Maine 'hermit' arrested after 30 years with almost no human contact<br/> <br />Until he was arrested earlier this week in Maine, Christopher Knight, lived with almost no human contact for 27 years.<br/> <br />He says it all began with a walk in the woods just after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, the last major event he is aware of. Pretty soon, he was living in a makeshift tent near a pond.<br/> <br />Knight confessed to police that everything he owned with the exception of his glasses was stolen from a nearby camp -- propane tanks, clothes, bins.<br/> <br />Knight kept a low profile, painting the tarp to blend in with his surroundings. His says he spoke with one person --- a lone hiker --- during that nearly 30 year period.<br/> <br />All of that changed when he was discovered on surveillance tape inside a nearby home. He's been charged with one count of burglary but is suspected in 1,000 thefts.
