Tree House Built by Scott Scurlock Went Up for Sale in 1997
Like his Point Break idol, Swayze's surfer-turned-robber Bohdi, Scurlock killed himself during his 1996 gunfight with police. Following his murder during the standoff, Scott Scurlock's parents chose to sell Olympia's 19-acre late son's property. Scurlock built his three-level tree house on that land during the 1980s while still a chemical and meth student at Evergreen State College. Nestled between firs and cedars, Scott Scurlock's well-appointed tree house was 1,500-square-foot and featured everything from plumbing and power to fire poles.
A lawsuit drove Scurlock's parents to sell the treee house.Scurlock left the scene of his last crime and escaped police for a full 24 hours among the law enforcement gunfight. Following the gunfire turned chase, numerous law enforcement agents sued Scott Scurlock's estate claiming emotional suffering during the event. Scurlock's parents sold the tree house in response to that litigation since they anticipated the selling price would cover their late son's obligations. Scurlock's estate came out to be $106,000 overall, the sole actual clue regarding the worth of the tree home (from Spokesman).
Less than two years following Scott Scurlock's death, his Tree House was destroyed.
While How to Rob a Bank tells what happened to Scott Scurlock, the Netflix documentary stays away from specifics on the fate of the elusive bank robber's tree house. Still, it's been documented that the hand-built house, "crumbled to the ground within two years of [Scurlock's] death" (via Netflix). Reiterating that the house was magnificent, Scott's mother, former teacher Mary Jane Scurlock, said that her son's dream home was the tree house. She and her husband really needed to sell it to pay off Scott's debts, though.
The Design Of Scott Scurlock's Tree House Close To Olympia, Washington Revealed
Scott Scurlock's Olympia-based tree home was already in bad shape by 1996. The house collapsed totally in 1998, suggesting that it wasn't particularly built to last with crumbling floorboards, rusty nails, and tree-pushed walls. Still, the building had a distinctive three-tiered construction. Apart from plumbing and electrical wiring, Scurlock's raised house had numerous sun decks, a wood stove, a shower, lofted rooms, and, naturally, fire poles, which made exiting the house far faster than navigating the labyrinth of ladders, as shown momentarily in Netflix's How to Rob a Bank.
Scott Scurlock's Story: How to Rob a Bank
The latest true-crime documentary from Netflix, How to Rob a Bank, follows the life of Scott Scurlock, the mastermind behind nineteen bank robberies spread around Seattle in the 1990s. Thanks to his deft use of facial prosthesis and cosmetics, the serial burglar among Seattle law enforcement authorities came to be known as "Hollywood." After making meth in college, Scott Scurlock, the eccentric son of a pastor, managed to purchase land in surrounding Olympia, Washington. Later, after seeing Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves-led blockbuster Point Break, 1991, the law-breaking Scurlock developed an obsession with bank robberies.
Over four years, Steve Meyers, Scurlock used the understanding gained from Point Break and other Hollywood blockbusters to heist over twenty banks along with his friend. "Hollywood" stole an amazing $2.3 million overall, but finally his criminal frenzy stopped. Rob a Bank: How to do it examines closely the rise and collapse of Scurlock's bank-robbing activities, leading to a 1996 heist that set off Scott's life-ending gunfight with police authorities. But the true-crime documentary has left viewers wondering what became of Scott Scurlock's tree house following his death.
