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Hermit of Posseum Key Still Living Off the Grid
Arthur Darwin at 96 continues monthly trips to Everglades City for supplies. Since 1945 he has lived alone on Posseum Key in Everglades National Park with no electricity or running water, surviving on rain and canned goods while reflecting on environmental changes after Lake Okeechobee was lowered and mangroves displaced wildlife.
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Everglades
City
Fla
Arthur Darwin
Rockies
Darwin
Posseum Key
Everglades National Park
Island Landing
Everglades City
Civilization
Ten Thousand Islands
Florida
Gulf Coast
Miami
Naples
Luke
Lake Okeechobee
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers