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...
... I don't know what I'm supposed to be seeing?
ReplyDeleteOh good, I'm not alone.
ReplyDeleteAh, the gif didn't turn out that great.
ReplyDeleteWatch the whole thing:
Lights Out - Who's There Film Challenge (2013)
Okay, there's a shape in the darkness... but it goes away when the light is on, and that's when the person gets startled?
ReplyDeleteIt's right in front of her. Hard to see.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the gif doesn't capture it super well.
ReplyDelete"Shaped like a hitmonlee" is one of the most specific descriptions I've ever read.
ReplyDeleteI still don't see it when it gets close, but the end of the full thing is nice.
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