November 24, 1971

Posted: 11/23/10 at 3:19pm

On November 24, 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked a 727 plane and threatened to blow it up unless he received $200,000 and four parachutes. It is believed Cooper jumped from the plane somewhere over the state of Washington and neither he nor the money was ever seen again.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 11/23/10 at 5:04pm

That's such a bizzare story.

Isn't it presumed that he died?

[SNAFU]

Posted: 11/23/10 at 5:53pm

Yes they found a back pack with money in it in the mud of a river some years ago. The serial numbers matched the ones on the bills he was given. His body was never found.

Posted: 11/23/10 at 6:25pm

Only about $5,000 was recovered. Was it lost by Cooper (Not his real name, by the way- a pseudonym. No one knows who he really was) or was it dropped there purposely to make investigators think he was dead? Authorities speculated the bills had been dropped years after the hijacking- but others were sure they had just turned up after being dislodged by dredging in the area.

The F.B.I. has investigated over a thousand "serious suspects."

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 11/23/10 at 6:48pm

WHEEEEEEEEE!!!

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 11/23/10 at 7:11pm

Yeah, that story has been a subject for speculation for decades...which reminds me of another "missing" person...Olivia Newton John's "ex" hubby I think it was speculated that he faked his own death and took off with a ****load of dough...? What's up with that?...I forget if there was a "resolution" to that tabloid story...anyone?

[SNAFU]

Posted: 11/23/10 at 10:56pm

Olivia Newton John's ex was found alive and living in South America I believe. That happened a year ago?

Posted: 11/24/10 at 11:05am

Alive & well and living in Mexico.