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Long Before the “Into the Wild” Bus Became a Tourist Deathtrap, It Was My Dad’s Hunting Camp

The “magic bus” was a well-known hunting camp used by many Alaskans. A trip to the museum where it’s being restored helped my family revisit a piece of our past

BY TYLER FREEL | PUBLISHED NOV 23, 2022 2:32 PM

STEPPING INTO THE BUS for the first time is a powerful experience. That’s not because I’m on a spiritual journey, or feeling the aura left by a man who slowly starved to death inside it. Yes, I’d read about Chris McCandless’s unfortunate demise and watched the movie. But I’ve heard more stories about this place from my dad and his brother. Watching them set foot inside their old hunting camp for the first time in 50 years is like seeing a piece of their history for myself. Although they last visited the bus when it was 40 miles in the bush outside Fairbanks, its new location at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ engineering building doesn’t stop their memories from flooding back...

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...ing-camp/ar-AA14thr0

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Originally posted by Skull Leader:
How about they just remove the bus?

Leave it. Let the gene pool thin it self out.

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Originally posted by comet24:

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Originally posted by 2000Z-71:
I say leave it out there, it's a magnet for fucktards, Darwinism in action.

I agree with this.

There are some incredibly beautiful places in Alaska. If some f-turd chooses to make the trek to this bus so be it. If they don't understand what they are doing so be it.

Agree. Let Darwin act.

It's been gone for over 2 years, and was even noted earlier in this thread.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Great idea! Let's all go get stranded and die from exposure/starvation by going on a pilgrimage to that place where that other guy got stranded and died from exposure/starvation that other time.

Good clarification. NOW it makes sense. Geez o petes.

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Originally posted by Skull Leader:
How about they just remove the bus?

Torch it. No wait, that might bring MORE morons.

I saw the movie. it was beyond depressing.

Move it 10 miles further out