‘River Dave’ says he doesn’t see how he can ‘go back to being a hermit’

Society is not going to allow it,' says New Hampshire man who lived off-the-grid life until his cabin burned down last week

River Dave", an 81-year-old New Hampshire man who lived an off-the-grid life for three decades until last week when his cabin burned down, said he no longer thinks he can return to his hermit lifestyle.

I don't see how I can go back to being a hermit because society is not going to allow it," David Lidstone said in an interview with the Associated Press on Tuesday.