Christopher knight hermit movie
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Game Warden Sgt. Terry Hughes, right, Maine State Police Trooper Diane Vance, center, and Somerset County Deputy Jeremy Leal on April 9, 2013 inspect Christopher Knight’s camp in a remote, wooded section of Rome. Andy Molloy/Staff Photographer
The North Pond Hermit is now living for free on the internet.
“The Hermit—The True Legend of the North Pond Hermit” is the 23-minute documentary by filmmaker and actress Lena Friedrich, who, in a comment on the Vimeo page where her film can now be watched for free, explained, “I just made it available for streaming as we are all forced to practice self-distancing.”
For Mainers doing the right thing and staying isolated as much as possible during the current health crisis, it’s a crisply edited, inherently fascinating little glimpse into the life and deeds of someone whose self-imposed quarantine from society is a lot more mysterious.
It’s tempting to say that the Hermit (real name Christopher Knight) was simply a criminal. After all,
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Christopher Thomas Knight
American hermit (born 1965)
Christopher Thomas Knight | |
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| Born | (1965-12-07) December 7, 1965 (age 59) Maine, U.S. |
| Other names | North Pond Hermit |
| Occupation(s) | Recluse; Hermit |
| Years active | 1986–2013 |
| Known for | Living in isolation for 27 years |
Christopher Thomas Knight (born December 7, 1965), also known as the North Pond Hermit, is an American Hermit who claimed to have lived without human contact (with two very brief exceptions) for 27 years between 1986 and 2013 in the North Pond area of Maine's Belgrade Lakes.[1]
During his seclusion, Knight lived within a mile of summer cabins in a crude camp he built in a well-drained woodland obscured within a cluster of glacial erratic boulders.[2] Having entered the woods with almost no possessions, he set up a camp composed entirely of items stolen from nearby cabins and camps. He also pilfered from a local family's dairy farm adjacent to whe
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THE HERMIT
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Director: Lena Friedrich
United States, 2014, 23 min
Shooting Format:HDV
Festival Year:2015
Category:Documentary Short
Crew:Producers: Lena Friedrich - Co-producers: Laura Snow, Aitor Mendilibar - Cinematographer: Laura Snow - Editor: Lena Friedrich, Bob Eisenhardt - Composer: Gary Lucas, Fatrin Krajka
Email:thehermitdoc@gmail.com
Web:www.thehermitdoc.com
Synopsis
"The Hermit" tells the incredible story of a man who lived in the woods of Maine with no human contact for 27 years. Christopher Knight aka "The Hermit" managed to stay undetected although all he ate and all he possessed was stolen from nearby summerhouses. The strange burglaries - peanut butter went missing while jewels were left untouched - created feelings of uneasiness and frustration among the townsp