The wild man of Cape York who has been hailed as the 'The real life Tarzan' shunned modern society 60 years ago, after becoming inspired by Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey. Micheal Peter Fomenko now 84, Born the son of Princess Elizabeth Machabelli and champion athlete Daniel Fomenko in present day Georgia, which was part of former soviet Union, the family moved to Japan in the late 1930s but later moved to Sydney as a result of war tension in 1937. Micheal, who was a state decathlon champion and has been tipped for a place in the 1956 Olympic in Melbourne, but before the 24 year could compete at the games, having see himself as Greek hero Odysseus, he ran away from his family's Northbridge home and - See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2015/09/meet-real-life-tarzan-from-australia.html#sthash.n2qbQYos.dpuf