Caveman arrested after 16 years on the run

[Marilyn. 340]

An escaped prisoner who had been hiding out in caves and living mainly off fruit has been finally recaptured in northern Portugal after 16 years on the run.

Although the bearded, long-haired man tried to resist arrest when police cornered him at daybreak, he did not use the pistol he had on him, a police spokesman said.

The 54-year-old man had been serving a 10-year sentence for murder when he escaped in 1993 and disappeared into his native region of Vieira do Minho.

"Since his escape, he hid out and lived in three or four caves in the region, which he knew well," said Chief Inspector Carlos Gomes of the judicial police in Braga, northern Portugal.

"He fed himself on fruits and had never seen a doctor, but he seemed to us to be in good health."

Police got back on the man's trail a couple of years ago and launched 'Operation Cro-Magnon' to bring the caveman to justice.

They discovered that from time to time the fugitive received food and medicine from members of his family.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/30/2640570.htm

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That, and you can live off fruit like that? Wow..I'm changing my grocery list!!