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Who Do You Believe?.....

posted 4 years ago by Jeepster (1145)
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IF anybody. Of course you don’t have to believe that anybody showcased in this show is/was actually D.B. Cooper but if anyone here did pique your interest, who was it & why? As for me I think Jo Weber’s account is the least credible. For all I know the guy could’ve been but I’d be personally disappointed if Duane Weber turned out to be Cooper. Her reasoning at best was absurd. “He liked to stare out over the water”. C’mon! The guy took a picture & shouted “Geronimo!” How lame is that? That was her reason? Thing is I thought that poor Jo was a bit “off” & that dude who was with her who was her enabler I wanted to punch in the face for being dumb. So was that guy who was in the forrest, there are no shortage of oddballs & freaks in this documentary.

The strange thing about this show is everyone from the suspects to everybody else, including the flight crew & police/FBI all came off as weirdos & very strange people. At least I thought so, you may have a different opinion.

Next up is “Barbara” Dayton, I don’t believe for a second that she/he was ever D.B. Cooper & the reasons that were given were dumb, especially the so called girlfriend of the other guy screaming in terror because she “saw” it. Pfftt. Barbara was just a freak show I’m afraid & I don’t care who I get flamed by for saying it, it’s the way I feel.

That other lady Marla Cooper, annoyed the crap out of me by mugging for the camera swearing up & down that she with no doubt knew who D.B. Cooper was, (her uncle “LD” supposedly) but she gave no explanation why & by what proof. She smiled so much because she got her 15 minutes of fame. So that already eliminated most everybody from the program for me.

The only one that even got me wondering was Richard McCoy, who among all of the suspects might have been a possibility. Do I think he was? No, but again he came the closest to being a viable possibility but what ruined it for me was why in the hell would he try hijacking another plane just a few months later? That’s not only major stupid it just plain ruins the mystique of the whole D.B. Cooper thing. What say you all?

[–] yvesyves (681) 4 years ago

Incredible story, can't believe i never heard of it before!! The producers of course did all the montage on purpose to make it exciting and mysterious to watch but it was really well made.

The lady Marla Cooper to me is the least believable, she is pretty, takes good care of herself, has a rather sexy dress on for the interview, no doubt that a few years ago she must been really attractive getting tons of attention from men, all that to say she seems to me like an attention seeker wanting to be in the spotlight... Besides I really doubt the hijacker would have used his real name...

I think the most believable is McCoy, he really looked like the drawing from the FBI, and when you think about it how many guys would actually have the type of knowledge, dare and have the balls to hijack a plane and jump in mid air in the middle of nowhere? To really execute the heist, not just talk about it in their living room. I really guess not that many, so the fact that he did it successfully once implied that he could do it a second time with success and also probably give him the confidence to do it again- would he want to do it again.
As they say in the documentary the bag they gave Cooper didn't have any zip or handle so may be while jumping he really could have lost grasp of it or the bag could have opened (or may be of course if small enough he stuffed it in his jacket) but if so then he might have lost the money.

[–] Jeepster (1145) 4 years ago

D.B. Cooper is something I’ve known for quite awhile now, ever since I was a kid. It was on a old “In Search Of” episode. If you never heard of it, it was a program narrated by Leonard Nimoy, a half hour show that dealt with legends, myths, dinosaurs in Africa, whatever became of the Ark of the Covenant, Noah’s Ark, stuff like that where they delved into these subjects seriously with any historical facts that they had. Well one of these episodes dealt with the story of D.B. Cooper so since then I’ve learned about it & remembered it. Heck I believe it did a better job in 30 minutes than this show did in 2 hours. This has to be 70’s/80’s when the program aired.

We’ve both come to the same conclusion it seems regarding Marla Cooper since you already have read what I had to say, it seems we think alike on these matters. Again I think it’s her 15 minutes & yes she is flashing those pearly whites & a little boobie there so I think that’s where she’s at. Like that guy said “Well she believes what she’s saying”

McCoy is the best prospect but you never specified whether or not you actually believed he was the one. He would’ve been dumb to talk about hijackings, etc to anybody if he was & it’s hysterical that the bag they gave Cooper didn’t have a zipper! LOL! The guy should’ve said something about that, but that old guy who spends his time walking around in the forest thought that Cooper couldn’t have possibly survived the jump & landing. How difficult that really is I don’t know. It was at night & in the rain & I guess you are at the mercy of the winds & other stuff where you may not avoid landing into the side of a cliff or a tree & getting killed but one would think his body would’ve turned up unless it was eaten by whatever wildlife was there if there were bears, wolves, etc. It’s still fun to think about though, even after all this time. The guy went on to be become this legend, even though no one thought anything of him while they were right in front in him. Classic case of being more thought of after the case, but we all need something to ponder about.

[–] yvesyves (681) 4 years ago

I would tend to think McCoy because once again you'd have to be really crazy and have balls of steel to attempt this so i guess there are really not many guys other than the one who did it the first time who would have the same nerves as the guy of the first heist.

All in all for me it depends where did the guy land, on a cliff on top of trees or in the river then he might not have survived, if he managed to land on land then I would believe he had a great chance to get away, even if cold and rainy any fit guy could survive a few hours until the sun came up.

[–] ketaset84 (11) 4 years ago

First thing I thought of was that Marla woman was how freaking old is she. She was 8 in 1971 she didn't look 58 but then again it seemed obvious fit HBO purposely did not get into too much detail with every testimony in person or else they wouldn't have an actual feature to present.
I agree with both of you if I had to make a choice McCoy is the most likely one, tho I will say, that aside from that Old Woman Jo's definitive Geronimo explanation that story had the 2nd most possibly convincing and if not alluring mysterious element that seemed intriguing. sorry for the grammatical nightmare above I should have chose a better time to reply back to this not using voice to text.
Did either of y'all find yourself asking a lot of questions that actually could have been mentioned throughout the whole documentary? But I suppose such a question can answer itself if I do read the second sentence that I mentioned here...
I would have been far happier if HBO did the hacky kind of thing reading it out into two or three episodes but at least revealed certain facts the viewer no doubt is asking throughout each person's testimony. It was as if they were purposefully lazy or with holding a lot of stuff just to help sell the initial product

[–] buzzlightbeer (1901) 2 years ago

i have to disagree with you about webber. Him buying two cars for cash months after the hijacking is interesting. And some of the other details. Those hard details are the best of the ones presented here, imo, but jo's anecdotal memories could be BS. Hard to know for sure.

I think visually Mccoy looked the most like the drawing.

I wonder if there is a way to know, conclusively.