Simona Kossak...

Have you heard of Simona Kossak? She was a scientist, ecologist, and an activist who fought to protect Europe's oldest forest. She was also a fascinating person. The locals called her a witch (an experience that Nya from Witterkin knows well), because she chatted with animals and owned a terrorist-crow, who stole gold and attacked bicycle riders. She spent more than 30 years in a wooden hut in the Białowieża Forest (Poland), without electricity or access to running water. A lynx slept in her bed, and a tamed boar lived with her under the same roof. Simona Kossak was born on October 27, in 1943. Image: Simona with her creatures photographed by Lech Wilczek ~ From "Weird And Unusual Things," by Randika Madhumalby. . .