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...
Kelly's Heroes. A classic of western cinema.
ReplyDeleteNot pictured: Telly Savalas, Clint Eastwood, Don Rickles, Carol O'Connor.
The Clint Eastwood Movie Kelly's Heroes. Cult Classic movie...
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"60 feet of bridge? I could pick that up almost anywhere!"
ReplyDeleteOMG! Casey Garske that line is hilarious! Donald Sutherland was so funny as 8-Ball...
ReplyDeleteOddball is one of my heroes. When we're playing D&D or whatever and come across something we can't handle, we still say, "Tigers? Nobody said nothin' about no Tigers!"
ReplyDeletethey were all memorable characters. Big Joe, Crapgame, Moriarty, and of course Kelly.
ReplyDeleteDidn't Clint sing the theme song? Or the one for the closing credits?
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ReplyDeleteI think that's Paint Your Wagon.
ReplyDeleteThat movie was basically an OD&D adventure, substituting tanks for dragons.
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