D. B. Cooper

Byrnzie
Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
edited May 2008 in A Moving Train
I was just browsing Wickipedia and came across this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper


Never heard of this fella before. It's really interesting. Anyone else heard of him?

'D. B. Cooper is the name used to refer to a man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft on November 24, 1971, received US$200,000[1] in ransom, and jumped from the plane in flight. (The name he actually used was Dan Cooper.) Despite hundreds of suspects through the years, no conclusive evidence has surfaced regarding Cooper's true identity or whereabouts, and the bulk of the money was never recovered. The FBI believes he did not survive the jump.[2] Several theories offer competing explanations of what happened after his famed jump.

The nature of Cooper's escape and the uncertainty of his fate continue to intrigue people. The Cooper case (code-named "Norjak" by the FBI)[3] remains an unsolved mystery.'
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    there was a movie made in the 80s about this called the pursuit of db cooper. every now and again someone starts rumours about him and the location/existence of his treasure.
    hear my name
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    catefrances wrote:
    there was a movie made in the 80s about this called the pursuit of db cooper. every now and again someone starts rumours about him and the location/existence of his treasure.

    I'd never heard of him before.
    I love these characters, like John Dillinger, or the fella who wrote the book 'Catch Me If You Can'.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I'd never heard of him before.
    I love these characters, like John Dillinger, or the fella who wrote the book 'Catch Me If You Can'.


    db cooper even comes up in the film without a paddle
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    catefrances wrote:
    db cooper even comes up in the film without a paddle



    hahahahahaha, that movie was horrible
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    El_Kabong wrote:
    hahahahahaha, that movie was horrible

    yeah but i love seth green and have always wanted to live in a tree. :D

    plus burt reynolds is in it and we share a birthday. :D
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    Jimmy James is the real DB Cooper, or possibly Doobie Keebler.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Kel Varnsen wrote:
    Jimmy James is the real DB Cooper, or possibly Doobie Keebler.

    Good stuff...

    I've always like the DB Cooper story. I almost chose that as a username here, but I decided to keep it PJ related.
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  • Strangest Tribe
    Strangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    http://tencartrain.com/?p=388
    the Minions
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Apparently some little boy dug up a bunch of the money about 20 years ago.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    He's shacking up with Sasquatch.

    I also find this story fascinating. And I so much want to believe he lived through the jump and is living it up somewhere, laughing at us all.
  • Urban Hiker
    Urban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    All of WA state has heard of him and many are still looking for his money.
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  • wwfairfield
    wwfairfield Posts: 216
    i loves me some db cooper
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    D.B. Cooper - Todd Snider

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OEVQT34Y34

    D.B Cooper was 43 when we first heard his name
    47 miles away from where he fell down to his fame
    But he told me that the hardest part wasn't really jumping out of the plane
    It was spending the night watching those lights
    Shine through the pouring rain

    They had a man hunt that next morning like nothing I had ever seen
    I was only 8 years old at the time watching on a TV screen
    They were saying he was never gonna make it now, now that daylight had set in
    But later that night they were shining those lights
    Down on the mountain again

    Not far away from the City of Roses
    They all watched those lights up through the rain
    For D.B. Cooper

    The cops blocked off all the exit roads and turned loose all of the hounds
    They even dragged the river up a couple of times to see if he had drowned
    With all those men working overtime they swore they would bring him down
    But a parachute and a few hundred dollars
    Was all that they ever found

    Not far away from the City of Roses
    They all watched those lights up through the rain

    Now some people say that he died up there somewhere in the rain and the wind
    Other people say that he got away but his girlfriend did him in
    The law men say if he is out there someday they're gonna bring him in
    As for me, I hope they never see
    D.B. Cooper again

    Not far away from the City of Roses
    A light shined from a house out in the rain
    It was D.B. Cooper
    Drinking champagne
  • fuck
    fuck Posts: 4,069
    gabers wrote:
    And I so much want to believe he lived through the jump and is living it up somewhere, laughing at us all.
    with only $200,000? doubt it.

    he definitely should've asked for much more money....
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Urban Hiker wrote:
    All of WA state has heard of him and many are still looking for his money.

    Exactly. I grew up hoping I'd find the cash in the woods. We always talked about it when we were camping.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I'd never heard of him before.
    I love these characters, like ... the fella who wrote the book 'Catch Me If You Can'.
    I love that book!
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