Pre pen-palled with me in 1973 twice when I was a HS sophomore. He said he wore adidas shoes with a "heal" cup and was supportive of my running. His letters were not long, written on steno pad paper, and his cursive was kind of girlish. If examined closely, one could see the outline of a previous letter written on his steno pad embedded in my letter. It seemed likely Pre answered his fan letters while sitting in a lecture hall at the U of O.
By 2003, the conditions of Pre's correspondence was deteriorating because I had not preserved the letters with plastic. They were in danger of falling apart. I sold each letter on eBay for about $500 to a doctor. He had a son with the same name as mine and felt the "Dear John" salutation atop the letters were a nice personal touch.
I thought you are a girl
Maybe the doctor named his son "Sue". Maybe her name is Jordan or something. Maybe she is doing a 430miler impression.
It's not true that a second vehicle was "never found." It certainly was; however, exactly what role in played has not been determined (due to the fact that the driver of one vehicle died and the driver of the "second vehicle" gave a conflicting account of what happened.
I’m in Oregon on vacation and went to Pre’s Rock this morning. The roads in the area are very narrow winding and hilly. I can’t imagine driving that at night while drunk. Was it Kenny Moore who lived in the area ? I read the new book about Pre, it had much more detail in it than the Jordan book . The stories of his mother abusing him surprised me .