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BELGRADE — It has been five years since the North Pond Hermit was arrested after almost three decades living in the woods, but his story still seems to resonate.

Dozens packed the one-room Belgrade Public Library on Wednesday night to hear about the capture of Christopher Knight, who burglarized local camps nearly 1,000 times for food and supplies during the 27 years he lived in the woods around North and Little ponds near Rome.

He was also the subject of a New York Times best-selling book, “The Stranger In The Woods,” by Michael Finkle, which was published last year.

District Attorney Meaghan Maloney, who prosecuted Knight’s case, said many people fantasize about leaving everything behind and heading into the woods as Christopher Knight did.

Maloney, who was only four months into her job when Knight finally was caught, said the statute of limitations had expired for most of Knight’s thefts. However, instead of throwing the book at him on the rest and trying to lock him up for hi