Tom Leppard (1935-2016) is also known as the “leopard man” with the rare real name Tom Wooldridge. Born in the United Kingdom, he served in the armed forces for nearly 30 years including serving in the Royal Navy and serving as a black sergeant in the Rhodesian Special Forces.
Unlike other ordinary people, Tom Leppard has mysterious behavior and life as a prehistoric man. (Photo: Internet)
It is known that after joining the armed forces, Tom Leppard moved alone to the Isle of Skye in Scotland to live in a hut without any amenities. And suddenly he had been hiding there for 20 years, living a life without electricity, no phone, only drinking and bathing in the river.
In addition, every week he kayaks about 5km inland to buy necessary supplies and receive a pension, which is also Tom Leppard’s only social contact for the past two decades.
This man has lived on the island for two decades in a wild and true way of life of prehistoric people (Image: Internet)
By 2008, Tom was 73 years old at that time, at an age where he was no longer healthy, so he gave up the wild life in a dilapidated hut to live in a house with more amenities because “feeling old Already”. “I was very happy in that hut but like everyone else, I was too old to continue living like that.” , said Tom
In addition, he has never regretted his decision about these tattoos and his hard time living on the island, “I love every minute of living there. When I tattooed my body with a leopard coat, I became the center of attention to help attract tourists on the island of Skye . ”
The moment Tom made a bold decision that he would tattoo his entire body with the desire to stand out from the crowd, and also to earn money to cover his life. He eventually became the center of attention helping to attract tourists on the island of Skye
Tom’s life is literally free from entanglement and rest (Image: Internet)
Instead of choosing tattoos with large or delicate textures, Tom decided to tattoo just one type of pattern and turned himself into a “leopard” by coloring his entire body in orange and black spots on it. He has tattooed 99.9% of his body, except for areas that are too small to be inked like the skin between his toes and inside his ears.
According to the share, this “leopard” work cost nearly 10,000 USD for the former British soldier, but thanks to that, Tom was recognized by the Guinness list as the person with the most tattoos in the world in 2011.
Tom set the record for the person with the most tattoos in the world in 2011 and then he returned to the city to live when his health was weak (Photo: Internet)
