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A review by phidgt
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the North Pond Hermit by Michael Finkel
3.0
A 20 year old man walks into the Maine woods, subsisting on stolen food and supplies and somehow manages to remain hidden for 27 years. This is the story of Christopher Knight, who did just that.
It's an odd story for a few reasons. First off, who just walks away from society without any survival know how and basically learns on the go? He supposedly lived through 27 Maine winters without burning a fire and only using propane to melt snow for drinking water. He also never got ill or suffered from a serious injury. There are doubters of Knight's story who don't believe he actually pulled off this feat without outside assistance.
Secondly, his family doesn't report him missing. This is really odd to me. Knight buys a new car which his brother helps him cosign for and then he just parks it down some remote road, leaves the keys in it and walks away never to be seen or heard from again and no one in the family thinks anything of it? Granted, Knight's family doesn't want anything to do with reporters or the author, so we don't get their perspective on the situation. Maybe they knew all along that Christopher was just on an extended camping trip.
Finally, Knight's camp, which was located a mere 3 minute walk away from the nearest cabin was never discovered in all of the time that he lived in the woods. Knight said that he could hear people talking as they canoed on the pond and, except for a couple of occasions, he never encountered or spoke with other people.
Like I said, it's an odd story that leaves you with many unanswered questions. Michael Finkel did his best to extract information, however, neither Christopher nor his family were eager to talk. In fact, Finkel was fairly obtrusive in his interviewing style; bordering on downright rude by just showing up unannounced or uninvited to see Knight in jail and then later at his house.
You can probably save yourself the time of reading the book and simply Google Christopher Knight. There are loads of news stories, photographs and a documentary available online.
It's an odd story for a few reasons. First off, who just walks away from society without any survival know how and basically learns on the go? He supposedly lived through 27 Maine winters without burning a fire and only using propane to melt snow for drinking water. He also never got ill or suffered from a serious injury. There are doubters of Knight's story who don't believe he actually pulled off this feat without outside assistance.
Secondly, his family doesn't report him missing. This is really odd to me. Knight buys a new car which his brother helps him cosign for and then he just parks it down some remote road, leaves the keys in it and walks away never to be seen or heard from again and no one in the family thinks anything of it? Granted, Knight's family doesn't want anything to do with reporters or the author, so we don't get their perspective on the situation. Maybe they knew all along that Christopher was just on an extended camping trip.
Finally, Knight's camp, which was located a mere 3 minute walk away from the nearest cabin was never discovered in all of the time that he lived in the woods. Knight said that he could hear people talking as they canoed on the pond and, except for a couple of occasions, he never encountered or spoke with other people.
Like I said, it's an odd story that leaves you with many unanswered questions. Michael Finkel did his best to extract information, however, neither Christopher nor his family were eager to talk. In fact, Finkel was fairly obtrusive in his interviewing style; bordering on downright rude by just showing up unannounced or uninvited to see Knight in jail and then later at his house.
You can probably save yourself the time of reading the book and simply Google Christopher Knight. There are loads of news stories, photographs and a documentary available online.