Posted on 08/04/2020 1:15:16 AM PDT by dennisw
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8589339/DB-Cooper-ransom-money-buried-Columbia-River-entered-water-months-skyjacking.htmlg, scientist claims - adding new mystery to the 49-year-old cold case
A new clue may have been unearthed in the infamous 49-year-old cold case of skyjacker DB Cooper thanks to new analysis DB Cooper hijacked a Northwest Orient flight from Portland to Seattle to November 1971, before vanishing after skydiving out of the plane with $200k One of the few clues recovered in the case came in 1980 when a boy found $6,000 of Cooper's ransom money while camping in Tena Bar Analysis of that cash shows the money was submerged in water for a short amount of time between May and June - months after the skyjacking Kaye said his discovery has of summer diatoms discredits the theory that Cooper landed in the river in November, soaking the money and then buried it on shore He said it also debunks the idea that Cooper or an accomplice attempted to bury some of the money near to the river at a later date to cause a distraction How the money came to be in the water months after Cooper’s jump remains a mystery, as does the fact it was found relatively preserved nine years later Asked about the lingering questions, Kaye said ‘Cooper is still messing with us'
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This will be a fun thread - bookmark
Dude died, whether by hard landing or tree-hanging. Money fell, end of story (IMO).
Who though was DB Cooper?
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Is this article written this way?
They don’t use periods at the end of sentences anymore?
I just listened to a podcast with episodes on the DB Cooper hijacking that did a bit of a ‘deep dive’ - very interesting:
Podcast Name: “Infamous America”
Episodes: 4 (July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2020)
Link:
INFAMOUS AMERICA | Season 7 Teaser: “D.B. Cooper”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmFX8EQFqUw
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Another podcast you might find very interesting is about a guy named Martin ‘Mac’ McNally, an ex-Navy mechanic, who decided if DB Cooper did it, he could do it too - “easy” money. The podcast is all about his hijack of an American Airlines out of flight out of St. Louis’s Lambert International Airport.
Podcast: American Skyjacker
Episodes: Series launched July 21, 2020 and it’s up to Episode 4 so far.
Here are some links:
‘American Skyjacker,’ Podcast About Martin McNally, Coming From Imperative Entertainment, Pegalo Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/american-skyjacker-db-cooper-martin-mcnally-1234703542/
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I listen to podcasts on Podcast Republic - nice app on my phone. These two podcasts should also be anywhere you listen to podcasts (Apple, for instance, maybe Stitcher, etc.).
These two podcasts ‘Infamous America’ & ‘American Skyjacker’ are really good - there’s another one (same person as doing Infamous America) called “Legends of the Old West” that is also excellent.
During the last two months, I have not had the TV on at all. I get my news online (where I can pick my sources). Instead, I have taken up listening to podcasts - mostly true crime, but some historical & health (Low Carb MD - fantastic!).
Enjoy - I certainly have!
They should have looked up in the trees to see DB Cooper impaled on a tree limb.
Portland and Seattle not safe from criminals for 50 years.
Kaye said his discovery has of summer diatoms discredits the theory that Cooper landed in the river in November, soaking the money and then buried it on shore. He said it also debunks the idea that Cooper or an accomplice attempted to bury some of the money near to the river at a later date to cause a distraction.
Neither of his claims are true. The presence of summer diatoms means the money got wet during the summer, after having become buried in that riverbank, shortly after his infamous November jump.
The leading suspect is supposedly the late Robert Rackstraw, a veteran skydiver who had the necessary skill and did enough covert work for the US government to buy some immunity for his crimes.
Joe Biden is D B Cooper.
If Joe is D.B. Cooper, then I know what his initials stand for.
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