Into the woods: How one man survived alone in the wilderness for 27 years | Michael Finkel

Into the woods: how one man survived alone in the wilderness for 27 years | Michael Finkel

The long read: At the age of 20, Christopher Knight parked his car on a remote trail in Maine and walked away with only the most basic supplies. He had no plan. His chief motivation was to avoid contact with people. This is his story

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We've all had the impulse to do something reckless and strange; this is the story of a man who acted on that impulse, disappearing into the woods in 1986 and not returning until 2013.