Palantir CEO gives $180,000 to New Hampshire river hermit whose home burned down
Summary
David Lidstone, an off-the-grid New Hampshire hermit known to locals as "River Dave," doffs his hat after speaking to media outside Merrimack County Superior Court after a status conference hearing, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Concord, N.H. Palantir CEO Alexander Karp has donated $180,000 to a New Hampshire hermit who has garnered media attention in recent weeks after his cabin burned down. David Lidstone, 81, known as "River Dave," was jailed July 15 for allegedly squatting on a property for nearly 30 years. I start to tear up whenever I think about it," Lidstone told the Concord Monitor of Karps donation. "For an old logger who always had to work, for anyone to give you that type of money, its incredibly difficult for me to get my head around." The current property owner, who learned of Lidstone from a town administrator in 2015, wanted him out, the AP reported.