That “large man” who chased you – I wonder if that was Mal Evans?

I visited with a life-long resident of Alton, about two years ago and we discussed the Pigman Ranch. Being a person interested and involved in politics, I was fasciated to learn that the Pigman Ranch was originally owned by a Medical Doctor, who had his practice in Kansas City, and he was a pilot and flew a small plane to KC to work every week. This Dr. whose’s name I can not remember, was a big player in the Old Pendergrass Democratic Party Political Machine from which our President Harry Truman came from.

I will look at some other maps, and If I can find a more accurate description, I will email to you.

Ed Wiles

There’s a page on 19 September 1964 here. If you’re able to, could you take a look at the map at the bottom of the page and let me know if the location is correct (and if not, where it should be)?

Thanks for sharing your memories of that day. You’re so lucky to have met John Lennon.

We drove up there and could not get in the main ranch gate, so we drove aroung the back of the ranch, where it was totally ungarded and crawled thru the cattle and over a hedge fence. There we jumped down close to a large swimming pool, were four or five men were setting in pool chairs. A large man, who apperared to be a guard came out of the fenced pool after us. Then one of the other men told him to stop and he would “take care” of the matter. It was John Lennon and he called us to come over to the pool. He was so nice to us and talked with great interest in who we were and etc. It was a wonderful evening that I will never forget. Only the few of us saw this happen.

I have read that Derek Taylor was with them on this trip. If so, I would like to contact him to see what his memory was of the event. I know those at the pool were Lennon, McCartney, and Ringo, because we coulde see them very well, although they never showed us any attention or spoke. Lennon told us one of them was the manager, and I assumed it was Epstein. He did tell us George was in the farmhouse, which was a couple hundred feet away.