A being of immense cosmic power, prophesied by the Sooths of Yorkshire to save the world from great calamity.
Unfortunately, after the last descendant of the Sooths was killed by a rogue chupacabra in the late 19th century the legend has largely been lost to time.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.