Three decades of squatting/living off the land and now an old man is being evicted. Interesting story...

Aug 4, 2021
2:24:05pm

Tokolosh Intervention Needed

New Hampshire man forced from his cabin and jailed after nearly 3 decades in the woods

For almost three decades, 81-year-old David Lidstone has lived in the woods of New Hampshire along the Merrimack River in a small cabin adorned with solar...

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-hampshire-man-forced-from-his-cabin-and-jailed-after-nearly-3-decades-in-the-woods-01628095121[https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-hampshire-man-forced-from-his-cabin-and-jailed-after-nearly-3-decades-in-the-woods-01628095121?siteid=yhoof2]

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Three decades of squatting/living off the land and now an old man is being evicted. Interesting story...

Tokolosh Intervention Needed

8/4/21 2:24pm

I feel for him but he is technically trespassing.

byuluvr

8/4/21 2:27pm

In our litigious society, the minute he does something illegal or is

Carnac

8/4/21 2:34pm

No claim for adverse possession? Seem to remember something about paying

RalphWiggam

8/4/21 2:28pm

He says a bunch of things in the article that hurts his claim for adverse

BYUMizzou

8/4/21 2:46pm

That story has a link to this video from a couple years ago:

Pete

8/4/21 2:34pm

Wait ... eviction moratorium!!! CDC says he can STAY!!!!

Xenon

8/4/21 2:42pm

So I can't just build a cabin on someone else's private property and live there

Pickett

8/4/21 2:58pm

Have a similar issue on a property

zero84043

8/4/21 3:05pm

At age 81 he needs to find another living arrangement. Who would want an 81yo hermit living on their property and then

New Hampshire man forced from his cabin and jailed after nearly 3 decades in the woods

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