It has come to light that the FBI had an extensive file motorcycle jumper/daredevil “Evel” Knieval. Now Evel never denied having had some scrapes with the law. In fact it seemed to enhance his free spirited image. It’s been said that Evel thought up his nickname while in jail when a guard made a rhyme out of a fellow inmates name. He also did six months in jail in 1977 for beating a movie studio executive with a baseball bat but wound up never paying the 12 million dollar award to the executive.

But it seems the bureau had been investigating Evel for possible ties to organized crime figures and a series of assaults by alleged Knieval associates. These assaults happened in several different states thereby the FBIs involvement. No charges in the assaults were ever filed against Evel.