AUGUSTA (AP) — A man who lived as a hermit in the woods of central Maine for nearly three decades has told authorities his eyeglasses are the only thing he owns.
Christopher Knight, known as the North Pond Hermit, appeared in Kennebec County Superior Court on Tuesday for a status conference on his case.
Knight, 47, was arrested in April while allegedly breaking into a camp to steal food. Authorities say he may be responsible for 1,000 burglaries in the years he lived in alone in the Rome woods.
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