A True Hermit

Multiple people recommended that I read about The Strange & Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit aka The North Pond Hermit aka Christopher Thomas Knight. The tale of Knight is a pretty unbelievable one - he departed into the woods sometime in the 1990s and hasn't spoken to or interacted with another human being since. His legacy was well known in the area for the series of break-in's that plagued the area wherein Knight would find and gather supplies from empty homes but no one had every actually seen him or had proof enough to know it was a singular individual.

His story is interesting but I won't provide any spoilers here. It's a great longread that certainly gets to some very fascinating issues regarding human interactions and how they affect you and current event awareness. The man had barely even heard of the Internet, much less used it.

I do not envy his lifestyle or his choice to abandon all his family and friends to be alone but I do appreciate many of the insights he provides into the living of a life.