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is the name of a movie, starring Cornell Wilde, that I mentioned in the Survivorman thread. It is a tale of true grit, and a remarkable survival epoch in which a white safari leader is captured by native South Africans. He sees his whole party killed, but he is allowed to live and is given a chance to survive. He is stripped naked, and allowed a head start. The natives then pursue, and you will have to see the movie for the rest. He does some things to survive that someone might actually have to do in a real SHTF scenario being lost in the wilderness.
Well I pondered, in the Survivorman thread, if this movie was based on fact or if it was mere fiction; so I did a web search on the movie. I found a movie site http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060736/ detailing The Naked Prey. On that site there was a brief synopsis of the story line that made reference to one John Colter. His escape from Blackfoot Indians is the basis for the story line for the movie. It seems that it was much less expensive to film this movie in South Africa, so the Blackfoot Indians and the American west were dropped in favor of native South Africans and the bush.
This reference to John Colter, and the note that the story of The naked Prey was based upon his real life escape from the Indians got me even more curious, so I searched John Colter on the web. Here is a link http://www.edjohnston.com/edsci/colter1.htm to one of the sites I found about him. It is a three page read, and pretty long, but it gives some info on his travels with Lewis and Clarke; and then it details account of his escape from the Blackfoot Indians rather nicely. A very interesting read (even if you skip to the part about the escape) for a tale of true survival in the wilderness with the absolute bare minimum for survival - yes he was the original Naked Prey - no knives, no guns, no shirt or shoes, just his own bare arse. Pretty amazing, but read it for yourself.
I have to send this to my uncle Ken, who first introduced me to that movie; and who will likely be quite surprised to read it was based on a true story.
Well I pondered, in the Survivorman thread, if this movie was based on fact or if it was mere fiction; so I did a web search on the movie. I found a movie site http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060736/ detailing The Naked Prey. On that site there was a brief synopsis of the story line that made reference to one John Colter. His escape from Blackfoot Indians is the basis for the story line for the movie. It seems that it was much less expensive to film this movie in South Africa, so the Blackfoot Indians and the American west were dropped in favor of native South Africans and the bush.
This reference to John Colter, and the note that the story of The naked Prey was based upon his real life escape from the Indians got me even more curious, so I searched John Colter on the web. Here is a link http://www.edjohnston.com/edsci/colter1.htm to one of the sites I found about him. It is a three page read, and pretty long, but it gives some info on his travels with Lewis and Clarke; and then it details account of his escape from the Blackfoot Indians rather nicely. A very interesting read (even if you skip to the part about the escape) for a tale of true survival in the wilderness with the absolute bare minimum for survival - yes he was the original Naked Prey - no knives, no guns, no shirt or shoes, just his own bare arse. Pretty amazing, but read it for yourself.
I have to send this to my uncle Ken, who first introduced me to that movie; and who will likely be quite surprised to read it was based on a true story.