The legend of the Barefoot Bandit

Much to the consternation of police, his re-emergence captured the public’s imagination with more tales of his uncanny ability to outmaneuver the authorities.

A San Juan County sheriff’s deputy said he nearly caught Mr. Harris-Moore in the woods. He said he had him in his flashlight before the suspect “virtually vaporized in front of me.”

The deputy recalled hearing him laughing loudly from the woods when he realized he had eluded him.