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EU:
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Register or LoginI think that there is a tendency to look for connections among things that usually don't exist.
People rob banks for a reason. The reason being that they want money.
DB Cooper extorted $200K because he wanted $200K. Moreover, it's safe to assume that he wanted to get away with it...that he didn't want to get caught.
Therefore, may I suggest that sometimes a skyjacking and extortion is nothing more than a skyjacking and extortion. After all, I have yet to identify a single bank robber that ever robbed a bank for anything other than the money.
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You are contradicting your own point Eric...if you wanted money just rob a bank?? Why do something like this go back to my post and coopers comments it was a person grudge.
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To the contrary, it's not a contradiction at all.
People roll in their wheelhouse. This is why someone like Bernie Madoff steals via a stockmarket scam. Or a Brinks truck robbery is often an inside job. Or an art heist is usually committed by someone familiar with the art world.
DB Cooper likely was very familiar with aviation--the Boeing 727 in particular--and skydiving. Moreover, the evidence on the tie backs this theory up.
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Register or LoginI think that there is a tendency to look for connections among things that usually don't exist.
People rob banks for a reason. The reason being that they want money.
DB Cooper extorted $200K because he wanted $200K. Moreover, it's safe to assume that he wanted to get away with it...that he didn't want to get caught.
Therefore, may I suggest that sometimes a skyjacking and extortion is nothing more than a skyjacking and extortion. After all, I have yet to identify a single bank robber that ever robbed a bank for anything other than the money.
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You are contradicting your own point Eric...if you wanted money just rob a bank?? Why do something like this go back to my post and coopers comments it was a person grudge.
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To the contrary, it's not a contradiction at all.
People roll in their wheelhouse. This is why someone like Bernie Madoff steals via a stockmarket scam. Or a Brinks truck robbery is often an inside job. Or an art heist is usually committed by someone familiar with the art world.
DB Cooper likely was very familiar with aviation--the Boeing 727 in particular--and skydiving. Moreover, the evidence on the tie backs this theory up.
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People roll in their wheelhouse. ?
What is that supposed to mean? People choose socks that fit their feet?
What does that powerful metaphor offer the DB Cooper case? Wheelhouses? C:-)
Shutter:
What Cooper did is very similar to a bank robbery. a note is given to the teller and usually they are told they have a gun which in some cases is a bluff. the problem here is they are hitting one teller and only get what she has in the draw. then you have the bold guys who come in with guns but still don't get 200 grand. most banks don't have that much money on hand. some only get under a thousand dollars. you need to get in and out as quick as you can. this is why descriptions are often off. a typical bank robber tries not to involve everyone in the bank.
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People roll in their wheelhouse. ?
What is that supposed to mean? People choose socks that fit their feet?
What does that powerful metaphor offer the DB Cooper case? Wheelhouses? C:-)
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According to waywordradio.org:
Q) What does it mean if something is in your wheelhouse?
A) If something is in your wheelhouse, it's well within your area of expertise. According to the Dickson Baseball Dictionary, the term wheelhouse refers to swinging a bat when the ball is right in your crush zone. (Mar 5, 2011)
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Register or LoginOnly as last resort...I don't think he believed it would happen..it's possible it could of......
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Someone refresh me here.
Cooper is sitting to the right of Tina. She lights his cigarettes for him.
Is he smoking with his left hand, and his right hand is always in the briefcase? I thought I read somewhere that Flo was the one that said he had his hand in the briefcase the whole time. The whole time in this case would not have been long if it was Flo talking. Maybe it was Tina. But he had it in there from takeoff in Portland all the way until when? When he counts the money? He drinks with one hand too? It's a long time to have your hand in the briefcase.
Let's get creative here. Why else would he keep his hand in the briefcase? Tina is pretty harmless, he seems to like her, and she is ok with him. It's not like she is going to overpower him.
Possibilities:
He really is afraid that he will need to set off the bomb and wants to keep his hands close
He has a gun in there and wants it close
He has a watch on, or some identifying jewelry
He has a scar or a tattoo or a mark on his hand
His hands give him away as blue collar and not the hands of a businessman
EU, Shutter, Martin, Bruce, couple of other guys, you think out of the box, what are some ideas?
By the way, in the 1970 movie Airport, a deranged man makes a briefcase bomb with dynamite and wires and carries it on a plane. He uses a deadman switch, a little sliver of wood attached to a string. This movie is said to have been one of the first "disaster" type movies of the new genre.
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The left-handed versus right-handed question is one I have thought about a lot.
I'm surprised that there are very few references in the FBI files regarding which hand DBC used. If it could be determined that DBC was left-handed that would narrow the field down close to 95% given the way children were forced to use their right hands back in the old days (20's and 30's).
Of note, Bill Mitchell does mention that DBC had his left-hand in the case--I assume when the case is sitting on DBC's lap.
Beyond that, the case sitting on seat 18F--on Cooper's right--necessitates DBC using his right hand at this point which is meaningless. This can be extended to Cooper smoking with his left hand (not mentioned in the FBI files), this too would also be meaningless.
All told, I suspect DBC was left-handed given Bill Mitchell's testimony. After all, if the case is sitting on his lap this is a non-biased action which gives DBC the opportunity to utilize the hand he favors.
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