theodore kaczynski (aka 'The Unabomber') isolated himself in autumn 1978 from society and public life to live in a small cabin in the woods of montana, THE TITLE OF THIS SONG REFERS TO THESE FACTS.he did this after trying to reestablish contact with his family in the Chicago area, after being fired by his brother for harassing a female employee at the factory where they worked. Kaczynski lived there as a hermit, hunting rabbits, growing vegetables, complaining about balky pay phones and worrying about getting rabies from skunks. He borrowed small amounts of money from his family.

Acting on David Kaczynski's suspicions following the publication of the Unabomber manifesto, federal agents arrested Kaczynski at his cabin in 1996. He was subsequently indicted in Sacramento and New Jersey for five Unabomber attacks.the song 'montana/autumn/78' is about kaczynsky.