Local residents John and Dottie Scott recently got a close-up look at the pirate threat in the Gulf of Aden, near Somalia. The couple have lived on Banner Mountain since 2002, when they retired and moved up here from the Bay Area.Since then, they've enjoyed travel, including seven weeks in Alaska last year. This spring, the Scotts are on a 35-day cruise which has taken them to an area hit by pirate hijackings in recent months. The trip ranges from the Far East to the eastern Mediterranean, including stops in Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Oman, Egypt, Jordan and Greece.They …