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title: The Strange Mystery of The Leatherman
description: "Discover the baffling true story of the Old Leatherman, a mysterious 19th-century figure who walked a 365-mile circuit through Connecticut and New York for decades in a 60-pound leather suit, leaving behind puzzles that persist to this day."
url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/strange-mystery-of-the-leatherman.md
canonical: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/strange-mystery-of-the-leatherman
datePublished: 2026-06-28
dateModified: 2026-06-28
author:
  - name: Simon Whistler
    url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/author/simon-whistler
publisher: Decoding the Unknown
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type: Article
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summaryUrl: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/strange-mystery-of-the-leatherman.md.summary.md
---

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Discover the baffling true story of the Old Leatherman, a mysterious 19th-century figure who walked a 365-mile circuit through Connecticut and New York for decades in a 60-pound leather suit, leaving behind puzzles that persist to this day.
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