“Leopard Man” Trades Canoe for Creature Comfort
28 Oct
Tom Leppard, who until recently lived a primitive life that included canoeing three miles for his groceries each week, has opted for some creature comfort these days. The 73-year-old British man whose body is covered in leopard-spot tattoos has traded his ramshackle cottage and its plastic-sheeting roof for a one-bedroom home.
He’s traded his canoe trip for walks to the local shop.
Known as the Leopard Man of Skye — a Scottish Island — Leppard was once recognized as the world’s most tattooed man. He lost that crown recently and has now decided he needs to lead a less eccentric, less dangerous, less arduous lifestyle.
“I had to canoe to Kyle once a week for shopping and it was getting too hard for me – I was one big wave away from disaster,” he told The London Times in THIS story. “It’s a pretty nasty stretch of water. About six weeks ago a friend with a boat offered to take me off and I just decided there and then to go. I packed what kit I could into black bin liners and that was it. I’ve just accepted that I couldn’t carry on living like that anymore.”
Our favorite photo of Leopard Man accompanies THIS story by the China Daily.
