random columbine facts

if eric could change one thing about himself it would be his weight

when dylan was a sophomore, he volunteered at a day care. sue remembers him helping little kids line up neatly to take their turns on the swing

eric and dylan’s manager had a six year old daughter who was often there while they worked. she loved them and their manager said they treated her very well

when one of eric’s neighbors lost her puppy, he looked for it and brought it back to her

eric would help his mom garden

eric and dylan went to two rammstein concerts together. they were on december 8th, 1997 and may 1st, 1998. kmfdm opened for the first one.

dylan used the massacre font for his wrath shirt. we don’t know which font eric used, but he may have used it as well.

dylan picked out his cat, rocky, from a litter of kittens when he was in 3rd grade

dylan’s favorite baseball player was roger clemens

at blackjack, eric made $7.65 an hour and dylan made $6.50 an hour

eric had $113 in his wallet at the time of his death

for his english class, eric chose these three books to read and write an essay about. return from the stars was his favorite one

according to a jennifer harmon, a girl in eric and dylan’s creative writing class, dylan would pass out chips ahoy cookies during this class as an attempt to make friends. she said they were “the chewy kind with big chocolate chunks.”

during the basement tapes, dylan pumped a shotgun and pointed it at eric, who was filming, making him scream “jesus christ, put the fucking safety on!”

during the massacre, eric and dylan had match strikers taped to their forearms so they could easily light their bombs. they are visible in this photo from the evidence exhibit. you can also see the tape on dylan’s wrist in the suicide photo.

eric and dylan had other nicknames besides reb and vodka. eric’s were indigo, reverend, and war. dylan’s were green and death.

after they committed suicide, eric had 18 9mm bullets and 14 shotgun shells left. dylan had 3 9mm bullets and 14 shotgun shells left.

on march 14, 1998, dylan got a ticket for failing to stop at a red light. he had to go to court for it on april 29. he wrote, “red light court. dam niggaz better not take me license.”

two months before columbine, eric’s dog was seriously ill. dylan picked up eric’s shift at blackjack so he could stay home and be with his dog. sue felt sad for eric and told dylan she was proud of him for being such a good friend.

after the massacre, kevin harris told friends he blamed himself because he went away to college and wasn’t around to help his brother cope with whatever problems he was having.

the morning after the massacre, wayne harris phoned the family dentist. eric had an appointment on june 30th and he needed to cancel it.

eric was not dylan’s first choice for nbk. he originally wanted to do it by himself, with a girl, or with (presumably) zack heckler.

devon adams said sue wore dylan’s jeans after his death.

dylan’s parents bought his car on december 26, 1998.

the only person on their shitlists who got shot was austin eubanks. austin was friends with corey depooter. he died in 2019 due to an opioid addiction.

when eric lived in michigan, his dad was a scout leader and helped coach sports teams. he played basketball in their driveway with eric and kevin. his mom helped his 5th grade class make special shirts for halloween. both his parents always attended the parent-teacher conferences

a few weeks before the massacre, dylan was banned from using the school computers because he called a librarian a bitch after she asked him to pay for printing over 10 pages. when told he was banned, he just said, “well, you know, it doesn’t matter. it doesn’t matter.”

dylan was friends with rachel scott’s prom date, nick baumgart, between 3-5th and 7-8th grade (eric was also friends with him 7-8th). in the basement tapes, eric said he laughed too much and “those two girls sitting next to you probably want you to shut the fuck up too.” (1/2)

eric, dylan, and zach heckler also targeted nick’s house during a rebel mission on february 7, 1997. eric described what they did to his house and their reasoning for targeting him below. (2/2)

brandi tinklenburg, the girl in the eric in columbine video, would study in the library every tuesday morning during her lunch hour. the only reason she wasn’t there the day of the massacre was because she went to the tanning salon instead.

the only reason cameras were installed in columbine’s cafeteria was to catch students who left trash on the tables.

dylan’s locker number was 837 and his combo was 19-37-9. eric’s locker number was 624 and his combo was 16-48-30.

eric wrote “anniversary card” in his school planner under april 17, 1998 to remind himself to get his parents a card for their 28th wedding anniversary.

when police arrived at eric’s house after the massacre and tried to go in his room, kathy harris tried to stop them. she said, “i don’t want you to go in there.” the officers persisted and she complied.

