other friends were not surprised at his recovery . " i wasn ' t surprised , " says george stranahan , a former owner of the woody creek tavern , a former haunt of thompson . " i hardly considered you to collapse in a hospital mattress with tubes hanging out of him . " they have suggested how his broken leg had prevented him from leaving his house as often as he had liked to . other neighbour and long - held friend , mike cleverly , thought thompson was obviously crippled by the cracked leg . " ethically speaking , he ' s had a rotten record . "
The Woody Creek Tavern is owned by George Stranahan.