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...
Don't know where this is from (Adventure Time?) but it reminds me of the Pathfinder witch. That class has hexes that allow you to smell the presence of children and cook people into a variety of magical snacks.
ReplyDeleteit's from Over the Garden Wall. Which is like Adventure Time filtered through American Folklore instead of video games.
ReplyDeleteit reminded me a great deal of Spirited Away
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ReplyDeletePearce Shea's Monsterparts would be perfect for gaming the setting.
ReplyDeleteJason K you in particular are gonna love that shit
ReplyDeletelooks coollll
ReplyDeleteMy daughters favorite TV for some time... Well, that, Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas, and Murray Saves Christmas... Sometimes I worry about her.
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