the family that the government and the health establishment and the medical establishment failed them and failed their father, so they became more and more isolated from mainstream society and more and more distrustful. craving solitude over company, rudolph spends nearly all of his free time in the woods surrounding the town. eric would sometimes, while in new york, disappear for days, even a week or so at a time. and he clearly learned survivalist skills, because i think he had an interest in it. i think it challenged him. he was just so good at it. in conversations with eric s girlfriends and family members, we learned he grew up in the woods in western north carolina. he loved to play what amounted