Rome, Italy: A man who has been living alone on a deserted island for 32 consecutive years is finally finally leaving the island because a private company has bought it.
Moro Morandi, 81, was passing through in his boat in 1989 when his boat capsized and he barely made it to the island of Bodily. The island is famous for its pink beaches, which is what Moro intended to be.
Like the fictional character Robin San Cruzo, Moro Morandi has been described as a strange character. "I hope the island's new administration will protect it in the same way I cared for it environmentally," he wrote sympathetically on his Facebook page.
Earlier, he called himself a rebel of the society. "I am fed up with many things in society. I am troubled by materialism, consumerism and the political crisis in Italy. At first, I wanted to work in a Polynesian desert so that I could live close to nature, away from the hustle and bustle of the cities.
He was then traveling at sea with his friends to the Italian island of La Madeleine to work and save money for his trip. But then he landed on Badley Island, where the caretaker was about to retire. Moro stayed there and took care of the island as well as guiding the tourists.
In 2020, Fabrizio Fonseca, president of La Medellina National Park, told reporters that there was a World War II radio station and a house. Moro made changes to it without permission. Although 70,000 signatures have been received from the public, Moro has been asked by the government to stay on the island. Moro has since decided to leave the island and move to a smaller flat later this month.
But he expressed hope that the island would be taken care of after him.
