Cute to a degree that would engender crimes against nature, inspired by the sordid tale of Laura Tennessen, whose corpse was dug up by Nicholas Grunke, his brother Alex Grunke and Dustin Radke of Madison, Wisconsin on September 2, 2006 after Nicholas Grunke saw a photo of Miss Tennessen accompanying her obituary.
"Yeah, she's cute 'n' all...but she ain't dig-up-the-corpse cute."
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 $2 million.