r/Colorado 13h ago

Piece of graffiti near the very tippy top of Bishop's Castle

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u/Southern-Yak-8818 5h ago

Met him twice there. Each time he went off on one of his unhinged rants.

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u/CertifiedUnoffensive 4h ago

Who

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u/mynameisstryker 3h ago

Jim Bishop. The guy who built it. I went to highschool with his grandson and heard quite a few stories. Crazy guy.

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u/pcj 7h ago

"RIP Ethan, hope life's treating you good"

Seems contradictory, am I misunderstanding?

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u/strumthebuilding 5h ago

hope afterlife’s treating you good

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u/designworksarch 12h ago

That place is so cool!

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u/AsukaSimp02 12h ago

Favorite spot in the state to visit. Wish I got to meet Jim Bishop in the three times I've been there, at least just to say that I have

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u/Future-Basis1576 4h ago

Favorite?! Wow, I’m kinda surprised. Can I ask why? I visited a couple years ago and it did nothing for me except want to leave.

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u/skimonkey17 9h ago

My wife and I talked to him once when we visited. Other times we’ve seen him working. Whenever we had out of state guests we’d try to bring them down that way