“Founder. Criminal. Adventurer. Six-figure felonies. Seven-figure exits.”
At various times, Peter Young has been an eco-terrorist, fugitive, founder, author, prisoner, forger, hobo, saboteur, infiltrator, and agitator, By various federal agencies and trade groups, he has been considered a terrorist, eco-terrorist, domestic terrorist, “special interest” terrorist, burglar, accessory after the fact, danger to the community, armed and dangerous, flight risk, escape risk, and unindicted co-conspirator.
Called “a criminal” by Nancy Grace, “a frequent flying hipster” by Forbes, “an arrogant vigilante” by a federal magistrate, “fanatic” by The Seattle Weekly, “unrepentant” by The Associated Press, “notorious” by San Francisco Magazine, “brilliant” by Ryan Holiday, and “a pro” by prosecutor David Tomkins.
As an activist, Peter Young is the first person charged with “Animal Enterprise Terrorism” for overnight raids freeing thousands of mink and fox from fur farms. been an indicted co-conspirator
As a fugitive, facing a possible 82 year sentence, Young evaded the FBI by forging documents to obtain a new ID, travelled across 47 states, and lived underground for 7.5 years.
As an FBI target, Young has had his home raided twice, been named me an unindicted co-conspirator in a laboratory raid at the University of Iowa, had undercover informants to sent seduce him, been put on the TSA’s terrorist list, had attempts to turn ex-girlfriends into informants, and appeared at fake speaking events set up by the FBI.
As an author, he’s sold nearly 40,000 books under his name and two pseudonyms, on subjects from living for free, to entrepreneurship, to animal rights.
As a speaker, he’s presented at over 100 universities and events, on subjects from illegal animal rescues to picking locks to fugitive life.
As an adventurer, Young has occupied multi-million dollar abandoned houses, hopped freight trains and hitchhiked the country for years, lived deep cover as a “college student” while secretly occupying an abandoned broom closet in a lecture hall, and spent decades pursuing “a good story” by any means necessary.
As a spokesperson and media contact, Young has appeared on Nancy Grace, interviewed by CNN, Associated Press, New York Times, and more; appeared in films including Bold Native and Speciesism; interviewed or featured in books including Girlboss, Double Lives And False Identities, Trust Me I’m Lying (5th Anniversary Edition), No Option But Sabotage, and more; and dozens of college newspapers, podcasts, and other news sources.
As an entrepreneur, Young funded a software company by reselling books from library dumpsters, grew it to over $2m in revenue, achieved $6.5m sales over six years, sold for a multiple seven figure amount, and—after having a “real job” less than 18 months of his adult life—retired.
Today, Young lives in Savannah Georgia and continues his lifelong and unbroken succession of conspiracies.
