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Patrick Riley

Rex, I can share some likely non-productive John Deutschendorf information.

John Denver's primary residence was the exclusive Starwood gated community on the slopes surrounding Aspen Colorado (song reference Starwood in Aspen). He lived there with his wife Annie (song reference Annie's Song).

Years ago, I drove up to the Starwood gatehouse, informed the guard I was an old school friend and asking to see John. It didn't work. I, of course, never met John Denver and wasn't an old friend.

FYI, I've tried this at the gatehouses protecting Barbra Streisand (Malibu), Bob Hope (Palm Springs), Lee Trevino (El Paso) and George Strait (San Antonio). None of these worked either.

What was I going to do/say if I had gained admittance at any of these homes? I had no idea; I figured I'd play it by ear.

I was still trying to recover from a failed celebrity encounter opportunity from my college days. The Kingston Trio entertained at UNM's Popejoy Hall my senior year. John Denton and I (and dates) attended. During the concert, a member of the Trio mentioned they were staying at the Western Skies Hotel while in Albuquerque. After we dropped the girls off, John and I decided to pay the Trio a visit. This was past midnight. I approached the night desk clerk and asked, "What room is Nick Reynolds (a Trio member) in?"

"I can't give that information out but can put you through on the house phone," the clerk replied. He did and Nick answered.

"Hi Nick, two big fans here with a bottle of 24-year-old Scotch!" "Sounds good to me," Nick replied, giving me his room number. Now the sad part ... we lost our nerve and never went up ... great opportunity lost. We actually did have the bottle of Scotch.

Years later, a business associate and I saw the New Kingston Trio (not as good as the originals) perform at the Crazy Horse Saloon in Santa Ana, CA. When I got to the ticket window, I was informed they were sold out! I slid a hundred-dollar bill to the ticket seller, asking if there was anything he could do to squeeze two more in.

The Crazy Horse set up a two-top for us literally on stage (on the left side of the stage behind a side curtain). We watched the entire performance just feet from the Trio!

Being on stage, it was easy to meet the Trio afterward. I shook hands with Bob Shane (the only original Trio member in the new group), telling him what a big fan I was. He went out to his car in the parking lot, retrieved a Trio album for me and autographed it. I still have it!

Rex Booth

Pat,

I've been meaning to thank you again. Not only did you help Tommy and Don with their music collection, you helped me with mine as well!!  Glad you still have that Nuevo Kingston Trio Album!  I still have "Bongo Rock" 45 by Preston Epps... who gave us the inspiration to form  the "Offbeats" for Sensations 1961...!

Patrick Riley

My favorite period group remains the "Rex Booth Trio" (Rex, Tom Mangham, Tom Parsons ... RIP)!

Saundra Bennett (Whiteside)

Pat, that is a cool  story about watching the new Kingston Trio? Also meeting an original member!  Thank you for sharing!  I've enjoyed your participation on this forum!

Patrick Riley

Saundra, thanks for the kind words!

You can tell a lot about a person from what they post here:

1) Long posts ... they have too much time on their hands!

2) Posts about things that happened many years ago ... there's nothing good going on with them lately.

One thing I do know ... growing up in Roswell was special. Look at the interest and contributions on this site. I can promise you that few elsewhere treasure their times growing up and the friends they grew up with as much as us old Coyotes do!

Saundra Bennett (Whiteside)

Pat, growing up in Roswell was special!  We probably took it for granted at the time, but it surely is nice to look back and reminisce,  Isn't it great to have this site to stay in touch?!  Wish more peeps would chime in!

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

I love my home town and am so glad I have moved back!!

It  is so peaceful for me.!

"My Hometown"   Bruce Springsteen

Rex Booth

KSWS Tower has "attracted" a lot activity especially going out there during our Junior high and RHS days and years beyond! 

A couple of months ago  Cal Turley and I took a ride out near the old tv tower. After going up Comanche Hill, he turned north on a gravel road (directly across the road from the Bottomless Lakes entrance).  We were reminiscing about old times. Cal told a story when he and Charlie McClain were driving on that same road one dark night.

Why don't we all ask Cal if he’d contribute his ‘story’ to learn more about the strange-weird scary things that occurs on pitch-black nights in the ‘high plains’ desert of New Mexico… This story is about the “Caprock Demon”...!   Cal, we are all ears!!

Cal Turley

Ok folks, since  Rex  is whining about me repeating my story, Here Go's!!

