A bonfire amid a slushy downpour Tuesday finished off the “Mud Bay Institute,” a ramshackle, beachfront cabin on Chilkat Inlet that provided refuge to wayward characters and wandering souls.
Former resident “Wild” Bill Biggerstaff, a self-described pot smuggler and dealer, said he lived at the Mud Bay Road property 12 years, owing mostly to the generosity of landlord Pat King of Washington and the tolerance of neighbor Beth MacCready.
King charged only $150 a month…
