Christopher Knight, who survived brutal winters in the far northern state of Maine woods by stealing food from homes and camps, could graduate from a special court program as early as this autumn, Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said.
After serving about seven months in jail, Knight, known as the North Pond Hermit, was admitted last fall into the program, whose participants receive treatment and counselling.
While in jail, Knight told GQ magazine that he didn't like the society he was being forced to re-enter.
Knight never fully explained why he disappeared into the woods, telling GQ that he didn't have a reason and that it was a mystery to him too. He committed more than 1,000 robberies while he lived as a recluse, he told the magazine.
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Maloney declined to say what job Knight had taken and where he was living. Members of Knight's family couldn't be reached for comment yesterday.
"He has been working hard to understand what it takes to become part of society again," she said.