Shortly after I posted some photos of my trip to the “Leatherman Cave” in Watertown, I received a message from a high school classmate. “My great grandmother, who was born in 1871, grew up ...

WEBVTT ANTHONY: NOW WE MOVE ON FROM THINGS IN THE WOODS TO PEOPLE IN THE WOODS, ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR. SHAYNA: HE WAS KNOWN AS THE LEATHER MAN, FOR REASONS THAT WILL BECOME OBVIOUS. HIS STORY ...

Search For Clues Only Deepens 'Old Leatherman' Mystery In the 1800s, a man wearing a head-to-toe leather suit walked a 365-mile circuit between the Connecticut and Hudson rivers, sleeping in cave ...

Less than a year afterward, The Leatherman was found dead in a cave in Briarcliff Manor, New York, not from the elements, malnutrition or exposure, but from mouth cancer due to too much tobacco use.

There, far closer to the road than I thought it would be — a hike of just a few minutes — was the cave. It had an opening about 4 feet high and 3 feet wide. On a hot day, it was cool, and damp.

In March 1889, the Leatherman’s body was discovered in Saw Mill Woods cave in Mount Pleasant, New York. An autopsy revealed his rough age—he was in his fifties—and that he had died due to ...