Contemporary legends such as the "underground pipe-line to Canada" attached themselves to him, and there was one persistent story that he didn't live in a house at all, but in a boat that looked like a house and was moved secretly up and down the Long Island shore.
Garaiko leiendak, hala nola 'izkutuko Kanadako kanala'rena', besterik gabe hari lotzen zitzaizkion, eta bazen itzaltzen ez zen esamesa bat, alegia ez zela etxean bizi, baizik etxea bezalako ontzi batean eta Long Islandeko ertzean gora eta behera izkutuan ibiltzen zela.