wild barefoot bandit boy of puget sound

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6946030.ece

the world is going mad

hero

have it on good authority that he has been stealing the feet of bad children and depositing them in puget sound

He evaded a police pursuit by crashing a Mercedes-Benz into a roadside gas storage tank, using the explosion as a diversion to escape back into the woods where, he says, he feels like a Native American.

the flying of planes
thing is somethin else. no guns tho okay, local boy

i've been kind of aware of this dude on and off for the last year or so... isn't there already a thread somewhere on here? eh's pretty cool; he steals private planes and doesn't afraid of anything.

Colton Harris-Moore has pizzas delivered to the forest
Colton Harris-Moore has pizzas delivered to the forest
Colton Harris-Moore has pizzas delivered to the forest
Colton Harris-Moore has pizzas delivered to the forest
Colton Harris-Moore has pizzas delivered to the forest

Been hearing about this kid for a few years. Then again, I live in Seattle, so not really surprising.

Our criminals have become globally hip I guess. Great.

police are setting traps for a barefoot teenage outlaw who has eluded them for nearly two years.

ah the old pizza on a string trick

I really hope this works out alright, that when they finally catch him he gets like six months in juvie and then eventually becomes a daredevil pilot flying humanitarian missions in Uganda or something, and not that the police kill him with guns.

PS I know I know well covered territory but jesus fuck I just cannot wrap my brane around the mindset of UK newspaper story commenters

the police will kill him with guns

also sorry for british

(personally, i think he's great! but i can only see a tragic ending to this, mostly because he's a glorious anachronism, and the authorities can't handle anachronisms)

i mean <3 this dude forever but making cops look like dummies is kind of a dangerous game, esp if they think yr dangerous to them

call me back when he completes his novel length burn book

imo cagematch between those 2 boys

Colton Harris-Moore Feral 9 Kool

48. A fern: Quiet. 8. Kool. Good for sleepin on and for wiping. See em every where but we are chill with each other.

loooooool

wild barefoot bandit boy of puget sound, what's on yr ipod in yr burn book

"wild barefoot bandit boy of puget sound" sounds like a description of one of Temple of the Dog.

well we know he's not going hungry

<3 <3 <3 <3 ^^^

kudos

Every time I read thread title I just picture this kid rocking out barefoot on the beach. I can't help it.

I imagine him dressed like Max from Where the Wild Things Are.

what's really weird about that theory=the kid is 18

Temple of the Dog was popular, in 1991, 18 years ago

perhaps the kid was born during Hunger Strike video

I DONT MIIIND ORDERIN PIZZAAAAH TO THE EEEEEDGE OHH THE FOOOOOOORRRRREEEEEEAHSSSSST

http://legendsrevealed.com/entertainment/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/andrews.jpg

"He's in the forest now, he's got a pizza now, he's the wild barefoot bandit boy of Puget Sound!"

ok that is rly funny

yeah been hearing about this guy for awhile.

not going to end well, I bet

Werner Herzog to direct his biopic.

reminds me of that military deserter who ended up in a shootout w/police in upstate ny

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/12/barefoot.teen.plane.thief/index.html

I worry about him

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Has infamous teen bandit Colton Harris-Moore fled the gloomy Pacific Northwest for the sunny summer warmth of the Midwest?

Police there are investigating that possibility after a string of burglaries and thefts in South Dakota that bear the distinct signature of the notorious "Barefoot Bandit."

While authorities don't know for sure if their suspect is Harris-Moore, police in Yankton, S.D., have been contacted by their counterparts in the Northwest, asking them to look into the possibility.

Yankton's assistant police chief, Jerry Hisek, said the Northwest agencies' interest was triggered by a rash of crimes, including break-ins and thefts of vehicles at airports and burglarized homes, that match Harris-Moore's profile.

The South Dakota crime spree started after Harris-Moore apparently left the Northwest, donating $100 to a Raymond animal hospital and stealing a $450,000 yacht on his way to Oregon, then reportedly stealing more cars as he made his way toward Idaho.

A few days after Harris-Moore's trail went cold in Boise, Idaho, on June 12, authorities in South Dakota noticed an unusual series of incidents:

• A vehicle with Washington state license plates was found abandoned in South Dakota, according to a local news station.

• A vehicle was reported stolen from the Spearfish, S.D., airport and another was stolen from the Yankton airport on Tuesday.

• One or more homes were burglarized in the same area, not far from the airport.

• In one of the burglaries, police say a man who fits the description of Harris-Moore occupied a home while the family was on vacation. The family came home and surprised him in their house, and the man fled the scene.

that kid is gonna make a couple lazy writers a lot of money one day

^^^ truth bomb

tho we already have the monkey wrench gang, so

according to the rolling stone article on him, his mom (or he, i can't remember) have already been offered money for movie rights

btw he's been out to the dakotas before

how do you know

it's hoos isn't it

Hahah -- the RS article talks about previous suspicious activity of his
MO in that area

Wow. Somehow I'd never heard of this guy despite living in the same county until last Fall.

He is entirely awesome and heroic imo.

yeah like i know i should be thinking rationally and all 'but srsly this kinda behavior is at the very least pathological or something' but dude is a national treasure imo

srsly has he committed a single crime that isn't against insurable (and insured) property?

maybe *our* behavior is what's pathological...........

think about it

i'd be pissed, even if i was rich, if my ipod got jacked or my lil plane got busted up, but it's pretty awesome that he hasn't got caught and apparently just chills out irl

i don't feel him on some robin hood "fuck your vacation homes!" shit but i would kick it with him for sure & i enjoy his exploits as a criminal

i also started the "somali pirates appreciation thread" tho so who knows

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012321682_colton10m.html

After a string of thefts and burglaries in the Northwest — and two years of frustration for the cops unable to catch him — the hunt for Harris-Moore shifted to the sparsely populated Bahamian island of Great Abaco.

