’re just like neighbors.”
Samuil also built an underground freezer that doesn’t require electricity and is filled with meat.
His food comes mainly from fishing in the nearby lake and he also hunts animals such as wild rabbits.
Because the temperatures were so low, Samuil managed to build a makeshift freezer in his basement (Photo: YouTube/Kiun B)
The inside of the house is covered with tarpaulins, tin sheets and blankets. (Photo: YouTube/Kiun B)
To make some extra money, Samuil sells brooms in the city of Yakutsk, but the journey there is long and dangerous.
He boils water on the stove and pours it into a funnel-shaped tub that hangs outside to shower.
The closest city to Samuil is Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world, with temperatures of -40°C and still warm in the afternoons.
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Temperatures can drop to as low as -68°C, but are still tolerable for locals.
People living in this area have no heaters or radiators so they must first gather firewood to make a fire in their homes.
Because water pipes freeze, clean water is hard to find, so water scraped off melted ice blocks is used instead.
The cold weather makes harvesting impossible, so many people rely on a meat and fish diet.
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