Why is this SO crazy. The article makes it like this dude is some heroic monk. Dude lived by himself and lived off of others, we have all done this in one way or another, this guy just took it to the extreme. There are countless bums I see in the street from when I was a kid and present day, they do it, this is just a country bum, vs a city bum. The one thing I am surprised about is how he managed to avoid Bear attacks.