Monday, March 10, 2008

Oddballs in Indiana

I spent some time at a Barnes & Noble last night, skimming a book called Indiana Curiosities. I was looking for little things that might make good day trips on a bicycle. I made a few interesting notes:
  • Crete, IN: The birthplace of infamous cult leader Jim Jones. Did you know he raised money for his first church by selling pet monkeys?
  • Mentone, IN: Home of the world's largest concrete egg.
  • Churubusco, IN: Allegedly the home of an evil, 450-pound snapper turtle.
The book was full of really bizarre locations in Indiana. Then something unexpected happened. I saw a person that I knew. There was Tim Evans, standing with his sort-of-famous mousetrap collection, indexed in this book of Indiana curiosities. Tim is a Calvary member, his wife works here, and I've watched their son on a number of occasions. In addition to all of those things, he is included in the book Indiana Curiosities.

I know a famous person.

3 comments:

Pickledoreos said...

I'm surprised you weren't in the book...

Todd Outcalt said...

More curiosities you could visit:
Some guy who preached a 12 hour sermon.
A guy who kayaks to work.
A guy who really knows how to love his woman!
All the same guy, by the way.

Anonymous said...

I used to get my haircut in Churubusco and never saw anthing