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The Unorganized Township of Bootstuck
The Unorganized Township of Bootstuck is a documentary-style audio descent into a place that shouldn't exist—but very much insists that it does.
Once a forgotten military outpost in the depths of Northern Ontario, Bootstuck has taken on a life of its own. Discovered only through a pile of mislabeled cassette tapes at a Sudbury garage sale, the story of Bootstuck slowly unravels through scattered interviews, cryptic clues, and increasingly bizarre residents. The deeper you listen, the more you realize — this isn't just a town. It's a puzzle. And somewhere in that puzzle?
A plane crash that changed everything.
Somewhere between folklore, found audio, and fever dream, Bootstuck blurs the line between documentary and delusion—offering listeners a place to get lost in, over and over again.
The Unorganized Township of Bootstuck
TAPE 61 - The Green Day Blueprint
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Tape 61 begins as a rambling voicemail about making a very urgent personal decision, before veering into a rescue operation involving a lost baby raccoon, an upside-down milk container, and Caleb acting as both lookout and chair. Along the way, concerns are raised about Caleb’s homemade cigarettes, soup sandwiches, and whether bagels are named for what they are or the bags they come in.
The conversation drifts into ambitious plans to grow sesame “trees” across Bootstuck following a small fire, guided by a “blueprint” that turns out to be a faded Green Day t-shirt. The episode closes with reflections on color, music, and landscape, landing on the conclusion that while the plans may be questionable, Bootstuck could definitely use more music.
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Yeah, it's me again just giving you a call because I wanted to ask you a very particular question about something that I was thinking about. Uh oh I'm sorry, I was gonna wait for you to say what's that, but I guess it's a recording machine, so that's difficult for you to get to me to say that. Otherwise, I'd be talking to you. Anywho, you ever have to make a real quick decision? Like, uh, should I run home and let one out or should I just keep going to the store and see if I can make it back in time? Yeah. Go with the first one. It's been a long day, and now I gotta do a little bit of hanging things outside. All right, goodbye. Wait a minute. Nope, that's what you say. Yep. Goodbye. That's okay. Speaking of strays, there was a raccoon. He was lost. Couldn't find his mama. Yep, so we had to capture him inside a little container. We used to keep milk in it. Turn it upside down. He's there, and Caleb's sitting on top, waiting for his mama to fall asleep. Once his mom falls asleep, we'll put him back in the nest, then he'll be okay. Crazy little fella. Smoking cigarettes.
SPEAKER_00:Uh what?
Hat Guy:Caleb, yeah. Oh. Smoking cigarettes.
unknown:Yep.
SPEAKER_00:I'm curious. Well, where do you get cigarettes from? Do they drop those off too?
Hat Guy:No, no, no. They may. I don't know. That would be fan suit then. Caleb wouldn't have to go outside and cut all those weeds down and roll them up, do it like that. He makes his own cigarettes. They smell funny. They make his eyes red. Maybe he's allergic. Caleb, you might be allergic. He just put up a pan. Okay. What's that say? I don't know. Oh, that's Matummy. Oh, is it really? I'm ready for some soup. Soup sandwich. You ever have a soup sandwich? We made a soup sandwich with carrot soup. You ever have a bagel?
SPEAKER_00:A bagel.
Hat Guy:Bagel?
SPEAKER_00:Bagel?
Hat Guy:Bagel. We call them bagels here because they come in a bag. Bagel. Bagel? Yep. Bagel. Get them in the bag. Yep. On the drop bag. Bagel. You're confusing. Sesame feeds. Booty doo. Yeah. Sesame feeds. You ever sell sesame? What wait a minute. If you plant a sesame seed, what does it grow into? A sesame. What's that?
SPEAKER_00:Well, I think you would open a sesame.
Hat Guy:Yeah, sesame, like the seeds, or sesame, like I told you so.
SPEAKER_00:I guess it grows a sesame plant.
Hat Guy:You ever seen one?
SPEAKER_00:I haven't actually, and I'd never contemplated where a s what a sesame plant looks like.
Hat Guy:Well, we're gonna be growing them up here in boots, Duck. We're gonna be growing sesame feeds. Sesame trees all over the place. Because we got a little place where that got burnt down in a very small accident. Uh-uh. So what we're gonna do is get Caleb to go and throw the bottles around, and then all be fine in about a week or four.
SPEAKER_00:Well, I don't think that those seeds will grow. Uh uh.
Hat Guy:Well, you gotta give them a chance.
SPEAKER_00:You sure do.
Hat Guy:You sure do. You you really do.
SPEAKER_01:You really do. You sure do.
Hat Guy:Sesame seeds. Woo-doo.
SPEAKER_01:And if those don't work out, it sounds like you have other plants that you can grow and smoke.
Hat Guy:We've got other plans. Yeah, we got all sorts of plans. Gerald got a blueprint. You ever see one of them?
SPEAKER_00:Woo! Is it blue?
Hat Guy:It's light blue, yeah. And it's printed on a t-shirt, and it says green day. It may be faded. It's blue. Maybe I'm colorblind. I don't know. Interesting though.
SPEAKER_01:So you have a blueprint, which is a green day shirt.
Hat Guy:It's printed on a t-shirt in blue, like blue.
SPEAKER_01:And it says green day.
Hat Guy:It's a music group. You know them? Listen, I gotta playback. Listen.
SPEAKER_01:I walk down on Leroy until Leroy.
Hat Guy:Like that. You hear it? Oh I'm familiar with green day. But you know what? If you look outside towards the forest, not towards the lake, it's pretty green day. If you look towards the lake, it's a blue day. So I guess the shirt makes sense.
SPEAKER_01:Well, something has to.
Hat Guy:Yep. And I think we need music. My lord.
