A Bounty Hunter
Ralph
"Papa" Thorson era caza recompensas pero también
obispo del Templo de la Vida Inspirada,
campeón de bridge, astrólogo, criminólogo, nutricionista infantil y aficionado
a la música clásica. Tuvo que enfrentar algunos casos de famosos, como el de
Squeaky Fromme,
que intentó asesinar al presidente Gerald
Ford. Thorson
fue la inspiración para un libro, en el que se basó una película, The Hunter, protagonizada por Steve McQueen, en 1980. En vocabulario: cocky
y jack up
… over a hundred people lived in Papa's house at
various times. "They consisted mostly of men Papa had picked up and sent
to jail…
Ralph Edgar "Papa" Thorson Jr. (1926 –1991) was an American bounty hunter. In 1976, he was the subject of a biography
by Christopher Keane. In that
biography, Sue Lyon states,
"He's the only man I know who can do a bastard's job with taste and come
off looking like a nice guy." The 1980 movie The Hunter starring Steve
McQueen was based on Christopher
Keane's novel.
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| Sue Lyon, 1967 |
At 310 pounds
and six-foot-two, Keane states, there
is a "different Papa than the
modern day bounty hunter. Papa is
also "a church bishop; Master bridge champion; renowned astrologer;
criminology alumnus of the University of
California, Berkeley; child nutritionist, aficionado of classical
music."
Papa
was born on 11 July 1926 in Anaconda,
Montana. His mother, the former Margaret
Hayford, had married his father, Ralph
Edgar Thorson, Sr., in 1923. The Thorson
family had immigrated from Norway in
1886, while the Hayford family had
immigrated from England in 1635.
Papa
served in the US Navy during World War II, first in flight training
and then on board the USS Ingersoll.
Following the war, he returned home to Anaconda,
but moved to San Rafael, California
with his mother, after his father died. At 22, he had a short duration marriage
to a "rich girl" named Samantha
while simultaneously attending Berkeley,
working as a Juvenile Counselor and building a house.
In June 1948, Papa was a pre-med major at Berkeley, while working the summer
vacations bartending at Hoberg's Resort
Hotel in Lake County, California. There Papa met a San Francisco
bail bondsman named Boyd
"Pooch" Puchinelli, whom he started working for in early Sept. Papa changed majors to criminology,
learned how to scuba dive and play bridge, then moved to L.A. in 1958. There he
started working for bail bondsman Richie
Blumenthal. In 1968 Papa bought a
two bedroom North Hollywood home
across from James Doohan.
In 1965, Papa's girlfriend, Dotty Barras, and her son Kenny,
moved in. It was Kenny who gave him
the name Papa. From 1969 to 1976,
over a hundred people lived in Papa's
house at various times. "They consisted mostly of men Papa had picked up and sent to jail. Not only did he house them and
find them jobs where he could, he counseled them, loaned them money, sometimes
bailed them out, and only rarely kicked them out when they took extreme
advantage." During that time, Papa
also served the Temple of Inspired Living
as a bishop, which enabled him to perform marriages, and negotiate civil and
religious matters on behalf of the Temple.
By 1976, Papa had logged 5000 cases,
including Squeaky Fromme plus another
Manson Family member picked up at Spahn Ranch.
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| Squeaky Fromme |
Papa's habits included taping most of his phone conversations, "and
instead of writing letters he taped his voice and mails off the
cassettes." His view on astrology was that it discovered "what we are
and not how we'd like to see ourselves." He attributed his luck in a
dangerous profession to "picking the right astrological moment to hunt the
man down." Papa states, "I
relied on...a condition...which happens when I confront a situation I'm not
exactly sure of, a dream-like state where everything moves in slow motion. Fear
is not permitted because the territory around me is my own. I control it. I
expect to succeed. I'm sure of it. Not cocky,
but convinced. It's almost as if some secret force jacks up my perceptions. It's a twilight zone. I enter it
just moments before the confrontation. It might be the reason I'm still
alive."
Dotty had assisted Papa in bringing
in cases from the beginning of their relationship. Their daughter Brandi was born in 1973. Mother and
daughter took over the business after Papa
died (allegedly due to a car bomb).
Vocabulario
cocky: Someone
who is very arrogant and assumes he knows all the answers.
jacks up: to raise something heavy off the ground:
I had the car jacked up on blocks.
Para saber
Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme (born October 22, 1948) is an American criminal who was a member of the Manson family. Though not involved in the infamous Tate–LaBianca murders which the Manson family are best known for, she
attempted to assassinate President Gerald
Ford in 1975. For that crime, Fromme
was sentenced to life in prison. Fromme
was paroled from prison on August 14, 2009, after serving approximately 34
years. Since 2014, Fromme has lived
in Marcy, New York.
The Hunter (1980) Movie Trailer - Steve McQueen, Eli
Wallach
In order to
track down bail jumpers, Ralph 'Papa' Thorson goes on a series of routine and
not-so-routine searches. Sometimes he takes down his quarry easily. At other
times, he's forced to extreme measures which result in the injury or death of a
lawbreaker. And then again, there are other moments when his own life is on the
line. It's all enough to make Thorson question what he has done with his life
También
Mamá y caza recompensas, esta señora empieza su día
de trabajo preparando a sus hijos para la escuela.
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