I found this forum through a search for "William Winterstone". amn, did this site fill in some blanks for me.
Thank you.
In 1981, I had a run-in with Mr. Weatherstone, who sucker-punched me while I had been turnmed away, after I'd called him for being an impostor.
Being as I was a kid, and my older brother and mom were furious that some nut had broken my nose and orbit at one of my own campsite, they called the NY state police, who responded to the home where this faux shaman was staying, just 1/2 mile from our own in NY's wooded lower Hudson Valley.
William Winterstone was arrested and charged at that home in Sugar Loaf, NY ( Orange County) ... arrest records shouldn't be too difficult to find. He already had a long rap sheet as it was, as William Frederick Posey.
Essentially, he preyed upon gullible wannabe-Indians and the like, and had been frequently arrested for taking advantage of these situations.
Amazing to see photos of him again, over 30 years later.