From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
ME TOO! Thank you! Holy crap do I get sick of being called a hipster. I was drinking Pabst before there was such a thing as hipsters!
ReplyDeleteThe important part is to drink it because it actually tastes good. So I ordered Pabst instead of Bud or whatever because its tasty and Bud, in all incarnations, sucks ass.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I was pumped the other day because I found that a drug store near Carly's sells Pabst in a bottle. I like it in a can but bottled or draft are the best.
ReplyDeleteYou may not be hipsters but you still don't have taste.
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