Monday, March 31, 2008

Buy some of D.B. Cooper's cash!

I posted about how some Seattle, Washington natives might have found famed then-terrorist, now folk hero D.B. Cooper's parachute. In the never-ending desire to cash in, the man who found a stack of Cooper's ill-gotten loot is now auctioning off 15 of the infamous $20 bills to the highest bidder.

Brian Ingram was an 8-year-old on a family camping trip when he discovered three bundles of deteriorating $20 bills on the shore of the Columbia River near Portland, Ore., in 1980. The money turned out to be some of the $200,000 ransom D.B. Cooper was carrying when he parachuted from a plane after a 1971 hijacking

"My wife and I have discussed it over a few years, and we just decided we wanted to share it with people," said Ingram, 36, of Mena, Ark.

- Source


"Wanted to share it with people," huh? That's one way to put it. Another would be, "we decided that with the recent news story and renewed interest, now would be a great time to cash in on some serious dough! Show me the money, bitches!" Although, good for them. What the hell else are they going to do with a bunch of partially decomposed $20 bills?

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