The former hermit s cabin in New Hampshire was burnt down after he spent nearly three decades on the property that he was ordered to leave. He has been charged with trespassing there again.
CONCORD A former hermit in New Hampshire whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on the property that he was ordered to leave has been charged with trespassing there once again, turning a shed that survived the fire into a.
David Lidstone, 81, was a celebrity among boaters and kayakers on the Merrimack River before a dispute over his squatting on land someone else ownede caught the attention of the masses.
A former hermit in New Hampshire whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on the property that he was ordered to leave has been charged with trespassing there once again, turning a shed that survived the fire into a makeshift home outfitted with a wood stove.
There had been an outpouring of support for David Lidstone, 81 better known as “River Dave” since he was arrested in July last year and accused of squatting on property owned by a Vermont man.
His cabin burned down in August while he was jailed.
Lidstone was a local celebrity to