For more than two decades, Tom Leppard chose a life that few could imagine. Living alone in a tiny stone hut on Scotland's Isle of Skye, he survived without electricity, running water or modern comforts, relying instead on a nearby stream for water and a weekly kayak trip for supplies. Yet his isolated lifestyle was only part of what made him remarkable. Covered almost entirely in leopard-spot tattoos, Leppard became internationally known as the world's most tattooed man. Behind the striking appearance, however, was a former soldier who deliberately exchanged the noise of modern life for the quiet of one of Britain's most remote landscapes.
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