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One of favorite escapes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Papago_Escape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Papago_Escape They built boats to sail down the
by russdill 9mo ago
One of favorite escapes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Papago_Escape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Papago_Escape
They built boats to sail down the Salt River, to the Colorado River, and to Mexico. Of course the salt river is almost always just a dry river bed. It's shocking to me that no dramatization of this escape exists
- mallomarmeasle 9mo agoInteresting story. The lack of dramatization might have something to do with making Nazis sympathetic characters. Hogans Heroes aside.
- hn_throwaway_99 9mo agoI don't think the Great Papago Escape was that great - "Over the next few weeks, all of the escapees were eventually recaptured without bloodshed." The thing that makes this balloon escape story is so enthralling is that it actually worked.
- russdill 9mo agoI mean, their escape was quite complex and did actually "work", it's just they didn't get very far beyond that. Any dramatization would clearly need some comedic element