Naked Nomad presumed dead; left multi-million dollar estate
Let's set this straight. According to hard evidence I have gathered, Victor Flanagan, an Australian also known as "Naked Nomad," didn't walk around naked all the time. He wore a sarong when walking through towns and a pair of thongs for when there were too many prickles on the road. He spent at least the last decade living in Papua New Guinea, where he walked from Australia sometime in the 1990s. And, he was found dead lying in a canoe – without any clothing -- in a PNG jungle, news.com.au reports.
Last week, more than a decade after he last spoke to his sister, the Supreme Court in Perth declared Naked Nomad "presumed dead". This is a relevant piece of information because he left all his property--primarily the multi-million dollar beachfront property near Busselton--to his sister. Flanagan had inherited the property after their father's death but didn't have much use for it since he primarily just wanted to be in touch with nature and spend his life walking around naked.
Naked Nomad really isn't that different from multimillionaires, after all. Multi-million beach front property is only fun if you can do nothing all day, but walk around naked.
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 2:18PM
ken said...
He could have made an impact with his money to
help other who loved wild life like he did.
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 2:31PM
dddjr said...
give us a break if the guy wanted to do that and showed respect in towns then let it go . Why does his money have to be left for "a humanitarian effort" . My opinion is you go guy and the best is with you.
for the rest who feel they should get some of it ...GET YOUR OWN AND SEE WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 2:34PM
mrsmelissamartin said...
Well said and very true. Could have shown what OTHER millionaires can do with their money versus buy senseless automobiles, homes with thousands of useless square footage and over the top lifestyles.
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 5:23PM
Bryan said...
You need to remember that all those 'useless' items are products, produced by workers to be marketed and sold. The only truely wasted money, is that which you burn. The rest goes into and enriches all aspects of the economies of the producers.
Apr 15th 2008 @ 2:38PM
Gerald Martens said...
Everyone knows how best to spend another persons money. Amazing comments.
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 2:40PM
mathmanbill said...
The article states he was found dead in a canoe, and that he was declared "presumed dead" by the courts.
If he was found dead, why did he have to be decared dead by the courts? Does not seem like much of a presumption to me.
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 4:28PM
SmartAngel said...
In response to mathmanbill... There were more details about his "death" on the link in the middle of the article.
"Mrs Jenkins said loggers at a remote camp found a dying Caucasian man lying in a canoe – without any clothing – and that she believed it was her brother.
The man’s body had been buried in a mass grave in the PNG city of Lae, where other unidentified people were laid to rest, she said.
Supreme Court Justice Andrew Beech ruled that it was fair to say Flanagan, who would have turned 57 this year, was dead."
Apr 15th 2008 @ 2:50PM
garnett109 said...
Lets Get Naked!
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 2:52PM
nan said...
wish he would have left some of us poor people 1% of his money would make life a little less complicated
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 4:57PM
ash said...
quit spending so much time on the computer and get a job. You will be amazed at what you can accomplish - then seee if you are so willing to give it up.
Apr 15th 2008 @ 5:24PM
Dana said...
if your sooo pour why r u on the computer i hate it how everyone expects him to have been some stuck up who is going to spend all his money i give him props for not changing weather he had money or not he knew what to do with his life
Apr 15th 2008 @ 3:06PM
Gregg said...
I remember reading and seeing a story on the news a few years ago about a young man who had done the same thing in the United States, only he was wearing a white robe and carrying a cross and was walking across the entire country. Has anyone ever heard of him again?
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 4:00PM
stego said...
last i heard, he died for our sins.
Apr 15th 2008 @ 4:01PM
tat2dmike said...
yeh he was hanging around on a hill
Apr 15th 2008 @ 4:41PM
stego said...
yeah but don't worry, dude is alive and well. i heard he rose again on the third day.
Apr 15th 2008 @ 3:26PM
Tom said...
It amazes me how many people feel they are entitled to a hand out from some wealthy person's money. I was raised to believe that if you wanted sometrhing, you'd get up off your dead butt and earn it. Only Dermosocialists fail to see that confiscation of one person's assets to give to others is nothing more than legalized robbery. Tom
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 3:32PM
GC said...
he didn't squander his money, its still in the family ....... so stop being holier than thou. I think maybe the people who feel they should have gotten a share of this guy's money DID squander theirs or they're sitting on their butts waiting for handouts.
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 3:46PM
eric said...
Well said Tom !
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 3:59PM
Doug said...
He lived the life he wanted to live nude and free and did not need to sell it for clothes. And he allowed the land left to him by his father to pass onto his sister and keep it in the family.
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Apr 15th 2008 @ 4:21PM
bulldozer said...
Uh - he DID NOT WALK from Australia to PNG unless he was a more special guy than anybody realized... AUSTRALIA'S AN ISLAND!!!!!
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