I mean... I fucking get it.
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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.
Can you imagine? "Um... where tf is that giant tub of peanut butter we just bought? And half of my underwear is missing..."
Yeah read articles about this man he was the ghost of the woods or something. He never broke in that could proven. But books amd food comes up missing and clothing. It drove the locals nuts. But they never imagined it was a person. I totally believe he still be out there but he wanted to get caught.
1000 burglaries over span of 27 years is actually respectable. People do a lot worse when they need a lot less
That's once every 10 days. That's a lotta robbin
No robberies. Just burglaries. And only of empty vacation homes. And only for cheap essentials.
If I knew there was someone in the woods stealing food, I would have put out cans of food for him, so he doesn't break in.
Me too. It's bizarre how angry some people get about this guy. I would love to support him by donating whatever he needs in a way that is comfortable for him to receive it.
We have food donation and unwanted restaurant leftover boxes on the main downtown street here. I try to add something whenever one is empty.
Is that the guy who survived sub-zero winter nights with no fire (for maximum stealth) by just staying awake all night?
I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to be alone that badly, but I lived alone during the pandemic and went about eight months without seeing another human in person and I already started getting weird. After a certain point, you have to readjust to having people around. I can’t imagine how it would be after that long.
Throw that link up
Search: drove until he ran out of gas stole only food
::: spoiler https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/man-lived-alone-forest-27-10033467 :::
Yooo, can you send a link to the vid?
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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
I heard about him and the guy that finally tracked him down. He did serve a prison sentice and after disappeared back into the woods.
prison sentice
Sentient AI that froze?
muthafucker couldn't get a library card?
You need an address to receive one, most of the time. I don't think the post office delivers to "Standing awake in subzero nights to survive, existing as a local cryptid in the woods 80864"
Well, if he'd used the full +4 code he might have gotten away with it and received his library card a day earlier.
I hate the +4 digits. There's no way you need that many digits to find a place in a world that has What Three Words.
Zip+4: 9 digits
What Three Words: 14 characters in this case.
There are certainly reasons to consider adopting w3w, but saving digits isn't one of them.
Besides, I don't think what three words existed when they developed the zip+4 system.
Pre-Trump, the USPS would likely deliver to a latitude and longitude.
That's a proper monk in the modern age if I ever see one.
I guess he got those glasses after he was caught?
Was thinking that too..
I wonder how he kept himself in eyeglasses for that long. It would be so, so annoying to break or lose them.
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