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Hog On Ice
2013-04-10, 12:25
news report: http://www.pressherald.com/news/North-Pond-Hermit-suspect-in-more-than-1000-burglaries-captured.html?pagenum=full

27 years in the woods stealing from camps
jrwiesz
2013-04-10, 18:23
He looks/reminds me of MS from WB fame.

Definitely had an off the grid type thing going on.

Not quite Dick Preoneke, but close.
Superman
2013-04-10, 18:27
news report: http://www.pressherald.com/news/North-Pond-Hermit-suspect-in-more-than-1000-burglaries-captured.html?pagenum=full

27 years in the woods stealing from camps

I suppose living in the woods for 27 years is a bad thing?
Ray
2013-04-10, 18:45
He looks/reminds me of MS from WB fame.I hiked with Minnie Smith. I knew Minnie Smith. Minnie Smith was a friend of mine. That Maine guy is no Minnie Smith.

Ray aka Dances with Mice

(The story says he never talked to anyone for years. Something Minnie could never do. Or "emulate" in MinnieSpeak)
Lugnut
2013-04-10, 18:47
Does he still have the hiking stick you made for him?
Ray
2013-04-10, 18:51
Does he still have the hiking stick you made for him?The first one but he wore it down a couple inches and retired it. I made another one for his second hike but, exactly like that hike, it broke.

Matthewski is still using the one I made for him though.
Razor
2013-04-10, 19:05
I always have a few characters show up in Georgia ,mostly from Florida <and have to herd them north. Sometimes their skills at so many things amaze me!
Skidsteer
2013-04-10, 19:10
Did y'all see his "shelter"? In Maine? For 27 Winters?

Sonuvabitch. That goofball could take cold. I'll say that for him.
Bulldawg
2013-04-10, 20:20
Did y'all see his "shelter"? In Maine? For 27 Winters?

Sonuvabitch. That goofball could take cold. I'll say that for him.

I didn't see the shelter? Where was it at in the article?
woodsy
2013-04-10, 20:27
Only about a 20 min ride from me, not exactly wilderness but woods for sure.

Plenty of vacant camps for him to prey on 9 mos of the year.

Must have gotten lonely a few times , that a long spell w/o human contact
Superman
2013-04-10, 20:28
Only about a 20 min ride from me, not exactly wilderness but woods for sure.

Plenty of vacant camps for him to prey on 9 mos of the year.

Must have gotten lonely a few times , that a long spell w/o human contact

Hi Woodsy
woodsy
2013-04-10, 20:36
Hi Superman you ol' hermit
Skidsteer
2013-04-10, 20:36
I didn't see the shelter? Where was it at in the article?

It's in the photo slideshow at the top.
Bulldawg
2013-04-10, 21:12
I swear that slideshow wasn't there earlier today when I read that article. But anyway, yeah............
Superman
2013-04-10, 21:15
I swear that slideshow wasn't there earlier today when I read that article. But anyway, yeah............

Oh my, things are appearing, disappearing and re-appearing.
Skidsteer
2013-04-10, 21:42
Natural by-product of spending too much time with Lawyers.
woodsy
2013-04-10, 22:03
Dude did actually talk to someone 17 years ago, so he didn't go the whole 27 years w/o talking to anyone.
Bearhunter
2013-04-11, 06:43
Interesting!
If he came into my camp and stoled things from me I would have shot him!!!

That would be the end of it
The Goat
2013-04-11, 15:01
He looks/reminds me of MS from WB fame.

Definitely had an off the grid type thing going on.

Not quite Dick Preoneke, but close.
that's an understatement! i'll take dick's cabin any day over that pile of tarps & rope.
SGT Rock
2013-04-11, 19:56
Some hermit. Sponge off everyone else so he didn't have to work.
jrwiesz
2013-04-11, 20:30
Seems to be a lot of that going around.
D'Artagnan
2013-04-11, 20:39
Some hermit. Sponge off everyone else so he didn't have to work.

He was just about 26 years ahead of the curve.
Skidsteer
2013-04-11, 20:50
At least the retard didn't vote.
D'Artagnan
2013-04-12, 09:34
At least the retard didn't vote.

Or procreate.
jrwiesz
2013-04-13, 09:38
A DIY extrordinare; he wasn't in a government hand-out line.

He had initiative. Darwins' survival of the fittest.

Might be good to have him in camp, after the apocalypse.

...to have a man that, knows how to get things.
Belew
2013-04-13, 10:46
He is a thief and lucky he didn't get shot.
Superman
2013-04-13, 14:46
He is a thief and lucky he didn't get shot.

That's true but after society as we know it is over he may be king.:angel:
Weary
2013-04-13, 14:47
He went into the woods at age 20, built himself a camp, and managed to live on scrounged food, talking to no one, and without fire even in Maine's zero degree winter temperatures, until forcibly removed at age 47. He's one strange guy. A thief certainly. Eccentric. Probably mentally disturbed. But the why remains unanswered. And the answer isn't likely to be simple.
SGT Rock
2013-04-13, 18:49
The explanation is probably: "Bat poopy little girl jello water slide".
D'Artagnan
2013-04-13, 19:49
The explanation is probably: "Bat poopy little girl jello water slide".

That's going to become my go-to response. Genius!
Skidsteer
2013-04-13, 20:48
Hehehehehe!
SGT Rock
2013-04-13, 20:53
I won't claim copyright on that one. Anyone can use it!
rhjanes
2013-04-14, 13:27
The explanation is probably: "Bat poopy little girl jello water slide".
that has got to become a signature.
john pickett
2013-04-22, 17:52
Can I say "Bat poopy" for short?
Superman
2013-04-22, 19:51
Can I say "Bat poopy" for short?

Yes, you may.:angel: