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...
1996 is "classic", now? That's like last Tuesday or something.
ReplyDeleteTwo decades, Elder Hisham.
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ReplyDeleteI liked it, it was a fun pop-corn movie. A big budget B Movie monster flick. As great men of old planted trees for the shade of children yet to come, so must we make movies for the MST4K marathons of our grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteI'd watch for 99 bucks, but no way for 99 cents.
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ReplyDeleteNo, they should be embarrassed.
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