He completed compulsory military service in the Hungarian People's Army and in 1969, Arató graduated from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics under the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

[5] In 2020, Arató was a contestant in the Hungarian version of Masked Singer (Álarcos énekes), as the character "Szörnyecske" ("Little Monster"), broadcast on the TV station RTL Klub.

[15][16][additional citation(s) needed] While Arató was on holiday, he was taking photos of his trip, uploading them to social media.

[17] Not only his friends saw his photos but also a professional photographer, who contacted him saying that he was seeking a model and offered him an invitation to a shoot.

Arató realised he did similar things while he was in school, like drawing on pictures in his course books of the Hungarian poet John Arany, making him look like a pirate.

First, Internet users from the United States started posting photos of Arató, then the practice spread to Europe, and later on, the rest of the world.

found out Arató's true identity and emailed him, stating that there were many users who believed that he was not a real living person.

[21] The Hungarian Electrotechnical Association (MEE, short for the Hungarian Magyar Elektrotechnikai Egyesület) awards the János Urbanek Prize yearly, which is given to a member who, within the framework of the Association life, has an outstanding theoretical or practical activity in the field of lighting technology.