Author Topic: The last true hermit (Read 1307 times)

MillCreek · « **on:** August 20, 2014, 03:23:24 PM »

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201409/the-last-true-hermit

A very interesting read of a man who disappeared into the woods for almost 30 years.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #1 on:** August 20, 2014, 10:06:51 PM »

We need to invite him to APS.

Ben · « **Reply #2 on:** August 20, 2014, 10:11:03 PM »

Thanks for posting. Really interesting. I'm not big on the thieving, but I gotta give the guy props for making it through that many Maine Winters. I found it fascinating (if the writer was accurately reporting) how his speech pattern after all that "alone" time did in fact resemble the kind of books he seemed to prefer reading.

onions! · « **Reply #3 on:** August 20, 2014, 10:35:27 PM »

I just want to know how he managed to still be using the same pair of glasses all those years.

makattak · « **Reply #4 on:** August 20, 2014, 10:48:58 PM »

Quote from: onions! on August 20, 2014, 10:35:27 PM

I just want to know how he managed to still be using the same pair of glasses all those years.

Well, per the article, he did need a new prescription. (As in, couldn't see past his outstretched arms needed a new prescription.)

Northwoods · « **Reply #5 on:** August 21, 2014, 12:39:29 AM »

Quote from: RoadKingLarry on August 20, 2014, 10:06:51 PM

We need to invite him to APS.

I thought that was Tallpine.

RevDisk · « **Reply #6 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:05:52 AM »

I obviously have no problem with someone going hermit. But he basically became a career criminal, making his living off stealing from people. Admittedly, a tough criminal to survive Maine winters in a tent, but still a scumbag.

He deserves a lengthy sentence for the sheer number of his crimes.

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #7 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:29:48 AM »

Hmmm if in fact he's got aspergers as he seems to I treat it all as one long instance of him gone off the rails. Tuff to get help if family doesn't help you and in his case I think he was screwed. I'd probably not give him time. He'd get a conviction and monitoring along with some help with the mental health issue.

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MillCreek · « **Reply #8 on:** August 21, 2014, 09:47:55 AM »

He ended up getting seven months, which in consideration of the time he spent in jail waiting for trial, turned out to be only a few additional weeks in jail. He is now living with his mother and is barred from living in the woods again.

Tallpine · « **Reply #9 on:** August 21, 2014, 11:08:06 AM »

Quote from: sumpnz on August 21, 2014, 12:39:29 AM

I thought that was Tallpine.

Actually, given a few different decisions along the way, I could have been this guy

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #10 on:** August 21, 2014, 11:10:27 AM »

Me too

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wmenorr67 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 21, 2014, 01:10:36 PM »

I'm still tempted to be this guy.

Tallpine · « **Reply #12 on:** August 21, 2014, 03:13:25 PM »

Quote from: Tallpine on August 21, 2014, 11:08:06 AM

Actually, given a few different decisions along the way, I could have been this guy

Or Claude Dallas

I never heard of him until years later (late 1990s) but even back in the 1970s I could see that game laws would be a big obstacle to "living off the land." So I ended up logging instead.

KD5NRH · « **Reply #13 on:** August 21, 2014, 03:49:40 PM »

Quote from: MillCreek on August 21, 2014, 09:47:55 AM

He is now living with his mother and is barred from living in the woods again.

So, he's required to die immediately upon entering a forested area?

OTOH, desert or mountain hermit is still a career option.

AJ Dual · « **Reply #14 on:** August 21, 2014, 04:58:08 PM »

How's that "Mars One" contest going? Have they picked an astronaut for it yet?

230RN · « **Reply #15 on:** August 23, 2014, 07:09:04 AM »

Now talk about hermitage, there's this guy who lives in an abandoned airfield. Perhaps not a true "hermit" in terms of this thread, but better in terms of "man caves."

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Pointing to some ammunition laid out on a homemade table, Mr Zdarsky said: 'That’s what our guys are using in Afghanistan. It’s very effective against badgers. And probably terrorists too.'

He wears camouflage clothing despite being the only resident of Lucin and within miles.

"Because they don’t get dirty. Plus, the badgers don’t see it.' he explains.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123200/The-ultimate-man-cave-Stunning-aircraft-hangar-middle-Utah-desert-plane-designer-lives-plane--guns.html#ixzz3BDFfCTWZ
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"It was a pretty good deal because nobody wanted to live here." he told the Times.

"Submitted for your consideration," as Rod Serling would put it.

Terry, 230RN

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #16 on:** August 23, 2014, 12:50:48 PM »

Quote from: 230RN on August 23, 2014, 07:09:04 AM

Now talk about hermitage, there's this guy who lives in an abandoned airfield. Perhaps not a true "hermit" in terms of this thread, but better in terms of "man caves."

I read about him several months ago. Interesting story. I wish I could afford something like that.

I even found his home and air strip on Google Maps, but it wasn't easy. He's not at the epicenter of downtown Lucin.

onions! · « **Reply #17 on:** August 23, 2014, 01:21:57 PM »

Quote from: Hawkmoon on August 23, 2014, 12:50:48 PM

I even found his home and air strip on Google Maps, but it wasn't easy. He's not at the epicenter of downtown Lucin.

It took me...like...seconds?

Search for Lucin,UT and switch to satellite.Pull back and look for the airstrip.Bingo!

BobR · « **Reply #18 on:** August 23, 2014, 01:46:56 PM »

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The last true hermit

How do they know?

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Author Topic: The last true hermit (Read 1307 times)