00:00Welcome to the Dark Mystery Lounge. Today we talk about a bizarre subject. Today we talk about the vanishing of D.B. Cooper.
00:13On November 24, 1971, the day before Thanksgiving in Portland, Oregon, a 40-year-old man called Dan Cooper bought a flight ticket to Seattle, Washington.
00:27He was wearing a tuxedo and black sunglasses and was carrying a black suitcase. Dan entered the plane and sat in the back seat next to the flight attendant's seats.
00:40Shortly after the plane took off, Dan gave a piece of paper to Florence, one of the attendants on the plane.
00:48She dismissed it as she saw that was his phone number and he was only flirting with her.
00:55But he whispered to her, you better read the paper.
01:01Florence started reading the paper and was shocked. It says he have a bomb in the suitcase and she needs to keep calm.
01:12She was scared and once she turned her head to look at him, he opened the suitcase and showed her the bomb.
01:19She was stunned and didn't know what to do.
01:24Then Dan gave her another note saying that he wants four bare shoes and $200,000 in the category of $20 each one.
01:34She freaked out. I ran to the pilot and showed him the notes. He realized it was not a joke and the plane was indeed hijacked.
01:46The pilot contacted the Seattle control tower telling them what happened. Authorities moved immediately and they brought what he needed.
01:58After arrival, they released all passengers except five members of the crew, who Cooper ordered to keep them.
02:11And after picking up the money, he demanded the pilot to take the plane to Mexico City.
02:16Per Cooper orders, the pilot was flying at an altitude less than 10,000 feet and at speeds lower than 200 knots per hour.
02:31The plane stayed like that until reached Rio Nevada.
02:41But to the remaining five members of the crew's surprise, Cooper suddenly vanished.
02:48The crew was stunned. They couldn't find a trace for him.
02:52He simply just vanished. Even people that worked at the airport did not recall seeing anyone jump from the plane at all.
03:00After that, multiple envelopes started to reach various American newspapers and the sender was one person.
03:10It was D. B. Cooper.
03:13The first letter was received five days after the kidnapping and it said,
03:22attention. Thank you for the hospitality. I've been suffering from routine.
03:29The second letter said, I enjoyed the Grey Cup and leaving Vancouver. Thanks for hosting.
03:37The third letter said, I'm alive and I live well in my city. I am the regime that defeated the Earth.
03:54The fourth letter said, advance retirement and complaining.
04:02The fifth letter said,
04:04gentlemen, I knew from the beginning that I wouldn't get caught.
04:09I did not steal because it was romantic or heroic or anything like that.
04:15I am not the modern day Robin Hood. Unfortunately, I only have 14 months to live.
04:22My life was a life of hate, hunger, poverty and more hate.
04:27And it seemed to me that was the quickest way to make money and some peace of mind.
04:33I don't blame people for hating me or wanting to arrest me and punish me, which won't happen.
04:40I'm not a crazy killer. I never even had a speeding ticket. Thanks for your attention.
04:50The sixth and the final letter said, this letter is to let you know that I'm not dead, but alive.
04:58And I have just returned from the Bahamas. So your city members can stop chasing me there.
05:05This is a proof of how stupid the government is. I like the articles about my story.
05:12But you can't stop now, cause DB Cooper is not real.
05:18I had to do something to apply what my uncle taught me.
05:22My uncle who gave so much to this stupid border and left me nothing.
05:28I had to do what I did to relieve the frustration.
05:32And now I'm traveling the world and no one can catch me, cause I'm smarter than the system.
05:48DB Cooper later stopped after that one.
05:51Investigators were not able to match any of the handwriting to the two notes that was given to the flight attendants on the plane.
06:00Investigations continued to include over 800 suspects, but there was no match.
06:10After years of investigation, case was closed and DB Cooper was never found.
06:17Maybe he's still alive or maybe he's not.
06:21So what do you think?
06:25Was it someone who was trying to have fun?
06:28Or was it a planned mission by more than just one person?
06:33Well, I guess for now we will never know.
06:37Thank you for hanging out with me in the Dark Mystery Lounge.
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06:46That was Anubis. Take care. Until we meet again.
