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WILDERNESS MUSIC
"If perchance you have never had the good fortune to hear the
mournful cry of the common loon, you have missed the full
enjoyment of the wilderness. Like the howl of a timber wolf, the
bugling of a bull elk and the singing of a humpback whale, the
mournful cry of the loon is unique."
- George Harrison, 1983
More than unique, loon music is primitive, reaching into obscure
recesses of the human mind. For some people, loon calls might reach
down a little too deeply. A few years ago, a resort owner in northern
Wisconsin told me the story of a Chicago couple who spent just one
night in a lakeside cabin and checked out early the following
morning. The loons just "got to them," he said. Apparently they felt
more secure in the jungles of the Loop.