Carole Baskin’s ‘Dead’ Husband Found Alive — But No One Noticed Last Year

New York Post ^ | January 18, 2023 | Jane Herz

[nickcarraway]

The “Tiger King” star’s ex-husband, Don Lewis, has been found alive in Costa Rica, but the discovery is just now going viral — over a year later.

During a November 2021 interview with ITV’s “This Morning” talk show, Baskin, 61, revealed that her ex, who was declared legally dead in 2002 after disappearing a few years before, is actually alive and well.

The Big Cat Rescue owner alleged that the Department of Homeland Security has been in touch with her former lover. “One of the really exciting things that came out of ‘Tiger King 2’ is that they produced a letter from Homeland Security and it says that a special agent in charge with the FBI at Homeland Security reached out to the sheriff’s detective George [Jorge] Fernandez, which means this had to have happened after 2002, because Homeland Security wasn’t even around until 2002,” Baskin told the outlet at the time.

[Jonty30]

I’ve read that Google stores everything for about three years before they will dump it.

[Boogieman]

Well, I’m sure if you wanted to be nefarious, you could figure out several ways around that. Libraries aren’t known for having the tightest security measures around.

[OrangeHoof]

If I was married to Carole Basketcase, I might fake my death and disappear to Costa Rica too....

Just sayin’

[catnipman]

“Sounds like they are just taking Carole’s word for this. I don’t think that is necessarily advisable.”

yep ...

[adorno]

My sister in law, and her husband, have been obsesses with that series on Netflix, and they’ve actually come down to Tampa just to visit Big Cat Rescue, which is about 4 miles from me. I never wanted to watch the show myself, and never will.

[ViLaLuz]

True. And who knows, the reprobates in the American Library Association would probably welcome nefarious activity.