Josh Duhamel Reveals He’s a ‘Doomsday Prepper,’ Constructing Apocalypse-Prepared Property in North Dakota

In a latest interview with Inverse, the 50-year-old actor revealed he is “turn out to be a little bit of a doomsday prepper,” sharing particulars about his lakeside property in North Dakota, which he believes he and his household “might reside off” if obligatory sometime.

Duhamel stated all of it started with “one little cabin,” which had no electrical energy or water, with the “Shotgun Marriage ceremony” star calling the house “disgusting.” Nonetheless, after the cabin subsequent door — a “stunning little idyllic cabin on the water” — grew to become accessible, he purchased it.

“I’ve a tractor. I’ve a skid steer. I am altering tires. I am altering oil. I am fixing issues. I am shifting filth, I am popping rocks,” Duhamel stated, additionally sharing, “I am studying find out how to hunt. I fish.”

The “Transformers” star additionally stated that he is turn out to be considerably of a farmer. “We formed the land. We created trails by means of it. I am truly rising crops on the market,” he advised Inverse, itemizing a few of his crops, together with clover and chicory to “feed the deer,” and his plans to “develop pumpkins and corn.”

When requested why he desires to feed the deer particularly, Duhamel stated, “It is referred to as a meals plot. My thought is that I need to have the ability to hunt a deer. I am not a hunter by any means, however I’ve this loopy fixation on what occurs if s— hits the fan in LA and I’ve to take my household on the market and reside off the land.”

“I’ve turn out to be a little bit of a doomsday prepper, I assume,” he continued. “So I am studying find out how to hunt. I’ve wells. We’ve got water. We’ve got gas. I am constructing one thing so if issues do go south, I’ve a spot to take my household. And I imagine that we might reside off the land on the market. I am not superb at it but, however I am getting there. It retains my lizard mind lively.”

The “Protected Haven” actor — who’s married to mannequin Audra Mari and shares 9-year-old son Axl with ex-wife Fergie — went on to share how he got here to get into “doomsday prepping.”

“I learn this e book referred to as ‘Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse’ years in the past, and it freaked me out just a little bit,” he stated of the 1998 novel by survivalist creator James Wesley Rawles.

“After which there was a film or e book about these guys who had this little group the place all people had their very own specialty,” he added. “One was weapons, one was canning, one was development, one was medical. And if you did not have one thing to convey to the group, you had been out. I am not saying I am that loopy about it, however it’s a comforting feeling realizing that I might survive on the market.”

When requested if he believes he has these survival abilities, Duhamel stated, “I am engaged on these abilities. I would not name myself an professional or a survivalist by any means, however I am getting higher at it.”