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Originally Posted by StoneCutter
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Anchorage 4th Avenue could use it for a homeless camp!

Spent a few days in Anchorage in February. It was pretty thick with derelicts. Fugg that, I'd head south if shelter challenged, Santa Cruz maybe! Montana is pretty tough on them too, thankfully.


Yeah, don't they die off in the winter time?

Only some...


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Originally Posted by StoneCutter
Originally Posted by MtnBoomer
Originally Posted by VernAK
Anchorage 4th Avenue could use it for a homeless camp!

Spent a few days in Anchorage in February. It was pretty thick with derelicts. Fugg that, I'd head south if shelter challenged, Santa Cruz maybe! Montana is pretty tough on them too, thankfully.


Yeah, don't they die off in the winter time?

If only....


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Originally Posted by 458Win
With a little ingenuity, any of the motels in Denali could rent it by the night !
Or the NPS could spend a million taxpayer dollars building an addition the the visitors center for it !


I was thru Denali headquarters tourist trap a few days ago.

Ghost town - allmclosed up - bring your "vacancy" sign to hang on the bus...

Don't quit your day job, either.

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Originally Posted by Sitka deer
Originally Posted by StoneCutter
Originally Posted by MtnBoomer
Originally Posted by VernAK
Anchorage 4th Avenue could use it for a homeless camp!

Spent a few days in Anchorage in February. It was pretty thick with derelicts. Fugg that, I'd head south if shelter challenged, Santa Cruz maybe! Montana is pretty tough on them too, thankfully.


Yeah, don't they die off in the winter time?

Only some...



At one time, some of the street folk would crawl into a dumpster and snuggle in to keep warm. It was a good idea until
one got compacted.

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Originally Posted by VernAK
Originally Posted by Sitka deer
Originally Posted by StoneCutter
Originally Posted by MtnBoomer
Originally Posted by VernAK
Anchorage 4th Avenue could use it for a homeless camp!

Spent a few days in Anchorage in February. It was pretty thick with derelicts. Fugg that, I'd head south if shelter challenged, Santa Cruz maybe! Montana is pretty tough on them too, thankfully.


Yeah, don't they die off in the winter time?

Only some...



At one time, some of the street folk would crawl into a dumpster and snuggle in to keep warm. It was a good idea until
one got compacted.


Damn! Was looking for an apartment...


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Originally Posted by ironbender
Originally Posted by StoneCutter
Originally Posted by MtnBoomer
Originally Posted by VernAK
Anchorage 4th Avenue could use it for a homeless camp!

Spent a few days in Anchorage in February. It was pretty thick with derelicts. Fugg that, I'd head south if shelter challenged, Santa Cruz maybe! Montana is pretty tough on them too, thankfully.


Yeah, don't they die off in the winter time?

If only....

Mostly snowbirds living the transient dream...


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The state should put that bus on a big pull over on the Parks Hwy. and rent it out by the night to tourists. Hell make up a big wooden sign and say it may be haunted. I'm sure tourists would pay to sleep in it and post about it on all the knuckle head social medias out there. A "rent a can" would be a good idea and maybe a can of spam and pilot bread, but that's all it!

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The state should put that bus on a big pull over on the Parks Hwy. and rent it out by the night to tourists. Hell make up a big wooden sign and say it may be haunted. I'm sure tourists would pay to sleep in it and post about it on all the knuckle head social medias out there. A "rent a can" would be a good idea and maybe a can of spam and pilot bread, but that's all it!

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Originally Posted by 1Akshooter
The state should put that bus on a big pull over on the Parks Hwy. and rent it out by the night to tourists. Hell make up a big wooden sign and say it may be haunted. I'm sure tourists would pay to sleep in it and post about it on all the knuckle head social medias out there. A "rent a can" would be a good idea and maybe a can of spam and pilot bread, but that's all it!


That's thinking outside the bus!


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Originally Posted by Sitka deer
Originally Posted by 1Akshooter
The state should put that bus on a big pull over on the Parks Hwy. and rent it out by the night to tourists. Hell make up a big wooden sign and say it may be haunted. I'm sure tourists would pay to sleep in it and post about it on all the knuckle head social medias out there. A "rent a can" would be a good idea and maybe a can of spam and pilot bread, but that's all it!


That's thinking outside the bus!

You can say that again.


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Originally Posted by 1Akshooter
The state should put that bus on a big pull over on the Parks Hwy. and rent it out by the night to tourists. Hell make up a big wooden sign and say it may be haunted. I'm sure tourists would pay to sleep in it and post about it on all the knuckle head social medias out there. A "rent a can" would be a good idea and maybe a can of spam and pilot bread, but that's all it!

There is a copy (another Fbx transit bus of same vintage) at the brew pub in Healy.


