'Squirrelman' Forced to Leave Treehouse

A man who has spent the past two years living in a treehouse has a new, terrestrial home just in the nick of time, thanks to neighbors.


David "Squirrelman" Csaky, a self-taught carpenter, learned Tuesday that neighbors had found an aging recreational vehicle for him to occupy.

"I'm overwhelmed," Csaky said. "I started crying when they told me."

For two years, Csaky, 52, has lived about 30 feet above the ground on city land, on a 300-square-foot platform that he built, accessible by a ladder counterweighted with sandbags on pulleys.