Assuming that BangkokGuy is not Trendon then the whole thing could be true.  Trendon told the story to the bar, a lot of it is true, but in true drunk/storytelling mode he embellished the story with a few pounds of bullshit (Swiss bank etc.) to make it more entertaining.  With that in mind I can believe that BangkokGuy may have met him.  That was a while back so it does not help us much now.  I sure wish Goat could have made it to the bar when he was there.