I watched a video on him. Great and very unique story. Sure he stole, but he was harmless and just wanted to live alone. Crazy how he survived some of those winters.
Yeah but apparently he was a terror to those living in the area. They swore it was a ghost because it hard to prove that they were not losing their minds.
Throw that link up
Free to roam the great outdoors all by himself for all that time, and they cram him into a cell with a dozen other people. Cruel and unusual punishment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Thomas_Knight
Sounds like a nice fellow but 27 years is a long time. Doesn’t sound that glamourous.
occupations - recluse, hermit, burglar
muthafucker couldn’t get a library card?
That’s a proper monk in the modern age if I ever see one.
Highly reccomend The Stranger In The Woods by Michael Finkle. It was absolutely gripping and fascinating
I wonder how he kept himself in eyeglasses for that long. It would be so, so annoying to break or lose them.


