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 have come here to eat pizza and kick ass... and I'm all outta pizza."
ReplyDeleteWTF.
ReplyDeletePiper should totally be Raphael.
That was my first thought too, Moe
ReplyDeleteditto the Raph.
ReplyDeleteWell said, Moe Tousignant
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking Mikey should be Hacksaw Jim Dougan
ReplyDeleteLeo as Randy Savage.
ReplyDeleteDonnie? Jake the Snake?
ReplyDeleteMeh... I'd think Superfly Jimmy Snuka or Marty Jannetty.
ReplyDeleteI had to go look it up. Series 1 had:
ReplyDeleteLeonardo - John Cena
Michaelangelo - Randy Savage
Raphael - Sting
Donatello - Undertaker
Series 2 has:
Leonardo - Finn Balor
Michaelangelo - Roddy Piper
Raphael - The Rock
Donatello - Ultimate Warrior
Overall, I don't think any of the assignments really fit, but it's still fun.
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