Man spends 27 Years in the Maine Woods, alone.
By Craig Crosby Kennebec Journal
ROME Christopher Knight went into the central Maine wilderness 27 years ago.
He built a hut on a slope in the woods, where he spent his days reading books and meditating.
There he lived, re-entering civilization only to steal supplies from camps under the cover of darkness. During those nearly three decades, he spoke just once to another person until he was arrested during a burglary last week.
In between, Knight told police, he committed more than 1,000 burglaries, always taking only what he needed to survive. He became so familiar for his thievery and elusiveness that he spawned the local legend of the North Pond Hermit, who for years confounded both locals and police investigating the break-ins.
In June 2005, the Morning Sentinel published a story about the "hermit of North Pond," who, it said, "for the last 15 years has been picking his way through dozens of the 300 or so camps around North Pond."
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More at the link:
http://www.pressherald.com/news/North-Pond-Hermit-suspect-in-more-than-1000-burglaries-captured.html
raccoon
(31,091 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)(cough) (cough)
formercia
(18,479 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)Squinch
(50,774 posts)And somehow it doesn't shock me that he is a Rush Limbaugh fan.
mikeysnot
(4,755 posts)How long before Rush projects he is a leftist stealing from small businesses.
Squinch
(50,774 posts)SamKnause
(13,043 posts)Thanks for posting.
formercia
(18,479 posts)jpak
(41,742 posts)Very Strange - even for Maine.
I have friends that live on North Pond and they can't shut up about this..
That area is rural, but it's not "wilderness" - how this guy made it through 27 Maine winters is pretty remarkable.
Even more remarkable no hunter ran across his camp - or that law enforcement didn't track him there with dogs.
1000+ break-ins?
A Modern Thoreau he ain't.
But he's got "Nature Boy" Joe Knowles beat all to hell....
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2013/03/26/naked-joe-knowles-nature-man-woods/
yup
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)I wonder how it felt to have a conversation with someone after all that time?