THE PROTOTYPE

FlashTown is a Hawaiian cat sanctuary named after a dog who's never been to Hawaii

This is FlashTown

FlashTown is our farm, our animal sanctuary, our jungle home, and the heart of everything we make. It sits in Mountain View on Hawaiʻi Island — completely off grid, just downhill from Kīlauea. Cell phones still work. The fruit for Fruity Puppy grows here. BroBots get built here. And the rescue animals live here.

We catch our rain. Solar runs daily life. Roof water feeds the ponds; excess pond plants and fertilized pond water go back onto the fruit trees. That loop is how the place feeds itself. See Ponds, Farm, and Farmers Markets.

His heart lives here.

Jessie made a promise to Flash — Jessie’s Great Pyrenees — in 2018. FlashTown started in 2021. Flash was enormous and gentle. He died too soon. Jessie cleared this land by hand so that love could keep doing something.

The sanctuary is larger than cats. Dogs, chickens, pigs, ponds full of life that nobody invited — they all belong here. Flash’s nature became a place.

One farm. A whole universe.

Everything we build starts here, and everything we build sends something back to the animals. Fruity Puppy, BroBots, Monkey Jockey, Cartoon Hawaiʻi — branches growing from the same root, not the definition of FlashTown.

One farm. A whole universe.

Everything we build starts here, and everything we build sends something back to the animals. These are branches — not the definition of FlashTown.

People ask

What is FlashTown?

An off-grid regenerative farm and animal sanctuary in Mountain View, Hawaiʻi Island — founded as a promise to Flash, Jessie’s Great Pyrenees.

Can I visit?

Airbnb and Hipcamp listings are deactivated. FlashTown is a private sanctuary — some rescue animals don’t like strangers. Private tours of oceans, volcanoes, rivers, and caves are available by request. Write first.

Is FlashTown completely off grid?

Yes. Solar and rain catchment. Cell phones work.

Where is it?

Mountain View, Hawaiʻi Island — just downhill from Kīlauea. Mail: P.O. Box 711416, Mountain View, HI 96771.

Red anthurium close-up at FlashTown
Pink and peach anthuriums by a mossy rock at FlashTown