Stranger Than Fiction 6372: The Hermit of Oklahoma (1941)

Joe Muhlbacker, Cheyenne, Oklahoma, turned hermit in 1914 and sculptures in cement, turning out a curious assortment of work; 80-year-old Clara Stringer of San Antonio, Texas is a costume designer; Phyllis Armstrong of Wayland, New York, has a pet lamb she plays with as she would a doll; Little Lydia Shields, Newton, Mass., has a Great Dane that she rides like a pony; and Alfred Nilson, radio station monitor in New York City, lives on a Chinese junk in New York waters.