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Taking aim, he was able to nail the suspect in the head and chest.

Her 13-year-old brother, who was armed with a slingshot, just happened to be close by and witnessed the struggle. The young victim fought back and was able to break away from the suspect. "I could come across no example in all of human history in which someone spent that long by themselves," he says. "I feel very confident that Chris Knight is the most solitary known human being who has ever lived.A Michigan State Police news release reports that an unknown 17-year-old male appeared from the woods, grabbing the girl and covering her mouth. While researching his book, Michael Finkel looked into the lives of other hermits. "He could had easily tossed my letter in the garbage bin with all the others, but he didn't."

I didn't expect to hear back from him, but it could be something as simple as the fact that I hand wrote the letter that made him respond," Finkel says. "I read about his story from my home in Montana and I decided to hand write him a letter. "Something like 500 journalists tried to get in touch with Chris Knight, and he remained silent," Finkel tells Day 6 guest host Rachel Giese. Its author, Michael Finkel, was perhaps the only journalist who ever managed to gain Knight's trust. Now, Christopher Knight's story is the subject of a new book, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit. I feel very confident that Chris Knight is the most solitary known human being who has ever lived.

When he was finally caught and arrested while stealing from a local camp in 2013, Knight was 47 years old. For decades, law enforcement didn't even know his name.

Knight was so elusive that some people thought he was an urban legend. Locals knew him only as the "North Pond hermit," a mysterious thief who repeatedly broke into the local cabins to steal books, food and propane. Knight was so determined to avoid detection that he says he never made a single fire - even in the dead of winter. He wanted to live a life in total isolation. (Lawrence Public Library)Knight's disappearance was no accident. Knight’s senior high school photo, from the 1984 yearbook of Lawrence High School.