Still Waters Posted July 13, 2016 #1 Share Posted July 13, 2016 It's one of the most notorious mysteries in the history of skyjacking. D.B. Cooper was last seen in November of 1971, wearing a business suit as he jumped out of the back of a plane carrying $200,000 in cash. He would have landed somewhere in the Northwest of the country, and the FBI has spent the past 45 years conducting one of their most thorough investigations to find out what happened to the skyjacker. http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2016/07/13/87021672/ http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/case-closed-fbi-no-longer-looking-for-db-cooper/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted July 13, 2016 #2 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Just now, Still Waters said: It's one of the most notorious mysteries in the history of skyjacking. D.B. Cooper was last seen in November of 1971, wearing a business suit as he jumped out of the back of a plane carrying $200,000 in cash. He would have landed somewhere in the Northwest of the country, and the FBI has spent the past 45 years conducting one of their most thorough investigations to find out what happened to the skyjacker. http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2016/07/13/87021672/ http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/case-closed-fbi-no-longer-looking-for-db-cooper/ God Bless DB Cooper. His epic shenanigans led to one of the funniest movies ever Without a Paddle I have to wonder though , having only stolen 200k initially,how much more did the government steal from US the people while investigating this for another 40+ years? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted July 13, 2016 #3 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Interesting...who did the History Channel think D B Cooper was? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted July 13, 2016 #4 Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Lilly said: Interesting...who did the History Channel think D B Cooper was? The lead investigator (a journalist) thinks it was a fellow called Robert Rackstraw. He was a suspect in 1979 per the FBI. But for whatever reason, they (the FBI) dropped the investigation into him. The show was a two parter, and they did build a compelling case against Rackstraw in the first part. The finale is where we see the evidence kind of fall apart. Rackstraw is still living, however, and they even did a 'ambush' style journalist piece on him. It didn't go too well, and Rackstraw drove away. Rackstraw certainly seemed to have the training, intelligence, and motive to pull off such a feat, but overall there is no real 'smoking gun' evidence. Towards the end of the show, you are led to the impression that the FBI already eliminated Rackstraw as a suspect. You get the impression (although they never tell you what it is) that they have a compelling reason as to NOT suspect Rackstraw. However, the lead investigator (who maybe far too wrapped up in his theory) seemed to be the only one that still feels Rackstraw did it. My two cents are that it may be a better 'story' if we never find out who DB Cooper really was. Edited July 13, 2016 by supervike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidElement Posted July 13, 2016 #5 Share Posted July 13, 2016 for 200K..... how much money have they spent trying to find him over all these years... lol 201K? hah. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattacaster Posted July 13, 2016 #6 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Maybe somebody will find him while playing Pokemon Go. I choose you, Cooper-chu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qxcontinuum Posted July 13, 2016 #7 Share Posted July 13, 2016 $200.000 dollars ??? was he serious ? how much it cost FBI time to investigate this case all this time ? 2 million ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted July 13, 2016 #8 Share Posted July 13, 2016 NOOOOOoooo00000oooOOOO! The FBI gives up on everything these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted July 13, 2016 #9 Share Posted July 13, 2016 2 hours ago, qxcontinuum said: $200.000 dollars ??? was he serious ? how much it cost FBI time to investigate this case all this time ? 2 million ? But think about how much that $200,000 would be equivalent to nowadays. That was a huge chunk of money back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted July 13, 2016 #10 Share Posted July 13, 2016 5 hours ago, LucidElement said: for 200K..... how much money have they spent trying to find him over all these years... lol 201K? hah. I can't believe the money wasn't marked and tracable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted July 14, 2016 #11 Share Posted July 14, 2016 5 hours ago, paperdyer said: I can't believe the money wasn't marked and tracable Hard to say for an event back then. Maybe it was marked. Apparently some of the cash was (many years later) found by a kid, or hiker or someone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen_jacobs Posted July 14, 2016 #12 Share Posted July 14, 2016 That sucks. I would like to meet the man who escaped detection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted July 14, 2016 #13 Share Posted July 14, 2016 8 hours ago, Maureen_jacobs said: That sucks. I would like to meet the man who escaped detection. I don't think that'll happen. I think he died that night or shortly thereafter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vinyl Posted July 14, 2016 #14 Share Posted July 14, 2016 24 minutes ago, Myles said: I don't think that'll happen. I think he died that night or shortly