A cabin at the center of a legal battle with a man known as "River Dave" caught fire Wednesday, hours after the man appeared in court for a hearing.

David Lidstone will now have to find a new place to live after vowing to stay in jail until he could return to his cabin that had been built on someone else’s land.

A man, known simply as “River Dave,” has lived in the same cabin in the woods for 27 years, but now, the rightful owner of the property on which the home sits wants use of his land back.

The fire that destroyed the cabin owned by David “River Dave” Lidstone last week was likely accidentally set by a person dismantling the structure, Canterbury’s fire chief said on Monday.

David Lidstone will now have to find a new place to live after vowing to stay in jail until he could return to his cabin that had been built on someone else’s land.

‘River Dave’ arrested after returning to live at New Hampshire cabin siteThere’s been an outpouring of support for 81-year-old David Lidstone—better known as “River Dave”—since he ...

A former hermit in New Hampshire whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on the property that he was ordered to leave has been charged with trespassing there once again, tur… ...

David Lidstone will now have to find a new place to live after vowing to stay in jail until he could return to his cabin that had been built on someone else’s land.

The cabin of David “River Dave” Lidstone, the modern-day hermit in jail for refusing to vacate his homestead, was destroyed in a fire Wednesday afternoon.

David Lidstone will now have to find a new place to live after vowing to stay in jail until he could return to his cabin that had been built on someone else’s land.

A man, known simply as “River Dave,” has lived in the same cabin in the woods for 27 years, but now, the rightful owner of the property on which the home sits wants use of his land back.