The curious story of Bobby’s bus shelter began over 20 years ago
when six-year-old Bobby MacAulay and his friends would seek refuge
from Unst’s often unforgiving weather in a shelter built by his father
The weather hadn’t done the bus stop any favors
Tumbledown and rusty, the local council decided to take it away.
They did.
But little Bobby was outraged. He decided to write a letter to his local paper,
The Shetland Times
asking for a new one to be built in its place.
The Island Council heard Bobby’s request.
They duly obliged, and a brand new shelter was soon built in its place.
But soon after, strange things began to happen.
A small wicker table and sofa appeared in the bus stop all to make Bobby comfortable.
Then a microwave, then a carpet, telephone, and curtains. Soon, there was a television
and a pair of (fake) hamsters living in the shelter too.
Isle of Unst, Scotland