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It May Be Rusted, Tagged, and Leaf-Filled, But At Least It’s Not Short

faked by Sunday, February 19th, 2006

Or, This Bus Definitely Does Not Stop at 82nd Street

Sighted in the woods by the Mississippi River while biking on the levee this past week:

View from the levee:

View from atop the levee

Closer view:

Closer view

Rear View:

Rear View

Front View:

Front View

Contessa and I walked down to have a closer look on this last drizzly, cold Saturday. We couldn’t figure out how long it had been there, or how it had gotten there in the first place. As the picture below indicates, it could have been there as long as 2 years, but it seems like it would be even more filled with leaves and even more rusted-out and reclaimed by the elements if it had been there that long. Plus, it’s situated just below an area of the levee where I bike all the time, and I’d just be embarassed if it had been there all this time without me noticing it, though I suppose the trees are usually a lot fuller than they have been lately. Still, the trees and undergrowth around it are so dense that I don’t see how it could have gotten in there recently, nor did we see any tire tracks.

Homecoming:

Homecoming Banner

Bus Stop:

Bus Stop

Anyway, I hope it stays there for a while—I want to watch it decay. Related posts here (the bus in the Wrong-Eyed Jesus trailer), here, and here.

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4 Responses to “It May Be Rusted, Tagged, and Leaf-Filled, But At Least It’s Not Short”

  1. d-ashes says:
    February 20, 2006, at 8:35 am

    Homecoming 2003…

    I don’t want to even begin to fathom what event that might possibly commemorate. I just hope they had their tetanus shots…

  2. gorjus says:
    February 20, 2006, at 9:29 am

    So this is . . . a convertible bus?? Notice the fraternity tag on the bumper in the fourth photo. Perhaps this thing was semi-working, they rigged it into a float and/or some sort of hijinx-filled escapade, and then just drove it as far as it would go, and dumped it?

  3. Professor Fury says:
    February 20, 2006, at 9:52 am

    Yeah, I think that’s the most likely theory. I still don’t quite see how they got it to that particular dump site, though. Then again, drunken frat kids are not known for their cautious driving.

  4. d-ashes says:
    February 20, 2006, at 12:49 pm

    Though possibly scavenged after its abandonment (and if so, no doubt now powering a homemade airboat somewhere down River Road), there appears to be no engine. Maybe it was a float in the strictest sense and was towed?

    If so, I can imagine a Norse-esque send off from the top of levee…