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...
1. yes, lots of times
ReplyDelete2. no
3. have your parents help you grow one in a jar, the leaves are really impressive
Yes
ReplyDeleteYes, at a crocodile farm
What Sandy said.
I mean, potatoes are alive.
ReplyDeleteApparently a potato that runs around the house at night being chased by the cat.
ReplyDeleteIt does beg the question: how long is a potato alive after it's pulled from the earth?
ReplyDeleteAll those moments lost, like tears...in the rain.
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ReplyDeleteI think Coop would dig this:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwozAXixpko
If he keeps up like that the Illuminati are gonna come for him.
ReplyDeleteJarrett Crader oh man I remember that one!
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