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...
Are we not men? We are Devo!
ReplyDeleteThey're called "energy domes" for a reason, people!
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_dome#Mythology It focuses, redirects, and concentrates orgone energy as it leaves the crown of your head. Wear it for at least 8 hours a day, you can roll under Intelligence 1/day to retain a spell as you cast it. Wear it 24 hours a day, you don't age. EDIT: Needs to be offset from the head correctly; a silk turban will do in the absence of a hardhat liner.
ReplyDeleteMissed this one earlier! Well done - this was going to be my second choice. Go spuds go!
ReplyDelete#bobdobbs