thereafter. Would be interested in hearing an expansion on your theory, Myles. Sounds interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted July 14, 2016 #15 Share Posted July 14, 2016 10 hours ago, pallidin said: Hard to say for an event back then. Maybe it was marked. Apparently some of the cash was (many years later) found by a kid, or hiker or someone. The Tena Bar money find is problematic because it is 20 miles away from the town of Ariel, Washington where the drop zone analysis completed in 1971 said he jumped. In order to get the money on to Tena Bar, several theories are in play. First is the Washougal Washdown Theory, based on the idea that the money had to wash first down smaller rivers, then into the Columbia River in order to end up on Tena Bar. Second is that the FBI flight path was incorrect and Cooper actually landed on Tena Bar and buried the money. Third is that Cooper or someone else buried the money on Tena Bar to throw off the FBI. Debate factor = 10 of 10 http://www.citizensleuths.com/db-cooper-what-you-need-to-know.html In 1980, an 8 year old boy came across three rotting wads of $20 bills (pictured) bearing serial numbers that matched the ransom money given to DB Cooper along the banks of the Columbia River http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/12017816/Has-the-mystery-of-DB-Cooper-been-solved.html personally I believe he did not make it out of the woods, if he had the chance to escape with all the money, he would have. Whats the point of risking time to plant a decoy? would you not just get out of there and head to where ever you are going with the whole lot? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted July 14, 2016 #16 Share Posted July 14, 2016 20 minutes ago, Matt Vinyl said: Would be interested in hearing an expansion on your theory, Myles. Sounds interesting. I base it mostly off of some of the money being found. Also, him wearing loafers is not very good in that territory if he was able to keep them at all. It is one of my favorite mysteries though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted July 14, 2016 #17 Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, freetoroam said: personally I believe he did not make it out of the woods, if he had the chance to escape with all the money, he would have. Whats the point of risking time to plant a decoy? would you not just get out of there and head to where ever you are going with the whole lot? I agree. If he wanted to plant something to throw them off the trail, use a pc of the parachute. I think this guy is my top suspect. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/12017816/Has-the-mystery-of-DB-Cooper-been-solved.html Edited July 14, 2016 by Myles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted July 14, 2016 #18 Share Posted July 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, Myles said: I agree. If he wanted to plant something to throw them off the trail, us a pc of the parachute. I think this guy is my top suspect. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/12017816/Has-the-mystery-of-DB-Cooper-been-solved.html I agree and think it is him = sorry, meant was. Possibly with the intentions of contacting his family one day in the future, even years, but that never happened. Unless he managed to make it to somewhere like La Rinconada, (that would have been a trek) I reckon the wild got him before the FBI could. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted July 14, 2016 #19 Share Posted July 14, 2016 17 hours ago, paperdyer said: I can't believe the money wasn't marked and tracable It was, at least as far as the serial numbers go. Apparently, other than $6000 found decomposing on a beach (under strange circumstances) none of it has ever shown up in circulation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted July 14, 2016 #20 Share Posted July 14, 2016 If Pokemon Go was around back then, some random players would've found him by now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen_jacobs Posted July 15, 2016 #21 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Still, it is rather impressive the way he pulled it off. If there were casualties, I may think differently, but it was brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielost Posted July 15, 2016 #22 Share Posted July 15, 2016 doesn't matter anymore if he died then. he is dead by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen_jacobs Posted July 15, 2016 #23 Share Posted July 15, 2016 True Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted July 15, 2016 #24 Share Posted July 15, 2016 $200,000 in 1971 is worth about $1.2M today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careful_perspective Posted July 15, 2016 #25 Share Posted July 15, 2016 For those of you who commented on the cost of finding him versus what he stole, that's an irrelevant point. Im sure the bulk of the money being spent was done at that time. And also, if someone steals your wallet and you only had 50 dollars does that mean that it's not even worth the resources of calling an Officer to come take a report? That's a slippery slope, not even for the victims of crimes, but for criminals who may assume they can get away with certain crimes because it wouldn't be worth the resources to find them. I read an article about a police officer who put his life at risk by diving in the Tar Pits in CA in order to find evidence for a murser in there. He did it because he wanted people to know there is no limit of where the police will go to find evidence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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