Brenton Clutterbuck

Cover of Brenton Clutterbuck's "Chasing Eris."

Brenton Clutterbuck is a self-described gonzo anthropologist. He is primarily known in Discordian circles for starting the Chasing Eris project, traveling around the world interviewing Discordians.

His story

John, Lord Clutterbuck, the heir to the 6th Earldom of Greyface, and his pregnant wife Alice were held captives on a pirate ship flying a flag with a pentagon on one side and a golden apple on the other. After fleeing the Imperial Navy, the pirates shipwrecked on the Australian coast, and John and Alice were able to escape. John built a secret home in the trees, and Alice gave birth to a son, Brenton.

John and Alice survived largely on berries, wild roots, and a variety of the herb frop (Habifropzipulops mariphasa lupina) they called "Happy weed" (Habifropzipulops oxyuranus scutellatus). The couple was found by the pirates. Still under the affects of happy weed, they forgot about their son. The couple and the pirates returned to sea.

A group of great apes investigated the commotion. After the pirates left, the curious apes visited the treehouse. These were the Quinkin or Yowie apes, related to the Sasquatch. One female of the group, Kalista, who was carrying her dead infant, heard the cries of the infant human in his crib. She adopted the boy and raised him as a member of the Yowie. Breton's parents later returned, but finding the crib empty, assumed the worst.

At age five, the boy was still trying to fit in with his ape family. When a dingo pack attacks, he learned how to swim to evade it while another ape was killed.

At age 12, the boy discovered the tree-house in which he lived as a baby with his mother and father. He found a book the pirates had left. It had a picture on the cover of a beautiful woman holding a golden apple. He thought her the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, and decided to find her. He searched for years, to no avail.

Years later, international explorer Adam London Comstock-Swabey of Newport was traveling with a band of adventurers along the river. Disgusted by their boorish nature and love of 'blood and sport,' he killed them. Impressed with his efforts, the ape-man exposed himself to him, and they had a fine time.

Deducing the identity of the ape man, the explorer took him to the family estate at Greyface.

Brenton was treated as a novelty by the local social set, and some of his behaviour was seen as threatening and chaotic. Unable to assimilate to the human society that he views as cruel, Brenton used his new funds to continue the search for the woman he saw on the cover of the book. To this day, he continues chasing Eris.

Chasing Eris

The book of his adventures so far, Chasing Eris, is reviewed on Goodreads and available for purchase at Lulu.