{"id":11555,"date":"2021-08-04T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=11555"},"modified":"2021-08-14T14:44:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T21:44:30","slug":"river-dave-burned-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2021\/08\/04\/river-dave-burned-out\/","title":{"rendered":"River Dave Burned Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Fire destroys cabin of New Hampshire man forced out of woods<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

By KATHY McCORMACK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CANTERBURY, N.H. (AP) \u2014 For almost three decades, 81-year-old David Lidstone has lived in the woods of New Hampshire along the Merrimack River in a small cabin adorned with solar panels. He has grown his own food, cut his own firewood, and tended to his pets and chickens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But his off-the-grid existence has been challenged in court by a property owner who says he\u2019s been squatting for all those years. And to make Lidstone\u2019s matters worse, his cabin was burned to the ground Wednesday afternoon in a blaze that is being investigated by local authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lidstone, or \u201cRiver Dave\u201d as he\u2019s known by boaters and kayakers, was jailed July 15 on a civil contempt sanction. He was told he\u2019d be released if he agreed to leave the cabin, but he has stayed put.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou came with your guns, you arrested me, brought me in here, you\u2019ve got all my possessions. You keep \u2019em,\u201d Lidstone told a judge in a court appearance Wednesday morning. \u201cI\u2019ll sit here with your uniform on until I rot, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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