Just a good-natured hunch. I've been up that way for decades since the 60's. Folks in those parts, especially around the Green Mountains and above the White Mountains are still hill people. Newport, VT is really north, not too far from Montreal. If you've hunted the Green Mountain State Forest, you've probably run into a few. The Green Mountain Boys go back to the Revolutionary War times, forming in 1770. The Green Mountain Boys were a militia that stood up to neighboring sheriffs from New York who tried to enforce NY laws on land in VT.

 

my great grandfather x5 was a leutenant in the green mountian boys. he was ethan's cousin

my great grandfather x5 was a leutenant in the green mountian boys. he was ethan's cousin

 

Now THAT is neat.