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...
Solid theory
ReplyDeleteThe pieces are starting to fall into place.
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ReplyDeletethe extremely controversial and fringe Smaller Luke Hypothesis. See FORA for more details.
cracking up here.
Also the peculiarly named character of Biggs Darklighter in the Star Wars canon is a direct hint as to the existence of a slightly larger version of Luke Skywalker.
YES. THAT MUST BE IT. SUCH RELIEF.
Cindern Block you have to see this
Slightly off topic, but do Greedo Firsters exist (besides Lucas)?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to say no.
ReplyDeleteThanks for tuning me into this. It goes well with my morbid fascination with the flat earth movement.
ReplyDeleteOh god this is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI don't know. I kinda' feel like they're Luking for something that's not really there.
ReplyDeleteI love the tag line: YOUR FIRST STEP INTO A SLIGHTLY LARGER WORLD
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