Christopher Knight, not to be confused with the actor of Peter Brady, left his life in "normal" society to live alone in a cabin in the woods. Knight left everything behind at 20 years old to live as a hermit in the maine wilderness. He drove his car until he ran out of gas, left the keys inside on the dash, and walked until he settled down in a solitary cabin in the woods. It was there that he made his home for twenty-seven years. Knight was not a survivalist, but he was clever. He watched the residents of a nearby group of vacation cabins and when he was confident that the residents had left he would carefully unhinge the door and walk inside. Knight pilfered small things from the homes he entered. He primarily stole batteries, small radios, winter boots and jackets, jeans, food, magazines, and books, and when he had taken what he needed he screwed the door back on its hinges and left for his own cabin. He was later caught robbing a summer-camp kitchen and was put in jail for seven months. His bizzarre story was later recorded in a book by Michael Finkel titled "The Stranger in the Woods".
1. How do you feel about this? Do you admire him, pitty him, etc.? Explain.
I pitty him and his situation but also admire his ironic civility when breaking into and robbing a home.
2. How would you fare if you were void of human contact for twenty-seven years?
I would go insane from the lack of interaction and conversation.
3. What other thoughts do you have on this story?
I wonder what happened that pushed him to become a hermit and why no one went to look for him.
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I feel like he kind of put himself into this situation and I feel like I pity him for whatever reason made him decide to do this, if I was going to do this, I would gain a basic survival knowlage so I wouldn't have to steal in order to get by. I think that I would eventually get lonely, but for a while I would be okay. I like going camping and using true survivalist skills and I like the peace and thought I can get when I leave all the technology and interaction behind. I think of it more as self care than being antisocial. I enjoy having time to just not think about a crazy schedule or what someone needs from me or trying to carry on another akward conversation.
I don't really admire him, becuase he didn't uze his resources and ended up stealing from innocent people. I would probably develop a mental health issue and go crazy from lack of human contact.
I pitty him. He went from being normal in the normal world to stealing in the wilderness. I am a people person and talk to lots of people so I don't think that I would survive in the wilderness alone. I wonder why he stole from people instead of just surviving on his own like a civil person would do.
I pitty him. He wanted to get away from civilazation but then ended up stealing from innocent people. It doesn't really make any sense. I think I would be driven insane. I need human interaction and to speak in general. I just want to know like why did he go out to the woods in the first place?
His skills of how he survived that long on his own are impressionable. No human contact for twenty-seven years would be okay with me.
I am surprised that someone with no experience as a survivalist would live that long and I agree that he is very clever for being able to break homes for so long without being caught. I think I would be fine for awhile but not for 27 years in the woods.
It is slightly comical that he lived this way for so long but also quite sad that he felt obligated to do this.I am impressed that he was able to keep his mind sharp over the course of nearly thirty years by reading stolen books and magazines that also kept him updated on the technological growth of the outside world.
1) I really think that this was a really stupid idea and I don't know why you would want to do this.
2) I would go insane but I wouldn't also question myself why I ever did that in my life. I think that is a really dumb idea and I wouold probably never do anythng like that in my life.
3) I don't think that this was a logical idea and I think that this was kind of pointless. I would never really ever think about doing this.
I think that he should have been more prepared if he was going to pick up roots and live in the woods for 27 years. I personally would feel lonely and in-human from the lack of human interaction. Did he plan on living in the woods for 27 years? Or did he go out there and didn't want to come back to society?
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