UPDATE! After decades in woods, New Hampshire man forced from cabin

August 4, 2021 lupesoto Classic Hits Newswire
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CANTERBURY, N.H. (AP) — For 27 years, 81-year-old David Lidstone has lived in the woods of New Hampshire along the Merrimack River in a small, solar-paneled cabin, growing his food, cutting his firewood, and tending to his cat and chickens. But his off-the-grid existence appears to be at risk. Court documents say the woodlot “River Dave” calls home just a few miles away from Interstate 93, yet hidden by the trees, has been owned by the same family for decades. The current owner has been trying to get him out since 2016. Lidstone, now jailed, says a prior owner gave his word — but nothing in writing — to let him live there.

 

UPDATE!

the cabin he called home was burned to the ground by a fire

CANTERBURY, N.H. (AP) — Eighty-one-year-old David Lidstone has lived in the woods of New Hampshire along the Merrimack River in a small cabin adorned with solar panels, growing his food, cutting his firewood, and tending to his pets and chickens for almost three decades. But his off-the-grid existence has been challenged in court by a property owner who says he’s squatting. Lidstone was jailed in July on a civil contempt sanction. On Wednesday, the cabin he called home was burned to the ground by a fire. The local fire chief says the cause is under investigation.