50 years ago today, a man who passed himself off as Dan “DB” Cooper, invented a whole new way to hijack a plane, called, “skyjacking.” He boarded a Northwest Orient Airlines plane. He then threatened to blow it to bits with a bag of explosives. The FBI agreed to pay him $200,000 (in marked bills), for him to spare the plane. After this he parachuted from the plane, with the money, over Washington State. He was never seen nor heard from again.
Following this incident, passenger planes were equipped with a mechanism preventing the opening of rear cargo doors in mid-flight, so that planes couldn’t be “skyjacked” again.
In 1980, $5,800 of the loot was discovered by 8-year-old Brian Ingram, on the shores of the Columbia River. The rest has not been recovered. Ingram was allowed to keep about half of his find, and in 2008 auctioned off 15 of the bills for about $37,000.
Rumor has it that Cooper survived his jump from the plane, and invested the remaining ransom money into a company that was developing something called a “security magnetometer.”
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Does DB stand for douche bag?
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Could be. Or perhaps Dead Body, wherever he landed.
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I have watched several documentaries on DB Cooper but you just shared something about him that I didn’t know… thanks Tippy!
I find the DB Cooper story extremely interesting!
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It’s an interesting case. So what was it you didn’t know?
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The investment part… or was that a joke? Lol
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I just made that up as a joke. But it’s also true, since I describe it as a rumor. A rumor I just started.
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Lmao!
I feel so gullible right now…
I believe a deserved kick from Jack & Jenny are in order! 😆 🤣 😂
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LOL! I didn’t fall for the investment part but don’t worry I have fallen for other things, if that makes you feel better.:)
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😁 yup… he got me… lol
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He deserves a kick too. 😄
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I already got one, from Jack and Jenny. Actually I got two.
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He definitely keeps us on our toes! Lol
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I just assume he is bluffing unless I am practically sure that he isn’t. 😉
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Yes, such a kick is in order, but don’t worry, they’ve already kicked me.
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Oh no! 😆 🤣 😂
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ok, I’m back. I just spent the past 20 minutes reading the Wikipedia story about this incident. I think I know more than I need to…
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Better to know too much, than too little. But I hope you’ll recooperate from all that reading.
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took me a second to catch the recooperate. Fortunately, it hasn’t hijacked my entire day…
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Yeah, I see I need to get back to baking. No groans with that! 😛
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Did you catch a bunch of flies, for your baking?
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No, smartass! I am not baking shoo-fly pie. I bought it. 🙂
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Not smart. They probably used domesticated flies raised on hormones.
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I just dropped that one out of the sky.
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fortunately, it had a safe landing…
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I accidentally typed wickerpedia and read a lot about patio furniture, which seemed off-topic but interesting none the less.
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you’ll probably start getting requests for donations to support wickerpedia.
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Well, it is a worthy cause so I’ll consider it, but I don’t want to be bamboo-zled.
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“Haha!”
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if you do make a donation, I hope they give you a virtual hug and a pat, yo!
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😄
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Adjusted for inflation, that’s about $1.4-million US in 2021 (projected $3.8-million in 2022). Almost enough to retire in Thailand.
I have my own theory… that he landed safely with a bag stuffed full of twenties, in a bad neighborhood in the south of Vancouver.
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Yeah, that projection sounds about right.
I’ve never been to the south of Vancouver, but if I ever visit that city I now know what neighborhood to avoid.
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Especially if you happen to drop in at night.
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Can always depend on you for stories I never heard about before! Can you imagine finding all that money at 8 years old? That would be one exciting day!
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I’ll bet that kid was thrilled. But he must have felt very disappointed when the FBI came along and confiscated. It took quite a few years before they finally allowed to him to keep some of it.
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Oh that would be disappointing to have to wait that long, but I bet he was popular in school!
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Yeah, that would win you props in school.
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