Authorities believe Harris-Moore arrived in the Bahamas after he fled the San Juan Islands and made it to Indiana, where he is suspected of stealing a plane and flying more than 1,000 miles before ditching it in shallow water. On Friday, authorities investigated a report that Harris-Moore had fled to Eleuthera, an island about 40 miles south of Abaco, The Associated Press reported.

This guy gets around.

HERO

sounds like the cops are gaming the shit outta their expense accounts tbh

"Where you think he might go next, Al?"

"Vegas"

"HOT DAMN BOYS WE'RE GOIN TA VEGAS YEEE-HA"

WATER LANDING

barefoot bandit! shep has been covering the hell out of this story because it's so entertaining. he interviewed the guy's mom on live tv last year & she said, among other things, that he's a few IQ points away from einstein and she's proud of him for flying planes because he's never had a lesson. also iirc the bandit calls his mom every now and then but his phone can't be traced, and she doesn't want him to come home, but she can get a lawyer to help him turn himself in.

Hahaha yeah "GUYZ I THINK HE IS IN FIJI LET US GO THERE OK"

i have a friend in or very near Eleuthera. maybe he can help/get robbed. also, favorite thread titles.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/11/barefoot-bandit-arrested-the-bahamas

~RIP~

probably he was just bored with boats and planes and stuff, wanted to try out some prison-break skills that he doubtlessly just naturally has as a byproduct of being the most capable human being on the planet, watch he'll be banging the queen of sweden in like two months

can't wait for the movie, it'll be like into the wild but with basically james bond instead of some crunchy emo who starves

Harris-Moore's mother, Pam Kohler, said last week that many of the allegations made against her son were false but that she was hoping he would eventually reach a country without an extradition agreement with the US. "I'm glad he's able to enjoy beautiful islands, but they extradite. It doesn't help matters at all," she said.

Now what? Life in prison?

Didn't get shot. Big deal imo.

"I'm glad he's able to enjoy beautiful islands, but they extradite. It doesn't help matters at all," she said.

This quote really is amazing the more I think about it.

<3 his mom

This is gonna make an incredible movie one day.

I'm guessing dude had more fun in the last three years than any of us will have in our lives. Dude will prolly get out of jail in a decade for good behavior and be an amazing, likely wealthy socialite/cult figure.

He'll probably just steal the jail too.

man, i hope this kid is on some shawshank redemption ish

aw MAN

this dude deserves a 400-post thread, not that Moat cunt

I will personally break him out of jail

i think he can manage fine on his own!

Sounds like his mom is a pretty ideal, loving parent. Details aside, all parents could take a cue from her supportiveness.

"CHiM" - a Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim production.

Unsuccessful attempt to emulate the master, maybe?

TEEN STEALS BUS, GOES FOR A RIDE
The Metro Transit Police Department arrested William Jackson, 19, and charged him with unauthorized use of a vehicle and fleeing the scene of an accident. The details are still a little sketchy but initial reports from Transit officials are that Jackson, while wearing a bus driver's uniform, took a bus from within Metro's Bladensburg facility. He drove from the facility and struck a tree at 17th Street and Massachusetts Avenue around 4:15 p.m. on Friday. A witness to the accident alerted Metro police and they pulled the bus over ending Jackson's joyride. Jackson hopped out of the bus and made a run for it, but was apprehended by police just a few blocks away, according to police. There were no injuries reported as a result of the accident, according to transit officials.

as pie as fuck.

iPad corrected that. Likemhow it reads. Will leave.

uh?

Aspergers.

i understand that we have laws, but surely our legal system can make allowances for someone who's just being awesome

What's the quote from his mum? "I'm glad he got to see these beautiful islands but I told him to go somewhere without an extradition treaty!" best mum ever.

am I officially old since I think this kid isn't awesome and in fact should settle in and really anticipate the buckets of jail time coming his way

this is my favourite quote from his mum -

'Colt is not to be flying a single engine-plane,' she insisted, saying she was worried about engine failure. 'When I heard that, that just upset me.
'The rules are, he carries a parachute with him and he takes two-engine planes. Tell him he needs to call me.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1293298/Facebook-Barefoot-Bandit-hero-Colton-Harris-Moore-run-stealing-plane.html

okay yeah his mom is awesome tho

I wonder if this guy's mom is as proud.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/11/AR2010071103460.html?hpid=sec-metro

colt's mom done raised an entitled little bratfuck imo, regardless of his natural talent for anything.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/22barefoot.html?_r=1&hp

aw man, that's sad
mom definitely not awesome

According to public documents, child protection officials had been referred to the family at least a dozen times by the time Mr. Harris-Moore was 15.

A social worker’s report from the time he was first arrested, at 12, drew a succinct conclusion, at least from the boy’s point of view. “Colton wants Mom to stop drinking and smoking, get a job and have food in the house,” the report said. “Mom refuses.”

When Mr. Harris-Moore was 4, someone reported Ms. Kohler after seeing “a woman grab a small child by the hair and beat his head severely,” according to a psychiatric summary 12 years later. By the time he was 10, an investigation involving “negligent treatment or maltreatment” had been initiated.

guess it's possible he was scamming the system and lying about his mom at 12, but i doubt it.

Guilty plea bargain:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/06/16/national/a164119D76.DTL&tsp=1