The Strange & Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit... or the man who camped for 28 yr

[Baron Von Crowder]

It's definitely an interesting read. What I took away from it was Chris was socially impotent, which makes me think he does possibly have aspergers. He certainly seemed content with avoiding society, however from a welfare standpoint, even after all those years it seemed he was unable to live off the land. I have doubts he could earn enough of a living to be self sustaining, even in the wilderness.

He sounds perfect for a career in IT.

[DON SVO]

He sounds perfect for a career in IT.

[Chili]

What a can of pringles. After 28 years all he could share was "get enough sleep"?

As a society we seem to glom on to characters like him thinking they have some sort of enlightened insight on the world, and life in general. As it was, it is more likely he just has mental / emotional issue(s) that keep him from functioning normally in society. I feel for the guy. He probably would have been better off if he were able to pass away naturally without ever being discovered.

[EW]

It's definitely an interesting read. What I took away from it was Chris was socially impotent, which makes me think he does possibly have aspergers. He certainly seemed content with avoiding society, however from a welfare standpoint, even after all those years it seemed he was unable to live off the land. I have doubts he could earn enough of a living to be self sustaining, even in the wilderness.

Harder to "live off the land" when you have to hide 24/7.

[CJ]

Harder to "live off the land" when you have to hide 24/7.

True, but the story reads as though he depended 100% on the food he stole. I didn't see anywhere they mentioned him hunting or supplementing his survival with other things. I may have missed it.

[talisman]

Chris Knight, or Lazlo Hollyfield?

Well done young man.

What a can of pringles. After 28 years all he could share was "get enough sleep"?

haha! Sleep is underrated as a luxury.


Great read, Matt.

[Nash B.]

True, but the story reads as though he depended 100% on the food he stole. I didn't see anywhere they mentioned him hunting or supplementing his survival with other things. I may have missed it.

He wasn't really in a good place for it.

The Belgrade Lakes area, where Knight lived, is cow-and-horse rural, nothing like the vast North Woods of Maine, wild and unpeopled. Knight's camp was located on private property, just a few hundred feet from the nearest cabin, in an area crisscrossed by dirt roads.

[yellowstang]

He's actually a wessen, not a hermit.

[Sleeper]

I read this a while back and actually thaught it was already posted here.

I think its cool as hell and they should release the dude and leave him be. Now that people know about him he wont have to steal as much propane and could burn wood.

I applaude people like this guy. Id give him supplies

[GE]

I don't really read many of the TL;DR stories you post, but I got caught up in this one. Pretty damn interesting.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I don't really read many of the TL;DR stories you post, but I got caught up in this one. Pretty damn interesting.

Dfwm's own hermit.

[Chili]

I don't really read many of the TL;DR stories you post, but I got caught up in this one. Pretty damn interesting.

Same here, mainly because I could keep up with this one.. Fuck all that science shit.

[mstng86]

Go in with Reagan in office, come out to Obama.

SHOCKING!!!

[YALE]

Go in with Reagan in office, come out to Obama.

SHOCKING!!!

That's a damn shame. He didn't even get a chance to ease into things.

[GhostTX]

Good read and very interesting.