"Did Cooper survive? I have no idea. But as long as that possibility cannot be dismissed, the legend of D.B. Cooper will no-doubt persist." Best end line of all time
amazing storytelling, but honestly my favorite part was the introduction. the plane turning, and showing the red highlighted Dan Cooper. Him jumping, and the audio playing. the landing, with birds flying out from the landing spot, and the growing rain following. wonderful.
I still love the theory that he didn't jump at all and actually just hid in the plane and then somehow got away after they landed. It's completely unrealistic but really fun to imagine
I think the most interesting part of this is the motive. It seems like Cooper would have to have been extremely brave, stupid, or desperate to jump blindly into a rainstorm without much idea of where you are.
@ctrlaltcreate The fact that several bricks of money not inside of any bag were found buried on that beach gives a strong indication that he survived. The simple explanation is that they got the drop zone wrong, he jumped later than they thought, landed near that beach and buried the money. Simply walked into town and rented a hotel that very night. It's not that hard.
@ctrlaltcreate I very much doubt if he could calculate the exact spot he would land without knowledge from the cockpit, I also doubt if special forces are trained to jump in the conditions he was supposed to have jumped in .despite what others have said I believe he was still in the plane when it landed.
Imagine if he's still alive, he's 90 years old and living in a Nursing home. He tells a nurse working there that he is D.B Cooper but the nurse says ''sure grandpa, let's get you to bed.''
@The One I had no idea who DB Cooper was before watching this the first time just over a year ago. No one in my circles have heard of him, either. It's likely he's not a particularly common case.
The security on planes before 9/11 was absolutely ridiculous. This man bought a ticket with a fake name, smoked cigars on the plane and carried a briefcase with TNT sticks inside. Absolutely wild
@Jose Trejo No, I need to be taken more seriously. The 1971 Northwest hijacking is an interesting but trivial topic in the big scheme of things. Nuclear war is not trivial.
One of the most puzzling cases I've heard. It puzzles me so much because there are so many suspects with so little evidence. No idea if he's even alive or dead.
@T Man it's not that hard to start a fire if you have say, matches in your pants and survive a day or two in a forest, you won't die instantly. Especially if you have military experience.
Just watched the Netflix special on DB Cooper. Lemmino's is the superior work, despite not having access to a number of witnesses, smaller budget, etc. Bravo Lemmino!
I watched it to and I agree with Tom that it had to be Robert Rackstraw. He never actually denied it. At the beginning of the documentary he says "was it infamous or famous, I thought it was the famous DB Cooper.." I think it was him..
@B0ZP0 something NOT being as informative as one of LEMMiNO's videos has become a universal fact. there are yt channels now which mimic his style of video documentary and topic selection, others are devoted just to react to his videos. LEMMiNO is an icon.
@Michal Waldner Yeah, I watched it, but it didn't feel like it was as informative as LEMMiNO's. Pretty strange for some1 to say that, but that's just my opinion.
i have a feeling that, cooper did survive but, when trying to descend the stairway he got violently thrown off the stairway because of the air and the shaking of the stairway, he then accidentally let go of the briefcase, which would explain the money never being used, the rubber band surviving for far longer but the case and the other money took the brunt of the erosion, then after landing cooper just gave up and left
@Szlęk Michał The $$$ was in a bag provided by the FBI. He tried to strap the bag, but he ran out of time because Portland was below him , he had to jump. His ride was waiting. Dan Gryder solved this case a year ago. 2 part video. 3 hours long.
25:02 Holy shit. Weber died in 1995, and told that to his wife on his deathbed, right? By 1995, the hijacker would have been known as ‘D. B. Cooper’ for over two decades. But that wasn’t his name, was it? The hijacker checked into his flight as *Dan* Cooper, and the D. B. moniker came up _after._ If Weber had been just chasing clout, he would have told his wife that he was ‘D.B’ Cooper. But he didn’t. He said he was *Dan* Cooper. Throughout the video, we saw how quickly the D. B. Cooper moniker spread. Even newspapers _at the time_ used it. Who, in 1995, would have remembered his name was actually Dan? Who else-but Cooper himself?
@Kei Leyk people do weird shit when they’re about to die. Some people just want to leave their mark on the world before they go forever, and if that was Weber’s goal, he did well.
