Unabomber Land (Minus Cabin) for Sale - Any Takers?

If you had an extra $69,500 lying around and didn't care whether you even broke even on the investment, you might want to get in touch with the John Pistelak Realty of Lincoln, Mont. That's the company selling the land once owned by the Unabomber.


Yes, Theodore Kaczynski, the great opponent of advanced technology who is now serving a life sentence for his mad nationwide bombing spree, is still making the news, this time for 1.4 acres of land in western Montana — far from the ravages of such hallmarks of civilization as electricity and running water. It's basically a big bunch of trees and surrounding lands, no doubt by now teeming with wildlife.

The land is listed as "Very Secluded."

Kaczynski himself isn't far away: he's in a maximum security prison in nearby Colorado. Whether he profits from the sale isn't clear, and the realty company hasn't commented much other than to post the particulars of the sale, which include photos that show a very technological chain-link fence and barb-wire apparatus surrounding the property. (Guess they didn't want looters busting in and setting off their own bombs.)

One photo also shows FBI carved into a tree. Whether Kaczynski himself made the alteration in true Croatoan fashion isn't known.


One thing you won't find on the property is the Unabomber Cabin. No, that startling piece of back-to-nature living space is on display in the nation's capital, at the Newseum. Still, if you're looking to get away from it all, you could spend a lot more money and get a lot less land than this option.