Big scare story

Not scary, more of a "Fright" story...

Ok, my turn.

I was flying the VOR-A in an old Aztec, in and out of the cumulous in
the approach quadrant. Procedure turn inbound, solid IMC, I broke out of the
clouds for an instant, then back in. 2 miles later, I broke out, a sky diver
went past my left wingtip about 50 feet away, and I went solid again. He was
6' 1", wearing a white jumpsuit with 2 blue stripes down the side, white
beat up helmet. He had a full beard, blue shades, and grubby tennis shoes. 2
days later, I approached one of my instrument students, who is also a sky
diver, and as I approached he said, "Oh Wow, was that you in the Aztec?"
This guy and I had been out flying the same approach a week earlier. He
monitors approach control during the jump run. He knows that the drop zone
is underlying the approach, just inside the procedure turn. He knows about
jumping between cumulous less than a 1/2 mile apart. He is now an instrument
instructor.

Al