He's as likely as anybody else to be D.B. though regardless. The news did already state that Dan was the real name on the ticket that day, and it wouldn't be able much for him to simply lie like half the millions of others have done on their deathbed to their lives ones about being criminal masterminds or whatnot. His wife (this isn't meant to be rude) doesn't even remember **exactly** what his last words were, she was shocked and had to write down the words herself therefore forgetting everything else that he had talked about. That puts a big stain on the credibility over the whole thing. Again, you could be right because any slightly olive guy alive during that time could be him lol (if he 100% survived) that's the fun of it all. But there's many more suspects a foot that also have very compelling arguments even better than Weber's that wasn't brought up here, if you can looking into those will shock you with the similarities to what we presume D.B.'s profile picture as.
i used to live on the washougal river. he’s a local legend there. there’s a small community on the river called Salmon Falls and they all believe that he survived. over the years no one has ever found any remains and there’s a huge hunting community there, so they would have found something by now.
@Maddie B. lol you clearly don’t know much about the case. It was light rain that evening with a 14 mile an hour wind. Whoop de damn doo! What did you think he jumped out in the middle of a hurricane?
Saying “they would have found something by now” tells me you’ve not spent very much time in the wilderness. There are infinite places his body could be that aren’t accessible to hunters, hikers, even animals. And the “wilderness” is hundreds of square miles that he could have dropped into
So I had watched this way before watching the Netflix 'doc' and just had to come back to say Lemmino did a way better job in half an hour than the clowns in the Netflix show did in 4 episodes.
Not to beat a dead horse, but who would do better? A: A guy that has been doing this for almost a decade and has clear passion for what he does Or B: The people that defended having cuties on their platform and keep making seasons of big mouth
@Keep Scrolling, Buddy It's actually not French-Canadian. It's Belgian, Franco-Belgian, Dan Cooper is a Canadian character. He's a test pilot in the RCAF, and when I was 13 years old, I called the Seattle FBI and informed them of the connection after having noticed mentions of the character in Tin-Tin detective books at my local library, 10 miles from the Canadian border. Turns out, someone else called them with the tip just days before. They had 35 years and they beat me by days. Sigh.
Dude, your story telling is just amazing, i loved the video and it kept me on the edge of my chair the whole time. It was very interesting and I am glad i stumbled upon it!!!
It’s crazy to think that a man with no coordination on his exact location managed to have the courage to jump out of a 727 with a old military parachute and a dummy chute without a plan, Cooper was calm and strategic so it seems he jumped out knowing exactly the area which he was by some miracle and survived, either he was an extremely smart individual with an experienced background, or it was truly a leap of faith and wether DB cooper died or lived remains a mystery, I believe it’s the first one because the fact he provided so much information about what he did and didn’t know he probably mislead the authorities highly and watched these stories about himself with a grin on his face.
Here is the thing guys, his landing zone was around the St. Helens area of Oregon. If he died from the fall, any evidence or remains would have been destroyed by the Mt. St Helens eruption in 1980.
I hear you and I raise you this: What if McCoy was actually Cooper, except this time he was more prepared with the skydiving equipment and clothing, the flight route (choosing his hometown bc of the traumatic experience of fighting the wilderness last time), a lighter weapon, and simply made a mistake when not retrieving the note, all because he had learned from his previous attempt? I honestly think he died on the jump tho lol
@Jaspersonality in a bank but not in a bar or hundreds of other financial transactions. and that wasn't a time when every shop was checking, nor is 20 a difficult to circulate amount even now.
@Jaspersonality That's a fair point. Maybe he realized that after the heist (if he survived)? Even if the case went cold, someone would probably look up the list of missing bills at some point and find a match. Hell, we keep wondering if he survived, but we never ask if he managed to keep the money after the drop. If he did live, who's to say he didn't have to abandon the cash? He was stuck in the woods, so I imagine holding onto those massive bags of bills isn't as important as trying to fend off wildlife from mauling him, or staving off hypothermia because he didn't pack anything more than a suit and loafers.
@Commander Jason I don't mean that he directly put the bills into a bank. I mean that if he ever used them, they'd end up in circulation and eventually make their way through banks (and cash registers, etc.). It'd be really unlikely for them to never show up, unless he never spent them.
it doesn't matter how many times i watch a video/movie/documentary on this case, i'm constantly stuck between "he jumped when he couldn't see and died in the landing or in the days after" and "the crew was in on it somehow, he got off in Seattle, and this is one of the few times that a group of people kept a secret to their graves." it feels like every theory we have has some sort of hole of in it. regardless, i've thoroughly enjoyed listening to everything you've researched. an absolutely baffling story.
