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Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille! -
In the I don't know where to put this category......
I'm sure most if not all of us have heard about DB Cooper. The never identified hijacker.
I was today years old when I learned the story of Richard Floyd McCoy Jr. A convicted Vietnam Vet who bore a striking resemblance to descriptions of DBC. Mr. McCoy was convicted of hijacking a plane in a similar manner. Getting a 500K ransom and eventually parachuting out of the plane over Utah. He was captured a few days later with $499,970 of cash in his apartment at the time.
He was sentenced to 45 years. He escaped Federal Prison less that 2 years later and after a couple of months, was shot dead when he returned to a house where he and his accomplice were residing. FBI agents had tracked him and were awaiting his return. McCoy fired on the agent, missing him, and the agent returned fire, killing McCoy. His partner in the escape was caught shortly thereafter and unharmed.
McCoy was never cleared by the FBI from possibly being DBC but the case was closed in the mid 2010s. McCoy was either a brilliant copycat or he was in fact DBC.
There appears to be a recent finding of parachutes that are similar, if not matching, ones provided to Cooper before he disappeared. The parachutes in question were discovered in the possession of the McCoy family.
Amazing how much lore surrounds Cooper, even to this day, yet this story seems mostly untold. At least it was the first I've heard of it, and I have always been interested in the Cooper case.Comment
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I was in basic training in Tacoma at the time.Comment
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I can't take ANY more Jardiance commercials with a slight change in the style of their song/jingle. This is at least the 4th version, if not the 5th or 6th. ENOUGH.
We've all heard the story. It's DEAD. There's nothing left to tell.Comment
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"You Just Want to Slap The #### Outta Some People"Comment
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