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Originally Posted by Hudge
My son is on orders at the moment with the Guard and talked to some of the crew that hauled it out. He said they told him it was more like a whore house inside of it then a bus someone died In.
that's true ...a fellow would hike there with these out of country chics to get laid...bouth the times she's about to nut ..u tell her your on a deadman bed ...hang on !


I work harder than a ugly stripper....
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The only down side is now it can be made into a monument somewhere more idiot yuppies can go worship stupidity and selfishness. It out to be sent to the crusher.

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Originally Posted by johnt189
shame to see a landmark go

until you are a first responder and until you see the costs... but then again could let nature work and just refuse to respond....


We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Originally Posted by rost495
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shame to see a landmark go

until you are a first responder and until you see the costs... but then again could let nature work and just refuse to respond....


And then set some wolverine traps around their carcasses!

Like the Democrats....."never let a good crisis go to waste"

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Originally Posted by atvalaska
Originally Posted by Hudge
My son is on orders at the moment with the Guard and talked to some of the crew that hauled it out. He said they told him it was more like a whore house inside of it then a bus someone died In.
that's true ...a fellow would hike there with these out of country chics to get laid...bouth the times she's about to nut ..u tell her your on a deadman bed ...hang on !

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I am glad the bus was removed.
Kid was a dimwit, and he lost his life as a result.
He had people who loved him.
I am dismayed by the heartlessness of some replies.
My Christian values preclude me from making light of a deceased person.

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Mine don't. Death is universal. How we achieve? it counts.

On this plane. .

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Now they think it is Museum-worthy!?!?!?

Some worthy video at the site...

‘Into the Wild’ bus will likely end up at the UA Museum of the North
Bus 142 was lifted from Stampede Trail in June of 2020.
Bus 142 was lifted from Stampede Trail in June of 2020.(Alaska Department of Natural Resources)
By Cheyenne Mathews
Published: Jul. 30, 2020 at 2:57 PM AKDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A bus removed from Stampede Trail by the state of Alaska in June may have a new home at the University of Alaska’s Museum of the North.

The bus is famous for its portrayal in Jon Krakauer’s novel “Into the Wild” as the setting where 24-year-old Chris McCandless died. The bus has captured the interest of many tourists and several died or were injured while trying to reach the bus.

The state had initially placed the bus in storage but released plans to negotiate placing Bus 142 with the UA Museum of the North on Thursday.

“Of the many expressions of interest in the bus, the proposal from the UA Museum of the North best met the conditions we at DNR had established to ensure this historical and cultural object will be preserved in a safe location where the public could experience it fully, yet safely and respectfully, and without the specter of profiteering,” Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige said in a prepared statement.

The bus had initially been removed from its site near Healy because the DNR hoped to “reduce the risk of future tragedies.”


As recently as last summer, a woman from Belarus died on her way to the bus after she was swept away in a river. In 2010, another traveler died on their way to see the bus.

The bus was carried by an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter to an undisclosed location, and this is the first time DNR has released information about where the bus may end up.

The department said it has received dozens of proposals for the bus from various institutions and museums throughout Alaska and the United States but has ultimately decided to carry forward with a proposal from the UA Museum of the North.

The Director of the UA Museum of the North, Patrick Druckenmiller, sent a letter to DNR July 17 saying the organization would be the “appropriate repository for the bus.”

“As a unit of the University of Alaska, our museum supports the rights of free speech and academic freedom,” Druckenmiller wrote in the letter to DNR. “This is particularly relevant given the often strong and diverging reactions that the story of Bus 142 and Christopher McCandless represent to Alaskans.”

The decision was made with the expectation that any exhibition of the bus would enhance public safety, respect those who lost family in connection to the bus and reduce the financial burden on the state.

The proposal said the museum is considering placing the bus in a wooded area north of the building and posting interpretive signs for visitors to understand the history of the bus. This proposal means the bus would be publicly accessible and at no cost to visitors.

“I believe that giving Bus 142 a long-term home in Fairbanks at the UA Museum of the North can help preserve and tell the stories of all these people,” Feige said. “It can honor all of the lives and dreams, as well as the deaths and sorrows associated with the bus, and do so with respect and dignity.”

While the agreement is not finalized, Feige said the UA Museum of the North was an ideal candidate to hold the bus as it has experts that could restore and curate a display around the bus and would allow the department to continue owning the bus. This means DNR could also lend the bus out to be displayed in other locations.

Going forward, the two organizations will develop a memorandum on the expectations for the proposal. DNR expects a final agreement will be signed within the next several months.

The UA Museum of the North is located in Fairbanks as a research and teaching museum with 2.5 million artifacts and specimens in its collection, according to their website.


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" we at DNR had established to ensure this historical and cultural object will be preserved in a safe location where the public could experience it fully, yet safely and respectfully, and without the specter of profiteering,"

It's a fuggin piece of junk!

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