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FBI file details Evel Knievel's dark side
usatoday.com — Evel Knievel never denied his scrapes with the law the late motorcycle daredevil often reveled in them. But even he objected to a 1970s FBI investigation of whether he was involved in a string of beatings.
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- basye, on 10/06/2008, -1/+35They probably began files on him due to the fact that no human could do what he'd done, so they decided he was an alien bent on fame and fortune.
- XxpokemasterxX, on 10/07/2008, -0/+8and his hair confirms that.
- RSS14, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4You underestimate the power of the Dark Side.
- ScottMcIntyre, on 10/06/2008, -1/+21It seems the caped hero lead quite an 'interesting' private life (alledgedly). I never knew any of the catalogue of incidents detailed in the article.
QFA:"Knievel's file shows investigators believed he was involved with other violent acts — a threat in Phoenix, an attack in a Kansas City hotel room and a vicious beating in San Francisco. All were allegedly carried out by Knievel associates, according to subjects quoted in the file."- xsmasher, on 10/07/2008, -0/+0The trush should be obvious: He's Ghost Rider. Nuff said.
- ChngeGovernment, on 10/06/2008, -0/+17Not to mention when he was a boy he used to roll with the wrong crowd and got involved in robberies and assaults. Then he says he's going to do a crazy jump, people show up and he nails it: The birth of a daredevil.
- Cenobite, on 10/06/2008, -0/+72I thought Evel Knievel already was the dark side of, you know, Regular Knievel.
- AmyVernon, on 10/06/2008, -0/+25OK, that totally shouldn't have been funny, but it was.
- BikerDude69, on 10/07/2008, -4/+8He was worse than his cousin, Awful Kenauful.
- AdeleMor, on 10/06/2008, -1/+11bad ass.
- cowsgonemadd3, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Who is a bad donkey?
- Zippo, on 10/06/2008, -0/+21Well, duh, his first name is Evel.
- prunch, on 10/06/2008, -1/+11"His most well-known run-in with the law was a 1977 attack on movie studio executive Shelly Saltman, whom the daredevil beat with a baseball bat in the parking lot of 20th Century Fox."
Rickroll me will you! - mac888, on 10/06/2008, -2/+6And you were expecting something tame from a guy named "Evil"?
- lucy22, on 10/06/2008, -0/+8Yes his name kinda attracted attention.
- granolajoe, on 10/06/2008, -0/+11Kanye West is lucky Evel Knievel went easy on him.
- WhoDoneIt, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Yes, but the rest of us weren't so lucky.
- statuescrumble, on 10/07/2008, -0/+5He looks like a guy who would order somebody to get killed. Just look at his hair.
- Vorphlack, on 10/07/2008, -1/+3"I’m a firestarter, twisted firestarter"
- MiGs2, on 10/07/2008, -0/+0Haha, I see what you did there.
- DaveTurnbull, on 10/07/2008, -5/+3Sherlock - ***** = This
- twiztidsinz, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4OH I GET IT!! NO ***** SHERLOCK!
- tonynojutsu, on 10/07/2008, -0/+3maybe his first name shouldve been "Knice"
- XxpokemasterxX, on 10/07/2008, -0/+2Knievel was sentenced to six months in jail and Saltman won a $12.75 million judgment, but never collected.
y?- doublefelix, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1All his holdings were in a pension, Florida real estate, and sports memorabilia.
- Revolutionista, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1I wonder if the special cane he carried around had anything to do with it. It was a hollowed-out cane filled at all times with Wild Turkey. Dude.
- VinnieDaMac, on 10/07/2008, -5/+1I've rode the new Evel Knievel ride at Six Flags St. Louis.
- OptionalPirate, on 10/07/2008, -1/+9Evel Knieval was evil? This is about as shocking as when Clay Aiken came out of the closet, or when water admitted it was wet.
- mrshare, on 10/07/2008, -0/+12So basically he was a badass...
- SillyRabbits, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Well, I think it's more he was just an ass. If you read more about his life the basic impression is that he really wasn't a good person. However, he was a hell of a showman and had lots of guts to attempt many of his stunts.
- mrshare, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Not good? He was good at jumping motorcycles.
- aargh01, on 10/07/2008, -0/+4B Dolan - The Skycycle Blues
This song made me truly respect Evel Knievel. Up until that, he was just an oddity from a bygone era. Now, well... just listen to the song.
http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/index.php?main ...
I think it's the fifth song, if you follow the link there's a stream of the album.- kelsosmythe, on 10/07/2008, -0/+2Dugg for strangefamous.
- DiggzDE, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Whats sad is I read this on Fox News first. Number one for useless random (likely made-up) information. haha.
- OhMeNoU, on 10/07/2008, -3/+2STOP CALLING ME ON THE PHONE YOU *****.
- ne0shell, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Yeah, not a huge Bubba the Love Sponge following on Digg.........
- tjallen, on 10/07/2008, -1/+1Evil allegedly had his thugs (today's body guards) beat some guy down for a reason not stated? There's a whisper of links to organized crime in this article, but they go no further than a minor statement. Where's the link? Even the article states the FBI dropped all charges. Evil must be doing insane jumps over buses in his grave over this.
- katedog, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Does this mean I have to give up my Evel Knievel stunt set and action figure?
- LostOnion, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1No, it means your Evel Knievel action figure needs to kick your Ken doll's ass a few times.
- chicagobiker, on 10/07/2008, -0/+2Yup and he was also an anti-Semitic Hebrew and African American hating racist. Hope he rots in hell. This isn't news to anyone familiar with him though.
- flogistan, on 10/07/2008, -1/+2I would have never guessed a guy like him to be an antisemite.
- mattlohkamp, on 10/07/2008, -0/+2Whoa, that pic makes him look a lot like Christopher Walken.
... obligatory "Walken for Prez 08".- doublefelix, on 10/07/2008, -0/+2"And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that the audience sees me play these and they know that that's Chris and he's having fun and he knows that and he knows that and you know that and everybody knows that. " c/w
- Coolkid11, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Well he just broke his own record once again for being the biggest badass *****.
- Jabronious, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Got liquored with Evel in Spokane. He was a douche. He had some great stories and could hold is liquor though.
- JudgeIto, on 10/07/2008, -1/+2I worked for one of the four national TV news networks and we sent someone down to his trailer in 2001 to interview him re: his jumps in the 1970's. He was drunk as ***** when he was interviewed, tried to grope the woman he was being interviewed by, tried to extort money from the crew, and launched into a racist tirade at the time. None of the footage was used as he was incoherent and belligerent the entire time.
Guy was a *****. Rot it hell.- ATLien74, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1He sounds pretty awesome to me.
- hydroplane, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1"Quit calling me on the phone, you *****"
- HellGlitch, on 10/07/2008, -0/+2He kinda looks like a really old Johnny Knoxville in that picture...
- ne0shell, on 10/07/2008, -0/+1Who was that porn star and/or whore on Stern who told that story about how she banged Evil in a Vegas motel when he was old and about to kick off? Damn.. all I can remember was her saying he had issues getting the rocket to launch, so to speak. That and he insisted on wearing his Elvis suit in bed. She was pretty hot too, makes me angry that a broken up old fart with a softy can get a turbo charged porn star in bed but we giants of the technology world, the one's who make the system work - have to pay for it. At least my rocket flies all the way over the canyon. I haven't raged on anyone with a baseball bat lately, either.
There is no justice in Amerika, dammit. - ProMan68, on 11/29/2008, -0/+0Evel Knievel was my hero! Screw the FB ***** up I.
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