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Podcast: Passion Harvest
Episode: 10 YEARS IN THE FOREST: Homeless Hermit to Academic Professor with Dr. Gregory. P. Smith
Description: Gregory .P. Smith ate just about anything to stay alive in the forest.
For 10 years a man calling himself Will Power lived in near-total isolation in northern New South Wales, foraging for food, eating bats and occasionally trading for produce.
Some people thought he might be Jesus. Others feared he was a more sinister figure.
The truth was that he was neither miraculous nor malevolent, but he was, most certainly, gifted.
When he finally emerged from the forest, emaciated and close to death, he was determined to reclaim his real name and 'give society another chance'.
Today, Dr Gregory Peel...