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377:
Thanks Haggarknew. Vacation was great. 8 days in Barcelona and 10 days cruising the Med Coast of Spain stopping in a new town every morning. wMy wife and I walked at least 5 miles every day and often more. Ran into another skydiver over there, he spotted my World Free Fall Convention baseball cap. This guy started in the late 60s, like I did, using military surplus gear. I asked him if he had any opinions about DB Cooper. He opined that Cooper was likely but not necessarily a skydiver, but he was certain that Cooper had some familiarity with aircraft, parachutes and jumping.
Is there a needle exchange in the Vortex? I'm very liberal but the coddling of heroin (and now fentanyl) addicts bothers me. What were formerly needle EXCHANGES in many areas are now just free dispensaries, you don't have to bring in a used needle to get new ones. Guess what the result is? Used needles everywhere.
377
Bruce A. Smith:
Welcome back, 377. I was thinking of you when I heard about the incident in Hawaii. Same exact aircraft as the one you are familiar with? Wow.
haggarknew:
I am curious as to where most of you hard core vortex dwellers were hanging out online in the early to mid 2000's. Was the Dropzone in existence yet? Or Sluggo's site? Hager enjoyed following many of the discussions although I don't believe he posted anything. I asked him whose posts he enjoyed the most. I believe his favorite was Mark Bennett's.(please forgive me if I misspelled your name Mr. Bennett) Hag asked me to present his story to you guys (and gals). He was very impressed by the work of the various investigators doing work on the case at that time. He believed that if the case was ever to be solved that it would be done by you guys. I am just trying to get a clearer understanding of who he meant by you guys. (remembering this was around 2005 or so)
Bruce A. Smith:
I came into the picture in August 2008. The DZ was in Full Tilt Boogie at that point, but I think it only started its DB Cooper thread in 2007. Jo Weber says she started it with Ckret/Larry Carr. Fact? Who knows. But Larry was posting regularly by the time I showed up and was joined by Sluggo, Snowmman, Georger, and 377. A few other posters were sharing their comments on a regular basis, but they are long-gone by now - Orange 1, Amazon, Hominid, Farflung, SafecrackingPLF, etc.
Sluggo's site was also up and running by 2008. I don't know when it started, but Sluggo said that he had been collecting facts, researching, and interviewing people for a very long time.
Galen might know more about the Ancient History of DBC online chatting. He has been following the case for decades.
For the record, the Mountain News-WA started in February 2011, and I think the DZ shut down during that year or 2012. I started posting DBC pieces on the MN in earnest by 2013, and my book first came out in 2015.
haggarknew:
Thanks for the reply Bruce. Hager died early in 2007. The last couple of months before his death he would show me posts from an online forum. I am curious as to what forum he was following. I regret not paying closer attention at the time. Were there discussions about the case on Sluggo's site or was his site just for viewing? I am sorry if this doesn't seem related to the case to most of you but from my perspective it is of relevance.
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