Bin Laden Bounty Hunter Returns Home Weary An American who traveled to Pakistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden has returned home to Colorado and admitted: "All I want to do is get some rest."
Gary Faulkner had been arrested by Pakistani authorities as he tried to cross the border into Afghanistan.
He was found carrying a pistol, sword and night-vision equipment.
After landing at Denver's airport at around midnight, the 51-year-old spoke briefly saying he was feeling good but was looking forward to taking a nap.
He declined to answer questions about his trip or plans for the future.
But earlier during a stopover in Los Angeles he said the trip "took a lot of money and a lot of time".
"This is not about me. What this is about is the American people and the world," he said.
"We can't let people like this scare us. We don't get scared by people like this, we scare them and that's what this is about. We're going to take care of business."
Is it out of the norm? Yes, it is. But is it crazy? No. If he wore a uniform and called himself special ops, would he be crazy?
Gary Faulkner's brother Scott Faulkner
Faulkner is an unemployed construction worker who sold his tools to finance six trips on what relatives have called a Rambo-type mission to kill or capture the al Qaeda leader.
He even grew his hair and beard to fit in better.
His brother Scott Faulkner told reporters last week that his sibling was determined to find the man America's military has failed to capture nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks.
"Is it out of the norm? Yes, it is. But is it crazy? No," Scott Faulkner said.
"If he wore a uniform and called himself special ops, would he be crazy?"
Scott Faulkner did not know if he would see his brother again after he dropped him off at Colorado airport on May 30.
But he and other relatives have insisted that Faulkner left the US unarmed, had a valid visa for Pakistan and was guilty of no crime while there.
Indeed, relatives have said they hope the trip encourages more people to look for bin Laden.
"Now there's going to be hopefully a renewed effort to get this guy - he's still wanted, and he's still out there," Scott Faulkner said.
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