dylan’s body was released to horan & mcconaty funeral home. services were on april 24, 1999 at 1:30pm. 8-10 people attended. eric’s body was released to aspen funeral home. no services were provided. it is unknown if the harris family had a private funeral for eric or not.

eric got surgery to correct his pectus excavatum on december 16, 1993 at fitzsimons army medical center in aurora, co. he wrote, “when i got back from the hospital, i couldn’t do anything that involved using my chest muscles. that meant i barely could even laugh.“

dylan was going to major in computer science at the university of arizona. eric was almost positive he didn’t want to go to a 4 year college, but he told a friend he might go to a 2 year college and “major in computer graphics or something.”

eric knew he was rejected by the marines. nate dykeman said, “dylan and i were the first ones eric told about the rejection. he asked me, ‘where do I go from there?’ he saw it as a last option.”

dylan’s sat score was 1210. he got 560 on the verbal part and 650 on the math part, putting him in the 75th percentile.

during the massacre, eric or dylan (probably dylan) was heard saying, “today is the day the world comes to an end, today is the day we die,” in the cafeteria.

eric and dylan both dated the same girl, sasha jacobs. she went on 1-2 dates with dylan and stopped because there was “something strange” about him. then she went on 16-20 dates with eric over a period of four months before also breaking up with him. (1/2)

after she broke up with him, eric wrote the following in chad laughlin’s yearbook about her. she also started to receive threats in her email which she suspected were from eric. (2/2)

eric’s favorite magazines were guns and ammo, penthouse, and time.

dylan was born at the lutheran medical center in wheat ridge, co.

wayne harris believed brooks brown was out to get eric and that he was a “manipulative con artist.” he wrote “eric is not at fault,” him and kathy felt victimized too, and they didn’t want to be accused “everytime something supposedly happens.”

eric scored a 46 on the marine recruitment asvab test, which is an average score.

starting when he was 8 months old and until he was about 1 and a half years old, eric went to the doctor at least 11 times due to a congenital leg problem. it wasn’t elaborated on in his medical records, but his walk appears to have been bow-legged.

wilder wein by rammstein played in the original hitmen for hire during the scenes where eric and dylan were walking in their trench coats, but jeffco silenced the music (presumably) because of copyright. i added the music to those scenes below.

mike vendegnia (the guy in the white shirt in the eric in columbine video) was friends with corey depooter. mike described corey as “very bright and easy to get along with.”

dylan tore off the bmw emblems on the front and back of his car. zack rissmiller said he did this, and after the massacre, police found the emblems in his glovebox.

a witness in the cafeteria heard eric or dylan yell “check the window” and “one’s coming in” as they were trying to detonate the bombs. they were likely anticipating that cops would enter the school at any second and were as shocked as everyone else was that they weren’t coming.

eric’s phone number was 303-762-1212.
dylan’s phone number was 303-972-1131.

valeen schnurr was holding hands with lauren townsend as she passed away.

dylan paid between $200 and $300 for his sunglasses.

during the shooting, librarian peggy dodd told brian anderson, “i have to get out of here, they hate me, they’re going to kill me.” a few weeks before the massacre, dylan called her a bitch when she asked him to pay for using the printer.

dylan told a classmate that the reason he wore a soviet pin on his boot was “just to get a reaction out of people.”

when eric applied to tortilla wraps, he listed his english teacher, mr. webb, and susan klebold as references.

one christmas, sue fretted because dylan wanted a collectible baseball card that cost as much as she had planned to spend on all his gifts. she worried about only having one gift under the tree. but that's what dylan wanted, and that's all he got.

before austin eubanks left the library, he checked corey depooter for a pulse and detected no signs of life.

the first picture shows the location where the van eric and dylan broke into was parked. after stealing the stuff, they drove to deer creek canyon park and parked in one of the spaces in the second picture. the third picture shows the distance between the two locations.

eric and dylan threw a total of 31 bombs inside the library, but only 5 of them actually exploded.

neither eric or dylan wanted to have kids. eric said, “i don’t think i would want to bring a child into this world.” dylan said, “i’m never having kids. kids just mess up your life.”

a total of 76 bombs were found inside and outside of columbine high school. only 30 of those bombs actually exploded.