The North Pond Hermit: Twenty-Seven Years Alone from In The Wild

The North Pond Hermit: Twenty-Seven Years Alone

8 minutes Posted Feb 24, 2026 at 12:00 am.

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Most people fear isolation. Christopher Thomas Knight embraced it. From 1986 to 2013, he lived entirely alone in the Maine wilderness, avoiding human contact at all costs.

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