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While the people of Wyoming's Big Horn Basin were scratching their heads over that strange flyer,

whispers were spreading even farther.

In hospital corridors and conferences, one name kept coming up.

I would hear from other friends.

I might see someone at a meeting and say, oh, you know, did you hear about John? He'd be like, no, I hear something about John.

At the time, Dr. Larry Chin was a neurosurgery professor

thousands of miles away in New York,

but he knew the name John Schneider instantly

that'd done their medical training together.

He could still remember the first time they met.

I was walking over to an intern's dorm, and I remember seeing a guy, and he was very heavily

muscled, short guy, huge biceps and pecks wearing a tiny white sleeveless tank top t-shirt that barely conceal his massive muscles.

But it wasn't just his pecks that made John stand out.

He clearly had done really well in medical school and he was talented, he was smart.

He'd let it be known that he was headed for the Air Force after training. Top Gun, I remember,

came out when we were residents and, you know, what neurosurgeons doesn't fantasize themselves as a fighter pilot,

top gun type. It just fits the

stereotype. Even years later, Larry Chin never quite forgot the impression that John Schneider made.

Wow, this guy is really something. So when Larry heard the gossip that his old colleague was being

accused of orchestrating a bizarre

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