Case file · Folklore / legend
The Leatherman
For some 30 years until 1889 a silent wanderer in a suit of stitched leather walked a 365-mile loop through Connecticut and New York, reaching each town about every 34 days and sleeping in rock shelters.
1889 CE · 41.62, -73.12 · status: account
The account
He was thought to be French-Canadian because he spoke French and carried a French prayer book. He died in March 1889 near Ossining, New York; his identity is still unknown.
The sceptical view
Not a supernatural case, but folklore has added a lost love and tragic past for which there is no evidence.