OFF TOPIC: DB COOPER MADE IT, BABY!
Or at least his chute did, possibly, maybe, sorta. Whatever. Someone finds a buried parachute, we’ll assume DB Cooper, the man who hijacked a plane in November of 1971 and jumped from the same plane with $200K in cash, made it off the plane, and hightailed it to Mexico to bathe in tequila, mujeres, and bathtubs of pesos.
We’ve been fascinated with the case since Unsolved Mysteries–your nightmare fuel of 1988 that couldn’t film a man walking down a road without ominous low synthesizer notes and a smoky filter–did this segment on him.
He ordered two bourbon and waters during the hijacking: that’s Kenny Loggins/Michael McDonald smooth there. Part two is after the jump.












1
I saw a special about this other hijacker that pulled off nearly the same crime a year or two after DB Cooper. He made it, but ended up getting caught months later. A lot of people believe he was DB Cooper. He ended up going out in a blaze of glory after a prison escape.
Comment by karlhungus12 — March 26, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
2
His name was Richard McCoy, Jr. He was a pretty cool bad guy.
Comment by karlhungus12 — March 26, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
3
I like to think that DB Cooper and the 3 escapees from Alcatraz are in an underground bunker somewhere, possibly at NORAD, smoking blunts with Tupac and controlling world financial markets by blackmailing illuminati members with details of their sordid pasts.
And off in the corner sits Elvis, strumming an acoustic and eating an entire box of Little Debbie Snack Cakes.
Comment by Kanu — March 26, 2008 @ 4:32 pm
4
I keep trying to tell you guys, D.B. Cooper used his loot to get a new identity and finance a municipal-level political campaign, and he resurfaced in Arkansas as . . . Mike Huckabee.
Einhorn is Finkle! FINKLE IS EINHORN!
Comment by Doug — March 26, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
5
Thanks for giving me hope that DB made it. The sheer audacity of that case makes me hope that the survived.
Comment by oc phil — March 26, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
6
DB Cooper made it. Robert Stack did not.
Comment by Grimey — March 26, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
7
New York Magazine had an interesting piece on DB Cooper not so long ago.
http://nymag.com/news/features/39593/
Comment by Chips O'Toole — March 26, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
8
I like to think that D.B Cooper got a new identity and resurfaced as Pete Carroll.
Comment by imisscollege — March 26, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
9
Kanu, baby, that was just beautiful!
Comment by Anonymous IV — March 26, 2008 @ 5:31 pm
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#9 - Yea that was pretty much the absolute shit. 100 spring break strength cocktails sir.
Comment by Brian — March 26, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
11
Hell yeah, D.B. made the jump.
Goes by the name Tommy these days. Teaching young pukes to chop-block down at Auburn.
Comment by I'M A MAN, I'M FORTY — March 26, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
12
A video for mustach Wednesday:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/5d63b00a4f
Comment by Peter Klima — March 27, 2008 @ 7:18 am
13
Spurrier is the Lindbergh baby.
Comment by Rich — March 27, 2008 @ 7:44 am
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Of course Cooper made it. He gave the cash to Lucius Vorenus on Journeyman.
Comment by Out of Conference — March 27, 2008 @ 7:49 am
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I am DB Cooper
Comment by Jim — March 27, 2008 @ 8:50 am
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#11- That’s not possible, considering his most recognizable side-of-the-head features. But then, maybe he was surgically altered. Now that I think about it…adding huge ears as a disguise: genius! Who would expect that? And Tubbs has displayed some pretty amazing survival instincts.
Comment by Because They Can — March 27, 2008 @ 8:52 am
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Somewhere on the west coast of Mexico, DB read this news on his laptop, and had a good laugh over mojitos with Andy Dufresne and Red.
Comment by decemberist — March 27, 2008 @ 9:11 am
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#17 - Decemberist - nice pull!
Comment by Out of Conference — March 27, 2008 @ 9:42 am