By David Lohr

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"Woody was late coming to class one day and when he arrived he gave us this crazy story about how he took one of the strippers to a hotel room and she pulled a gun on him demanding money after he did the deed.  The local police got involved and the hooker, I mean stripper, had a wad of money on her. The cop asked Woody if it was his money (it wasn't) and he said it was, so the cops handed over the money to Woody and sent him on his way. This was back in 1991, between July and December."        

While the incidents Walker mentions shed light on Woody's character, perhaps the most revealing had to do with his own personal run-in with Woody.

     

"I even got into a fight with Woody when we were both in Millington, TN, for training, before we went to Jacksonville.  I think it was over a girl.  I'm pretty sure that's why we fought, but all I know was he was super drunk and I was with a girl that he wanted to be with and he went crazy.  It wasn't really much of a fight because he kept charging at me and I would just keep pushing him down to the ground, but the thing about it was he just wouldn't stop!  This lasted for about 30 minutes and then he finally cooled down, until he took a look at himself in a mirror and noticed that his face was all bloody from carpet burns.  He got those from when I would throw him to the ground on the carpet.  He went crazy again and kept yelling, 'We're not done until I do to you what you did to me.'  He once again charged at me and I once again kept throwing him down to the ground for the next 30 minutes or so.  The next day on base he was telling me how sorry he was and he was back to normal."

There is no record of the fight Walker mentions, but I have no doubt the incident occurred.  Given what we already know about Woody, the incident he describes goes hand in hand with Woody's personality— Woody always wants the last word.  

As of this writing John Raymond "Woody" Woodring remains at large.  I realize that statement becomes more and more troublesome as time goes on, however in this case nothing is as it should be.  Here we are, three weeks since Woody gunned down his estranged wife and he somehow continues to evade capture. 

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