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re: Final chapter in the DB Cooper saga?
Posted on 9/12/19 at 11:43 am to WG_Dawg
Posted on 9/12/19 at 11:43 am to WG_Dawg
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He decoded “through good ole Unk” to mean “by skyjacking a jet plane,” using a system of letters and numbers.
“And please tell the lackey cops” was decoded to mean “I am 1st LT Robert Rackstraw,” according to Colbert.
Holy Reach
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Posted on 9/12/19 at 12:13 pm to Jim Rockford
The History channel had a show that focused in on Rackstraw...... Oops, same story.
This post was edited on 9/12/19 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 9/12/19 at 12:18 pm to TexasTiger90
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Sounds like this Colbert guy is a real twat
Posted on 9/12/19 at 12:20 pm to soccerfüt
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Sounds like this Colbert guy is a real twat
always an intriguing story, ah the good old days, when all a hijacker wanted was either money or political asylum
Posted on 9/12/19 at 12:24 pm to Jim Rockford
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aboard the 45-foot cruiser Poverty Sucks, docked nearby
Posted on 9/12/19 at 12:34 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 9/12/19 at 12:38 pm to BiggerBear
quote:But to die in a way that conceals the body and parachute, would be a perfect million to one shot. It was 1971, not 1771. A dead body and big arse parachute aren't that hard to locate when you have a small army of searchers.
No one ever likes the mundane and, by far, most likely explanation that Cooper died when he jumped.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 12:42 pm to blueboy
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But to die in a way that conceals the body and parachute
I think the chute iced over and never deployed, and ole baw knew something about 727s
Posted on 9/12/19 at 12:47 pm to blueboy
If I remember correct he jumped over a large forested area where his body could have easily gone undetected.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 12:47 pm to TexasTiger90
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Rackstraw wouldn't commit. So Colbert later emailed with a harder sell, advising that if he didn't get on board, he and everyone who knows him would be hounded forever.
If that dude was DB Cooper, and had the background this guy said he had, Colbert sure had balls. Because if I was who he thought I was, and he came after me like that, they’d never find the body.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 12:57 pm to Jim Rockford
Finkle is Einhorn.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 1:23 pm to SECdragonmaster
Rackstraw's ex-wife...
Posted on 9/12/19 at 1:24 pm to Jim Rockford
So, is D.B. cooper like a quarterly post?
Should we expect a new “they found D.B. Cooper” every few months?
Should we expect a new “they found D.B. Cooper” every few months?
Posted on 9/12/19 at 1:24 pm to VinegarStrokes
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Rackstraw's ex-wife...
looks like a stewardess uniform from the day
Posted on 9/12/19 at 1:30 pm to Jim Rockford
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Colbert later emailed with a harder sell, advising that if he didn't get on board, he and everyone who knows him would be hounded forever.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 1:31 pm to Fat and Happy
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Should we expect a new “they found D.B. Cooper” every few months?
no one ever find him, he's holed up with 'squatch
Posted on 9/12/19 at 1:35 pm to redstick13
quote:yes
he jumped over a large forested area
quote:Not likely, and there have been multiple searches, not to mention treasure hunters looking for the money.
his body could have easily gone undetected.
Again,it's possible that he died and the river swept he and the chute away, but it would have almost had to sweep him all the way to sea, just to get into a big enough body of water to be concealed forever.
If he did die from the jump, the only explanation I can come up with is that someone found him, but concealed (buried) his body and chute so they could keep the money.
Which is very possible. I think a huge percentage of people would do that if they found a dead guy with a lot of money.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 2:03 pm to Jim Rockford
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aboard the 45-foot cruiser Poverty Sucks
100% chance that baw posted on the OT
This post was edited on 9/12/19 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 9/12/19 at 2:08 pm to HerkFlyer
Wow, that Colbert guy was a jerk, must be something in the name. This story is an example of how one can spin a bunch of disparate facts into a narrative, but is probably not true.
Posted on 9/12/19 at 2:24 pm to Jim Rockford
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Scott, who was flying the aircraft manually, later determined that his flight path was significantly farther east than initially assumed.
Continental Airlines pilot Tom Bohan, who was flying four minutes behind Flight 305, indicated that the wind direction factored into drop zone calculations had been wrong, possibly by as much as 80 degrees.
All searches have been in the wrong area. And Mt St Helens probably burned up any remaining evidence since then.
Also, his reserve chute was for training purposes only, and had been sewn shut. Something he did not notice. So its more than likely that he didn't survive the jump. And due to the heavy rain storm, his body was instantly entombed in a mudhole and wouldn't be spotted in a search. The force of impact also broke open the money sack, which is why some of the bills washed up on the riverbank.
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