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...
Ages 3+. I'm getting him for Coop.
ReplyDeleteThose Terra figures are pretty solid. I was looking at some the other day.
ReplyDeleteThe only other ones they had were the goblins/orcs. That was called "Ruins of Scaryname" something something. Papo makes some like this too. Schleich goes for more historical, but they've got some fantasy as well, mostly elves and fairies.
ReplyDeleteI have never even heard of this. How is that possible? What are these things?
ReplyDeleteIt's a line of figures, not from a movie or anything. Terra seems to make realistic animal toys like the Schliech and Papo brands you see in educational toy and hobby stores. But these brands often have fantasy lines too. Papo even has some not-space marines.
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