The rocker believed the souls of 'maybe one or two' of those Native Americans landed in his own soul, which was 'like a sponge, ready to sit there and absorb it.' 'A truckload of Indianshad either hit another car or something - there were Indians scattered all over the highway, bleeding to death,' Morrison said. At some point, they came upon the aftermath of a horrific traffic accident. As he remembered it, he was in a car with his parents and his grandfather traveling through New Mexico. Throughout his life, Morrison spoke about a traumatic incident from his childhood. Jim Morrison was haunted by something he claimed to have witnessed in 1947 He even called out Jim's 'complete lack of talent in this direction.' Jim and his father only spoke one more time, via telephone.ģ. Upon learning of his estranged son's rock career, George Morrison wrote a letter to Jim urging him to reconsider. Jim broke away from his parents after enrolling at UCLA in 1964. The elder Morrison utilized the 'dressing down' approach to discipline, wherein he'd berate and humiliate young Jim whenever he did something wrong. Not surprisingly, Morrison didn't get along with his straitlaced military dad.

Jim Morrison told people his parents were dead (they weren't) In August 1964, George Morrison was in command of the Navy's fleet during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, the controversial episode that became the justification for increased U.S. Navy officer who flew missions during World War II and the Korean War and retired a rear admiral. Naval fleet at a crucial moment in historyĪs a counterculture icon, Jim Morrison couldn't have been less like his father, George S. Here are 11 strange facts about the music legend.ġ. Morrison lived fast, died young, and left behind a catalog of songs that continue to inspire.

Thanks largely to Morrison's brooding voice and mystical poetry, The Doors' music freaked out squares and thrilled millions of teenagers looking to break on through to the other side of consciousness. Jim Morrison was the self-styled Lizard King: A leather-pants-loving rock deity who fronted The Doors and represented the dark and druggy flipside of the utopian '60s dream. This story originally appeared on Mental Floss.

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