North Pond Hermit Burglar

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  1. Frank Sanoica

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    I wonder how long it will be before they make a movie or mini-series out of this story? Really quite interesting.
     
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    I gather it must not be made-up, since police are actually involved. The guy might become a millionaire!
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    Yeah, he was quite popular here. Maine has a lot of wilderness, but he clearly wasn't very deep in since he found people to steal from. People who grow up in Maine, particularly Northern Maine, often learn how to survive on their own, even without stealing from others. If you look at a map of Maine, you'll see that the entire northwestern third of the state has no established roads or towns. In fact, no one lives there. There are roads but they are logging roads, some of which are blocked with large rocks or gates when not in use for logging, and bridges may or may not be traversable. There are, however, buildings scattered throughout the area, put up by one logging company or another.

    Someone who knows what's edible and what's inedible, and who can figure out where the moose and the deer winter, can survive a Maine winter without resorting to theft. There's a company a couple of hours north of here that offers wilderness survival courses, one of them involving being dropped into the wilderness and remaining for a year without contact with anyone else.
     
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    I guessed that Chris might be autistic before it was mentioned by the narrator. I've been on a mission to learn as much as I can about autism because my youngest grandson is diagnosed 100% autistic and his sisters are on the autistic spectrum as well.
     
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    Autism has become such an epidemic! My friend just adopted her grandkids and they are both autistic. Jacksonville, FL alone has 5 totally autistic schools. Probably should be on another thread if you ever want to start one Von. I'm sure there are people on here who know of someone with it.
     
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    Here is a picture of his camp. I wonder how he stayed warm enough all those years?
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    Good question, @Bess Barber . How did he keep his tent from collapsing?

    It sounds to me like he chose to drop out of society on purpose, not got lost. The story makes him sound like some kind of hero. Rather than stealing, why didn't he ask for help from some of those people that he stole from? I'm sure they would have slept better at night. I think he has some kind of mental problem...… Not judging him but not declaring him a hero.
     
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    I'm game, but not without my gun. Self preservation becomes pretty difficult when a hungry bear comes along!
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    Bearskin rugs are warm and comfy. :)
     
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    A few years ago, there was a guy who had murdered someone. I forget what the nature of the murder was but he fled into the woods one winter when the police tried to do a traffic stop, and hid out for nearly a year, living in various cabins throughout the rest of the winter. I wondered, at the time, why they didn't follow him. It was winter and they should have been able to track him. My best guess is that the pursuing police were not equipped to hike through the woods, and maybe he was able to hide his tracks as he got further into the woods. Where the trees are thick, not so much snow accumulates on the ground. People here often leave canned food and stuff in their cabins, which they may only visit during hunting season, so he had helped himself to some of that but mostly did his own hunting and foraging. It wasn't until the next winter when he began to turn up near people's houses. After being sighted a few times, they were able to get an idea as to where he was, and the police presence increased. He ended up surrendering. But, although he was a murderer, a lot of people viewed him as a sort of a hero. It was the survival thing, I guess.
     
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    Except by city people, bears aren't much-feared here. They are respected, but no one really expects an attack. They are black bears, and they are hunted, so they are very much afraid of people. Most bear sightings are measured in seconds because they disappear into the woods quickly. In the recorded history of bear attacks in Maine, there have been only one death, and that was from a caged bear in the 1930s.
     
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    Knowing next to nothing about Maine, save for it's remoteness, I picked "bear" instead of Puma or Mountain Lion, knowing even less about those guys.
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    Yes my 13 year old GD. She and my daughter have been with us last few months and will be till next year.
    GD has Aspergers along with other dis orders. It can get really ugly at times.
     
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    Agree...it is an epidemic !
     
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