86 Year-Old Man Lives on His Own Tropical Island With 120 Giant Tortoises

It ’s an ultimate - phantasy scenario for sure . Eighty - six year - quondam Brendon Grimshaw is the owner — and sole human dweller — of the island of Moyenne in the Indian Ocean . His only companions are 120 giant tortoise . sound like quite a life-style .

The island is part of the island res publica of Seychelles , about 700 Admiralty mile from Madagascar . Grimshaw purchased the land in 1962 for only £ 8000 ( about $ 13,000 USD ) . He then spent year re - introducing jumbo tortoise to the island ; they were once aboriginal , but had long since been kill off .

To add to the super - villain den vibration , as reported byThe Daily Mail , the island is said to be home to an abundance of buried pirate treasure . Grenshaw has found grounds of concealing place , but has not yet come upon any chests of gold . perhaps he should start teaching all those tortoises how to sniff out the riches . [ BBC / The Daily Mail ]