Yellow Hat

There are two sources that make reference to someone in a yellow hat: Eric's writing and witness Syd Keating's interview.

Eric Harris' "should have died first" list

Eric Harris made a list of people titled “Should have died first," which included:

• Scoop
• Pretty Boy (Dan Lab - the kid who punched Harris in the face)
• The Man in the Yellow Hat

Syd Keating reported seeing a suspect in a yellow hat

Syd Keating was a campus supervisor at Columbine High School.

"She indicated that at about 11:25 a.m., she had seen three kids running down the hall wearing black trench coats. She stated she believed one of them was wearing a yellow hat, but did not know for sure. She described the first male as about 5'5" wearing a black coat and a yellow hat." (Source: 11k, p.9822)

Keating allegedly references the yellow hat in her 911 call

Referencing Syd Keating, Jane, a CRTF poster, wrote: "she's heard whispering in the 911 tapes that a man with a yellow hat just passed the door."

This was posted Oct 14, 2002 on the original C.R.T.F. discussion forum hosted on the EZBoard Network (which changed to Yuku, then Tapatalk). Jane said the tape was played for her over the phone, but doesn't say by whom. It's speculated that Randy Brown played the tape for Jane.

Keating's interview from Ralph Gallegos' section [pp.9816-9842]

"I then spoke to Sydney Keating, who is a campus supervisor. She indicated that at about 11:25 a.m., she had seen three kids running down the hall wearing black trench coats. She stated she believed one of them was wearing a yellow hat, but did not know for sure. She described the first male as about 5'5" wearing a black coat and a yellow hat. She stated the second male was approximately 5'8", wearing a trench coat, and the third male she did not see very well. She indicated she did not see any of the faces of the individuals and did not know who they were, but believed they were all members of the "Trench Coat Mafia" gang.

She stated that Chris Morris, Brian Sargent, and Dylan Klebold are all individuals she knew to be associated with the "Trench Coat Mafia" gang. She stated that Christopher Morris wears a green beret daily and believed he was the leader of the "Trench Coat Mafia" gang. She stated that when she heard the shooting she got under her desk and called 9-1-1 from the administration office. She indicated that there were nine people in the English Office, adult and students. She stated she knew that there were four to six people in one of the Science Offices, but did not know for sure. When asked how she knew these individuals were there, she indicted that she had spoken to them on her handheld radio. She stated she did not know the conditions of the individuals in the classrooms or who they were. She could provide no additional information." (Source: 11k, p.9822)

Keating was interviewed four times

1. Interview #1 took place on 4-20-99
2. Interview #2 took place on 4-23-99
3. Interview #3 took place on 4-30-99
4. Interview #4 took place on 11-19-99

While it's expected that witnesses will forget details over time, Keating seems to have "forgotten" everything she saw that day in her fourth interview.