It was a warm moonlit night in the summer of 1964. My best buddy Charlie McClain and I were lucky enough to find two girls with nothing to do and bored enough to go out on a double-date with us. Charlie had dated this girl previously. (It was my first date with the other girl).  I was ‘elected’ by Charlie to drive his brand new 4 speed Ford Mustang. Of course it had bucket seats, wouldn’t you know it… it kept my date separated from me.

As the evening dragged by, I decided to take a drive out to Caprock (where the infamous KSWS TV tower was once located).  Instead taking a right turn off the highway to Bottomless Lakes, I decided to take a left. We were traveling along a little rough gravel road doing about 10 mph. I had just taken a sip of my “coke special”… that’s a large coke filled with ¾ coca cola and ¼ Jim Beam and set it back on the car’s dash.

All of a sudden it happens! At the edge of the road right where the headlights stopped illuminating, I saw the scariest sight I’d ever seen! I quickly jammed the Mustang back into 1^st gear and floored it, unfortunately the coke special on the dash poured out ‘everywhere’ running down through the dash speakers and into the radio! Charlie ended up having to get a new radio, but that’s a whole different story…

This Gawd-awful scary ‘thing’ turned off the road and headed across the open fields. I turned off the road to follow reaching speeds of 50 mph and still couldn’t catch up with it! That was one hell-of-a ride flying over bushes and mounds! After about 3 minutes or so, I completely lost sight of the ‘thing’ and pulled over and stopped.

When I first started the chase, the other three people thought I had flipped out, but when we stopped and started talking, they all agreed they had seen something scary as hell. None of us could explain exactly what we had seen, but the consensus was it looked similar to a Sagittarian figure with the lower half looking like a horse and the upper half… a hairy man! Although four of us saw this ‘creature’, I can only give you one person who can verify our sighting. I can’t remember the names of the two girls and even if I could I wouldn’t share their names, not only because of the questionable creature sighting but forcing them to admit to going out with Charlie and me would be too embarrassing for them!!

If you have any doubts or reservations about what I am writing, you are welcome to contact the now “Honorable” Charles McClain of Dexter to get his version. As I see it, you have two choices: Either admit there are some very strange things that have and are still happening around Roswell or as my wife believes, this is a Turley Tall Tale fueled by way too many “coke specials”.

Saundra Bennett (Whiteside)

Cal, that was a pretty wierd thing that happened to you, Charlie and your dates!  That ride across the desert  reminds me of a rabbit hunting trip Iwent on once!  The creature sounds like something from Greek mythology!  I believe they were called Centaurs.  Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Rex Booth

Cal, 

I would imagine you and Charlie have talked about this 'creature' on more than one occasion! I liked the way you wrote your story. A coke special could easily open up one's psyche to a paranormal experience!

I do have to agree with Saundra’s assessment. The description of the “Caprock Demon“ is similar to a ‘Centaur’ of ancient Greece or ‘Centaurus’ in Latin. It was a creature from classical Greek mythology with the “upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse”. Like a ‘liminal being’ it is naturally ambiguous. Another example is many sightings of so-called ‘Bigfoot’…

I’m sure there are classmates out there who have had some strange weird sightings, quite possibly very close to a paranormal experience… and it doesn’t necessarily have to occur in the dark of night!

T'wud be interesting to hear some of ‘Your’ strange experiences!  Now's your chance to tell 'your story'!

Tommy Weathers

Cal Turley

Tommy Weathers

Rex Booth

OK Tommy, it's show and tell time!

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

HAHAHAH!!! Love Your story Cal. I agree with Saundra!! 
Yes Tommy lets hear your story!! 
 

Cal Turley

Rex Booth

It sounds like that 'strange' creature Tommy spoke about was 3 foot tall, skinny, and gray... that dropped him off, right after the 'abduction'.   

Tommy Weathers

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

YOU GUYS ARE SO FUNNY!! Keep the humor coming!! 

Don Ervin

I figured out what Cuz Cal. Rex and Tommy saw.  They saw a One Eyed One Horn Flying Purple People Eater.

Patrick Riley

I saw it too, right after polishing off my third A-1 Pitzner Beer 40 Ounce "Big Brown Jug".

Remember those? Terrible beer but we use to drink them 'cause there was nothing cheaper! They sold for less than a quart (32 ounces) of better beer. I think they were priced around 40¢ a jug ... not sure but do recall you could get two jugs and change from a dollar bill!

Rex Booth

Fred Sanford of “Sanford and Son” raved about his favorite 'secret sauce'!

When he mixed Champagne & Ripple you get… “Cripple” !!

Tommy Weathers

Rex Booth

Maybe Black, like Ann...