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Meth Trailers, Cartel Theories, and the Pacific Northwest's Dark Underbelly
from Skin Pocket · #92
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
4 minHe riffs on Spokane's meth history, speculates about cartels and Breaking Bad, and expands into a bit about the eerie darkness beneath the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest, including a tangent on Chinese exploration history.
- 5:53Landing planes into the Pacific Northwest reveals beautiful mountains and rivers from above, then meth trailer debris scattered through the woods below.
- 7:02Tim describes spotting trailers and trash deep in the forest while flying over and immediately thinking it's a meth operation.
- 7:40The Pacific Northwest has natural beauty at first glance but darkness beneath the surface.
- 7:58Tim questions why Chinese explorers didn't reach America before Europeans, noting they made spaghetti instead.
- 8:42The Pacific Northwest is predominantly Northern European—Scandinavian, Icelandic, Finnish types who look translucent and blue-eyed.
- 9:18Scandinavians landed with sheep and didn't care, settling in cold winters because they're used to harsh climates.
- 9:38Coming from New York, the region feels spooky—more hicks than expected despite thinking Seattle-area cities were evolved and sensitive.
- 9:59Northern Idaho is known for white supremacy and attempted KKK resurgence in the early 2000s when a group tried to establish a stronghold there.
- 10:12The KKK resurgence attempt in Northern Idaho was well-publicized but ultimately run out of town.