The City of Bend is still a tizzy with the bizarre tale of Jason Evers. For those of you who don’t know who he is – well join the club because none of us do. But he posed under a false identity for more than a decade most notably working for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) and while under their guise made pretty much every Bendite bar owner’s life a living hell.
“Jason Evers” has recently asked a judge to be released on bail – which seems absolutely ridiculous and thankfully the judge recognized this. His honor proceeded with obvious questions such as, “Would he drive under his Jason Evers drivers license?” “Would he live in his home purchased under Jason Evers’ name?” “Would he withdraw money from Jason Evers’ account or get health care under a fake identity?”
This news event has spurred a new wave of gossip about town and is the beginning to some conspiracy theories. What follows are two of my favorites.
“Jason Evers” was a robber of some sorts, most likely banks. This is where he got the “so-called inheritance.” The plan went awry with his bandit partners and he had to escape and start again, thus the new name.
“Jason Evers” ran a drug cartel in Latin America, thus why he speaks fluent street Spanish. He got in trouble with la mafiaosa and came to the States and assumed an identity he purchased once he got here.
I must comment on Evers supporters who don’t care that he has lied to them for years and a matter of fact called him “trustworthy.” Isn’t the first step of trust knowing that you are talking to the person who is who he says he is. I can’t imagine knowing this man so well that my heart couldn’t listen to rationale – it would be mind-boggling and make me question my sanity. But for God’s sake, he has been living a lie the entire time anyone has known him and even now in jail he refuses to admit his true identity. Where is his mom? His dad? Brothers? Sisters? Grandparents? Childhood friends? Is he the only person in America without a facebook page? Isn’t it bizarre he’s void of stories from childhood and where he’s from? Just for a moment think of who you are and the thousands of little tiny incidentals that went into that, and then for that moment think what it would mean to push that all to the side and create them all anew to weave one enormous lie that would become a stranger’s life – but soon that stranger would become you. Well, we are all dying to know – Who are you “Jason Evers?”
Links to other Jason Evers Posts
Jason Evers – Who is he? A Tale of Murder and Disguise. Jason Evers – Man of Mystery - Columbine Quillen I am a mixologist bartender and this is my blog.