Scott Rader

Born to Finnish parents, Lawrence and Helga Radar, Scott spent his formative years in Stokholm, Sweden. His father, a traditional central European ice fisherman, promised that he would work as hard as needed to give him a better life. Dismayed by Scottie's apparent lack of interest in pursuing ice fishing as a career, Lawrence's hopes for his sons future hung in the balance. It wasn't till young Scottie was seven years old that his parents took notice of their child's exceptional gift. It was a damp, grey day, all too familiar to the young lad partaking in a typical local game known as "Stoney Stoney". As the boys took turns hurling small flat stones ("stoneys") at local farm animals, Scottie noticed in the distance a fledgling lamb, obviously wounded by a resident pack wolf who sadly missed his kill. The sight of a suffering animal was a bit more than he could bear. Without hesitation, Scottie rumaged through a discarded pile of farm equipment, fashioning a strange looking device from