Within months of this hijacking, 5 other men did copycat hijackings, and all 5 of them survived their parachute escapes. There are also 3 other men who attempted and survived hijackings/parachute escapes under very similar circumstances as Cooper, and with little to no injuries afterwards. Some of them even had *worse* conditions than him, like double the windspeed, colder weather, wearing even less protective clothing, or having no pre-existing familiarity with parachuting/planes. What I'm saying is, it's actually totally possible he survived, despite how unlikely it seems. Also as of 2020, there is some new evidence that the cash was buried or went into the water at least a few months after the hijacking. Apparently algae that only blooms during the springtime was found on the bills, which would be at least 3 months after the hijacking. All three bundles that were found were in tact, except for 10 bills missing from one of the bundles, which some people think was removed intentionally.
I think it’s also worth mentioning the Dan Cooper comic was also available in Europe, so it’s possible Cooper could’ve came across it while serving in the military there
That show is a mess. I felt so bad for Rackstraw when the "invesigators" approached him, and tried to convince him with their own views. That's just harassment.
This and the zodiac happened within 4 years of each other. Two of the most interesting unsolved crimes ever. I love reading and hearing about the cases but it's always disappointing because I don't think we will ever solve it.
My theory for this is that Cooper is a French-Canadian who formerly lived in Quebec (maybe) and then lived to Portland. He was a former Paratrooper who served during Vietnam War. Due to the military background he was more familliar with the older military parachute so he used that instead of the newer parachute and accidently used the dummy parachute which caused him to lose it when he jumped. After he landed he looked for the money but didnt find it. Tina bar I have no idea... After he searched for it he just started to walk to Portland and continued his life.
No matter if he's a criminal or not, He got the real balls of steel jumping out of a flying aircraft with no vision of where you're gonna land, neither did he harm any of the passengers or the crew in charge. Major props for that.
How does one man make such high quality videos. You could literally put this on tv and everyone would think it's some high production documentary series
I think he has a whole production team to help him make his videos. Edit: I just realised it is actually just a one man team. My god, this guy has too many time on his hands to make videos of this quality.
Gosh I really love your videos. And this one: I've wondered about him for years. No new information, but then there probably never will be. It was just awesome to see all the information presented, and in your tremendously compelling way. You're the best.
Even now a couple of years later, this remains one of my all-time favourite videos on KZclip! My 6 year old daughter is even getting into the Cooper story!!! I’ve always tended to gravitate towards Weber as the guy, but nothing is definitive enough. I’d sure like to know if the FBI came up with any suspects that would have fit the description of not having survived the jump (since many have concluded Cooper didn’t make it). Are there any suspects that were never seen alive again after the day of the hijacking?
Also when i hear McCoys death bed confession i just think of unsolved when Ryan and Shane joke about that "..i have a confession..im the phantom of the skies.." hahaha
@Azm1 agreed even his top 10s was perfect content. stopped watching lemmino cause he didnt make them nomore but little did i realize the quality was still there
I'd have thought a person with a military background would be more prepared for the weather they're going to face. This is one of those legendary mysteries that will likely never be solved but I'll forever be checking every few years to see if it was ever figured out. Incredible video. As usual
@Santumi Apparently he had a large brown paper bag with him that no one ever saw inside of. Some of the investigators theorized that he may have had protective skydiving gear in it, like boots, gloves, goggles, and possibly a helmet. He also had a raincoat with him at the time, and I personally feel like he could've been wearing long-johns under his clothes. Also, literally 2 months later someone did a similar hijacking in Colorado. It was January then, so even colder, and the guy was only wearing a shirt, pants, and cowboy boots(lol). He landed in the snow and was perfectly fine, no injuries/hypothermia/frostbite/etc.
This guy never fails to surprise me, even though the only 2 videos I've watched are this and the Cicada 3301 video. I wish there were more puzzles like 3301, Gravity Falls was a core part of my childhood, I was so sad when I watched the finale, I didn't even know the scavenger hunt was out then but man, those interactive puzzles are the things I love, even if I'm not the best at them.
If I had a dollar for every time someone comments “This channel is the definition of quality over quantity” I would have as much as Dan Cooper’s ransom money.
@Mary McNally Have you seen the lists of all those serial numbers? They weren’t in numerical order and would have had to be checked individually by a person. I doubt anyone ever checked one serial number out lol😂
I love this documentary so much, it’s incredibly well done and I love your delivery and humour combined with amazing information and aesthetic. The music is perfect as well, I especially love that main theme played at the start and the end, you couldn’t have chosen a better song.
