Mysterious Unicylist in Butte Montana Taunts Death

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Uploaded by on Mar 31, 2007

... visiting Butte, Montana, in 2005 to put flowers on my grandfather's grave, I saw this man dressed in black riding a unicycle through the tombstones. I asked if I could film him... he just rode away.

Later, something very strange occurred. At the highest peak in Butte, the Bell-Diamond mine head frame, he appeared again.

I thought he might be following me- like an apparition of death, first the cemetery, now this mining graveyard high above Butte. Without asking, I started filming. He rode around the abandoned mine works, never faltering, effortlessly jumping through the deserted buildings. At one point, he traced the edge of the huge tailings pile- dangerously close to the several hundred-foot drop to Butte below.

Then, as I was standing under the head frame, he drifted right beside me. A cold draft followed him. We never spoke.

As the sun set, he was still there gliding across the desolate landscape- the only sound, an eerie, faint laughter of wind through the head frame and the crunch of gravel under his unicycle.

GO TO: www.ubl.com/artists/mrcurran for SOUNDTRACK music by mr curran

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  • There are a thousand reasons to love Butte. This interesting little meditation on the place is one of them.

  • I remember that show- a bit frightening, no?

  • Oh, yes. 1966. NET Playhouse.

    Just found your music. Very cool. Really liked "Sunset and Dyin'." Did you write the excellent music for this video, too?

  • yes- a 1930 National Guitar

  • Jaysuz Christ that's funny!! Was lookin' for the mangey dog too...runnin', jus' runnin'...an runnin'...separately, yet...

    There's a travelogue in this one as much as the slap-walker, to be sure!

  • to CailleachBeara: what mangey dog?

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  • how did u get in to the mine yard that the head frame is in u need keys and the fence is covered in barbwire

  • I wish I still lived in butte.But my mean mom made us move!!!RAWR!!!!!

  • dude all my relatives are buried there...tank ye for finally passing thru there with some honour....

  • dude my grandma is barried there wtf

  • wow dude now thats just wrong... he has no respect

  • i know im from butte i was joking

  • figures ppl of butte have no respect for the planet why would they have respect for the dead.

  • I hope not to because that pretty lake is full of toxins.

  • WTF

  • hey are you guys all from butte too? lol thats my grandpa's site too =]]

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