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By Ronald Chase

On November 12, 1971, Bernard Patterson, a miles adorned Vietnam battle hero, became a real-life model of Don Quixote, Butch Cassidy, and Robin Hood all rolled into one package deal, robbed the Northern nationwide financial institution in Mars Hill, Maine. He escaped with $110,000; on the time, the most important financial institution theft within the historical past of the nation. A tunnel rat and paratrooper in Vietnam who rose to the rank of Sergeant, he used to be provided 4 bronze stars and suggested for a silver famous person for valor. He back domestic to northern Maine broke and disenchanted. donning darkish glasses, wearing a Marx Brother’s ankle size coat and donning a blue wig, he robbed the financial institution, although he used to be well-known via the aged teller. He before everything escaped via paddling a rubber raft down the Prestile circulation. This used to be the start of a comic book, outrageous, unbelievable trip that took him around the usa, then to Europe and North Africa prior to eventually surrendering to gurus in Scotland backyard after he had spent lots of the cash. alongside the best way, he lived a raucous lifetime of wine and ladies whereas hobnobbing in aristocratic hangouts and giving cash to these he gave the impression to be in desire; forever staying only a heartbeat prior to cops. He motor biked throughout Europe, hoodwinked border officers, received a camel and bought misplaced within the North African wasteland. again to the us for prosecution, he used to be convicted and imprisoned. published numerous years later, he moved again to northern Maine, the place he persisted to guide a reckless existence that integrated operating a “pot farm,” until eventually he died at age fifty six in 2003. while requested through a pal why he had robbed the financial institution, he spoke back, “the VA wouldn’t supply me a mortgage, so i made a decision to take one out on my own.”

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