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This video tells the story of Christopher Thomas Knight - a man better known as the North Pond Hermit - who walked away from his life one day to spend 27 years hiding in the woods... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHistoric ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 01:00 - The Hermit's Early Life ► 02:31 - The North Pond Hermit ► 08:43 - The Hermit's Capture *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Lessons of the Hermit" by Nathaniel Rich, published by The Atlantic, April 2017. Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/lessons-of-the-hermit/517770/ ► "Why the North Pond Hermit Hid From People for 27 Years" by Simon Worrall, published by National Geographic, April 2017. Link: https://archive.ph/20210319004424/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/north-pond-hermit-maine-knight-stranger-woods-finkel#selection-555.0-555.54 ► "A Q&A with The Stranger in the Woods author Michael Finkel" published by Down East, 2017. Link: https://downeast.com/arts-leisure/hermit/ ► "The Strange & Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit" by Michael Finkel, published by GQ, August 2014. Link: https://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit ► "Hermit caught after 27 years in Maine woods" published by The Guardian, April 2013. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/11/american-hermit-caught-27-years ► "‘He’s surreal’: Officers amazed at ‘hermit’ burglar’s survival in Maine woods for 27 years" by Christopher Cousins, published by Bangor Daily News, April 2013. Link: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2013/04/10/news/its-surreal-hes-surreal-officers-amazed-at-hermit-burglars-ability-to-survive-in-maine-woods-for-27-years/ ► "‘North Pond Hermit’ balks at paying costs for removal of campsite" by Betty Adams, published by Portland Press Herald, March 2017. Link: https://www.pressherald.com/2016/04/26/north-pond-hermit-knight-balks-at-paying-costs-related-to-his-remote-campsite/ ► "The Stranger in the Woods" by Michael Finkel, published by Knopf Doubleday, January 2018. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Stranger_in_the_Woods/BYxIDwAAQBAJ ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #missing #mystery