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Christopher Knight was always a loner, but he was pretty normal. However, he had an idea about how he would be most happy. When he was just twenty years old, he drove his car deep into the woods (until it ran out of gas) and then kept walking. He disappeared and wasn't found until he was 47 years old! His family thought he was dead, of course. In reality, he created a solitary life in the back woods. He survived brutal winters, but not without a little "help". He entered summer homes in the Maine woods and stole food, clothing, reading material, and other provisions, taking only what he needed and never doing damage to the cottages. At the same time, the mysterious thief scared the community which never was able to solve the mysterious burglaries.
From the author: "Knight had a wildly unusual idea for how to live, and he lived in a way radically different from any other human you will ever encounter, and he has an awesome and daunting brain -- he is, I feel certain, a genius -- and he has insights into modern society and solitude and the meaning of life that you will find nowhere else. "Take the good with the bad," Knight told me, when speaking of how he should be portrayed in my book, and I did. I firmly believe that in the good are some incredible insights, and in the bad is a fascinating true-crime tale. And please note -- Knight is receiving no money from this project. A summer camp for children and adults with mental and physical disabilities (The Pine Tree Camp), from which Knight frequently stole, will instead be receiving donations."
Students often ask for true crime stories. Stranger in the Woods is an interesting type of this genre. Watch a brief video synopsis HERE.
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