Knight is initially unhappy to see him, but the author discovers ways to loosen him up. He strikes up a written correspondence with the hermit, now in prison, that lasts for five letters until Knight abruptly ends contact due to the stress of his new life.įinkel travels from Montana to Maine for what would be the first of nine interviews he conducts with Knight in the facility. An outdoorsman and recent father of three children, Finkel sees Knight as a someone who has escaped the noise of the modern world. The arrest makes national headlines and attracts Finkel’s attention. Knight was so good at covering his tracks that the only reason for his capture was because a game warden, former Marine Sergeant Terry Hughes, used Homeland Security surveillance equipment in his spare time. The hermit leaves a divided legacy: His raids stirred paranoia within the small town, but his focus on minimizing property damage and taking inexpensive essentials from vacation homes earned him the sympathy of some residents. On April 4, 2013, Kennebec County law enforcement arrest Christopher Thomas Knight while he’s stealing food from a camp facility near North Pond-the last of more than a thousand burglaries over two decades.
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