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The Stranger in the Woods

the Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
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Jan 14, 2021
As a young man Chris Knight builds a hidden camp in the Maine outback. He lives in this isolated. patch of woods entirely alone for over 25 years. He steals food and and supplies from a nearby camp and eventually gets caught redhanded. Slightly disturbing, sad ending. I felt like a voyeur invading someone’s privacy. Knight’s repeated earnest pleas to the author to leave him alone went mostly unheeded. It was creepily interesting to read about someone choosing self isolation during this time of mandated quarantine.