A Man of Few Words
After 27 years of isolation, speaking to others was very difficult for Christopher. He had spent a lot of time “in his own head” so to speak, so he had to practice his speech once again. At first, he stuttered a lot. Astonishingly, in all the years he lived in the woods, he had only spoken one word, once. He had said “hi” to a hiker at some point, and that was it.
A Man Of Few Words
A Gentle Approach
Most people understood his story and even sympathized with what he had gone through over the years. The man had been hellbent on privacy and in modern times, many of us can relate to the feeling of being overexposed. When Michael Finkel published The Stranger in the Woods, documenting Christopher’s story, more public sympathy followed, especially once they learned some of the details of his journey.
A Gentle Approach
