10.08.2009

Is he a modern day "Jess James without all the murders"?

Police suspect 'Barefoot Burglar' is stealing, crashing planes.

The man that police call the prime suspect does not have a pilot's license. But he does have a Facebook fan club, which compares him to Jesse James "without the murders" and exhorts: "Fly, Colt, Fly."

Although he is only 18, Colton Harris-Moore has been on authorities' radar for years.


Obviously what he's doing is wrong, and he should be punished for it, but I cannot deny that there's a part of me that finds his story romantic, in an adventurous, rebellious sort of way. It's a bid old "f*ck you" to the establishment, and who doesn't occasionally wish they could do the same thing?

I just hope he doesn't end up hurting someone in the end.

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