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...
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ReplyDeletethis is perhaps the textbook definition of "MAKE IT STOP!"
ReplyDelete"I keep backing up, but it's not working!"
ReplyDeleteI heart this kitty. He/she just wanted calamari!
ReplyDeleteThe problem with kitties getting into predicaments like this is I'm usually breathless with laughter and I can't help them fast enough. (also, octopus suckers can leave welts on bare skin, but even fur must be uncomfortable. Poor kitty)
ReplyDeleteFight or flight... wrong choice kitty. If only it stopped and tried to eat through the octopus instead.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to remember this next time a mindflayer is attached to my face. PS Casey Garskethat is not a challenge to add a mindflayer to our next game.
ReplyDelete"Add a mind flayer to our next game." Got it.
ReplyDeletePoor kitty...
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