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Lynn’s post brought back some memories of good times with Sheridan Peterson. He alternated between being very friendly and occasional paranoid raging during which he accused me of being “FBI/CIA”. Had several leisurely lunches with him. We shared lots of stories about the early days of skydiving. He seemed to lack the fear gene. He told me of incredibly risky jumps he had made without any hesitation or second thoughts. He wasn’t bragging, just telling what happened. He loved talking about current US politics and was incredibly well informed. He correctly predicted Trumps win long before anybody thought he had a chance of winning.
Snowmman put a lot of work into editing Sheridan’s novel, The Idiots Frightful Laughter. It’s much more readable as a result and, for me, none of the message or impact of Sheridan’s work was materially changed or harmed. Sheridan turned on Snow later accusing him of sabotaging and infecting his computer.
Sheridan had his demons. PTSD from childhood abuse and witnessing horrible atrocities in Vietnam certainly could have been a factor is his erratic moods and inability to maintain lasting relationships.
Was he Cooper? Not enough evidence to say yes. Nobody has found evidence that unequivocally puts him on the plane or even in the US during the skyjack. Could he have done it? Absolutely yes. He had every skill needed. But so did others including Rackstraw, Braden and Recca. As I’ve said many times capability isn’t the same as culpability.
Sheridan did say one thing that intrigued me. I was talking to him hypothetically about if he were Cooper I’d represent him pro bono. I told him I was reasonably confident I could get a dismissal if he were charged based on the FBI’s loss or mishandling of possibly exculpatory evidence such as the cigarette butts. He looked at me eye to eye, then paused a long time. “You know Mark, there are two of me” he said very slowly and rather wistfully. He would not elaborate further and changed the subject.
May he rest in peace forever free of his demons and tranquil at last.
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Bruce A. Smith:
Indeed. RIP. Petey.
Chaucer:
Which of the major suspects most accurately fit the description of DB Cooper? Do anyone of them match perfectly? Age/height/weight/hair color/eye color/build?
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None are an exact fit. But McCoy is in the ballpark, imho.
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None are an exact fit. But McCoy is in the ballpark, imho.
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Agreed, but even McCoy was well below the age that the crew described. It's hard for me to believe that none of the popular suspects didn't check all the boxes in terms of physical description.
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