Pester may or may not have been the subject of the lyrics to the song “Nature Boy” written for Nat King Cole and later covered by David Bowie. It is believed he was released on Parole in 1946. He may or may not have been imprisoned at San Quentin Prison (and later Folsom Prison) because of more acts of “sexual perversion”. He was also suspected of being a German spy that sent radio messages to Germany from atop the San Jacinto Mountains, because, you know, why else would a naked man be wandering the desert so far away from his home in Germany? Sounds like a conspiracy. In 1940, He was arrested for sexual acts with a minor. He eventually came to a second home in Indio, California, returning to Palm Canyon only on the weekends. People would come visit him in roves, hundreds at a time. People from all around heard of him, and soon enough he was visited by celebrities like the writer Zane Grey, and the film actor Rudolph Valentino, amongst others. He also was a nudist and spent much time unclothed in the heat of the sun. He made his own footwear and had a collection of Native American pottery and artifacts, played guitar and ate a diet consisting mostly of raw fruits and vegetables before a paleo diet was ever a “new” trend. He spent much of his time reading and writing.
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