"I told Scott I was going to Tim­buk­tu. He ask­ed me if he could have my TV if I didn't come back. Then he ask­ed me why I was go­ing. 'Be­cause,' I re­plied, 'there's a wild goose honk­ing in my ear... and the bas­tard won't shut up!" So be­gins the lat­est gonzo jour­ney by film­maker Trent Harris, this one by plane, boat camel, and pen. Following the wild goose, Harris travels to Timbucktu, choos­ing his des­ti­na­tion in part be­cause, "it's just so damned hard to get to." Chronicling the details of his trip-along with assorted other thoughts, his­tor­i­cal tidbits, memories, and unrelated tan­gets - Harris leads us on a funny and ul­ti­mately poingant trip into the uncharted realms of his own twisted psyche.

 

102 pages - full color - lots of art and photos

This is the most com­plete col­lec­tion of his­tor­i­cal wierd­ness to ever come out of the land of Zion! (Utah) In its pages you will find many shocking ac­counts of un­be­liev­a­ble but true events. There's the story about a Mormon mis­sion­ary who was al­leg­ed­ly raped by a Miss Wy­om­ing beauty queen. She claims, "That would be like trying to stick a marsh­mel­low in a park­ing meter." And then there is the strange tale of Stinky, from Magna, who hides in the bottom of outhouses with his camera. He's just another in­de­pen­dent film­maker. And then there is Ron Laugh­er­ty, the mad prohet murderer, who now spends his days in jail with a sign taped to his butt that says, "Exit Only". He is con­vinced that Satan wants to sneak up his anus...and there are monsters, and grave rob­bing ghouls, and politicians who cry for a living...and dozens of other stories that prove without a doubt that truth in Utah is stranger. It is now proudly in its second printing. Read and believe.