He Lived Alone In The Forest For 27 Years – But He Never Expected Where He’d Be Today
Who’s Out There?
27 years of confusion awaited for the residents of North Pond, Maine, and surrounding communities, but they were unsuspecting in the beginning. When people began to notice things were missing, nobody saw anything except for occasional shadows or murky shapes in the woods.
Getting Away From The World
Christopher Thomas Knight was raised in Albion, Maine. Though he had a regular upbringing, he found it extremely difficult to connect with other people. So much so, that he ran away from the world in 1986, choosing to live in complete isolation in a forest in Maine. He didn’t tell his family or folks at his job. He just vanished into the forest, with no idea of what he was doing or where he was going.
The Hungry Man
A burglar in the area began stealing all kinds of small items from local residents, and rumors of someone lurking in the woods led to nicknames such as the “North Pond Hermit” and even “the Mountain Main.” Some called the perpetrator of these stealthy crimes “the Hungry Man” because he never stole expensive items, instead choosing food, winter clothes, batteries, and other essentials.
Hermit Hermit
Those who lived in the North Pond area looked to police for help, telling them how powerless they felt and stating that they always felt as if they were being watched. Residents put up cameras and kept their eyes open but were never able to find the man that the police referred to as “Hermit Hermit.”
