Lindbergh Baby Found Hiding In The Attic

Story by Rick Ryan 

| Published Nov 3, 2009

Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr, son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh and victim of the 1932 kidnapping turned murder that swept the nation, was discovered alive and well late last Wednesday evening hiding in the attic of his family’s estate in New Jersey. While family members are declaring his discovery nothing short of a miracle, others are throwing around suspicions that this may have been a hoax perpetrated by the Lindbergh family.

“To think that this was an attempt at gaining more attention by Charles Lindbergh, who I may remind you was the greatest and bravest pilot to ever take to the skies, is preposterous,” said Nancy Lindbergh, the elder Lindbergh's granddaughter. “We Lindberghs are not attention whores. I repeat: the greatest and bravest pilot to ever take to the skies.”

Accusations of a hoax were at their highest after the younger Lindbergh, now 79, appeared on "Larry King Live" with his great-grandniece Millie. When asked why he stayed in the attic for all these years, Lindbergh simply replied: “You guys said that, um, we did this for the talkies.” Lindbergh proceeded to vomit through the rest of the interview.

“Right now, we don’t want to take an official position, but it does appear that this was indeed a publicity stunt to stay in the spotlight,” said Sgt. Daniel Walker, whose grandfather coincidentally worked on the original Lindbergh case. “It seems that Lindbergh Sr. was trying to leverage a deal for a radio series based on his adventures.”

Many of the family’s neighbors were shocked when they heard the news, but there are plenty of those in the neighborhood who have been openly critical. One resident said she supports the family, even though she doesn’t understand how a man could live 77 years in an attic and be relatively healthy for his age. Another said he didn’t understand why the elder Lindbergh was famous in the first place and that he could fly to France right now if he really wanted to. Still others aren’t surprised that this might have been a hoax.

“This is just like ol' Lindbergh — always clamoring for attention,” said Phineaus P. Morningtop, retired gyrocopter pilot and the elder Lindbergh's biggest rival during the 1920s. “He was as sly as a fox in a trench coat.”

The reappearance of Lindbergh has led many other families to take peeks in their attics, just in case their missing loved ones might be up there. So far, the families of Amelia Earhart, Jimmy Hoffa and Natalie Holloway haven’t found anything, but they say they'll provide 24-hour news channels with continual updates regardless of what does or doesn’t turn up. The father of JonBenet Ramsey said he'll be searching all the attics in his community and that cameras and reporters will be allowed to document the search as long as they take plenty of pictures.

“I just want people to know the story of my little girl who I love so much,” John Ramsey said. “It’s been a long process, but … Hey, Mom, I’m back on TV!”

As the police investigate whether or not this was a hoax, there is still one aspect to the mystery that remains. A body was discovered a few months after the kidnapping and was identified as the younger Lindbergh. It was cremated, and the ashes were spread over the Atlantic Ocean.

“I guess that was just the body of some not famous baby that nobody cared about,” Walker said.