Brother I dont know your name but your videos have spoiled me. I am now expecting every other youtube documentary/video essay to be as great and amazing as this one. The first one I saw was the missing malaysian flight video and it blew my mind that it was available on youtube for free. I have to say your animation, editing ,pacing ,voice over work+ storytelling are absolutely incredible. I hope you cover more mystery cases and keep doing the good work and in the process enjoy doing it.I wish you can post more regularly,at least a video every month. I guess that would be asking a lot since now you are making almost an hour long videos which are no less than a movie. Have a great life ahead and cant wait to see your next video.
A story is supposed to encapsulate you and make you wonder if you searched the area if you could potentially find Dan Cooper's body or at the very least theorize his survival, LEMMiNO managed to do that for free there's no other channel that can match his perfection of grabbing your attention.
Imagine that D.B Cooper has watched this with a Margerita on a beach somewhere warm where he is happily retired. I love this story. It's a lot like the escape from Alcatraz. These are the stuff of legend that really inspire admiration for people who beat the odds that weighed heavily against them. I'm happy this is one of those stories that, to this day, remain unsolved. It's perfect that way.
My former boss was named DT “Dan” Cooper and bore a striking resemblance to DB Cooper. Apparently enough so that the FBI came to Tampa to have a chat with him. I looked at the sketch and I would have absolutely believed it was him.
Someone give this mans his own series on Netflix already. This video quality, matched with its intriguing content gives any KZclipr on this platform a run for their money.
Two years passed and still...shiver. The intro and outro of this video somehow awaken something in me. Tq so much for the hard work sir. U are amazing💓
Wouldn’t this be a great opening mission in a Black Ops game? It would be so subtle but when you know it’s an “oh snap” moment, also great for fictional speculation.
@Rene Molina you can watch KZclip with data or from any open wifi KZclip is free you can watch anything at anytime your internet is something else you pay to your internet provider not KZclip
For 10:00 it’s easy to guess what happened. All Cooper did was extend the stairs… and not jump for a good few minutes. The path does go across the river, after all
10:04 I love your humor 😂😂. also, isn't it ironic, thinking you always make mystery content, that you never "LEMMINO", but light up more questions instead? haha! keep doing you man, you do well!
I would just like to point out that just a few years ago this guy was making top 10 rage comic videos and now he makes literal documentaries that rival anything on TV. Way to glow up man. Best youtube channel period.
@Die Faust Ah okay... by the way is there a way to automatically send you notifications every few hours? Not that would use it on you! Me? Never hahahaha...
Bro this is the first video of yours I've ever seen, and I can just say holy crap. If the rest of your channel is like this, there will most definitely be a subscription coming from me. Great job
I watched this one time long time ago, and didn't knew anything about D.B Cooper. So weird, i'm nearly 15 years late, but a few weeks ago i started watching Prison Break for the first time and enjoy it, so now i wanna see this video again and understand more about the Cooper case :)
@viharsarok he knew where he starts, where they stopped, and the destination. Im pretty sure he had enough information on where they were passing. And it doesnt matter anyway cause judging from what we saw its pretty clear to say he didnt have a specific landing zone in mind.
@McTasteMe Did you watch the video? He (probably) knew the territory where he originally intended to jump but they were unable to take that route. He didn't know the territory where he actually jumped.
@viharsarok but as you can see it did so he knew the territory, and giving the time period and the way he did it, room for error was very little up until the point of jumping out of the plane
A daring parachute escape from a flying 727 somewhere between re- a search was made of the plane immediately- we don't know who he was, where he came from, or where he went- I expect that we'll keep looking uh until we find him or find out what happened.
Love your graphics. I'm starting to learn how to do them for a future film project I'm starting soon. The way you communicate the facts is brilliant and very creative. Thanks for your work.
I think they should examine accounts of the suspect who confessed on his deathbed. I think the only reason he would have said something such as he did that wasn’t true would have been if he had a very… chaotic personality. I reckon he’s the most likely suspect.
@Darthvader2345 i didn't say anything that wasn't true at the time. Nothings wrong with my comment I just implied living long isn't uncommon. And she did live a long life thats a fact.
Always come back here every once and a while just to remind myself what a fucking amazing documentary looks like. And *free to view* no less! Well done.
I don't remember who said it but I remember a theory I read a long time ago which stated that Dan may have been a CIA agent who simply did it for the thrill (or perhaps as a training mission but that's less likely). It'd explain the familiarity with a plane the CIA had used, it'd explain why no money was ever spent since it wasn't about the money, it'd explain the burried money since maybe he went back and burried it years later for the fun of it, it'd explain where he got the bomb from and it'd explain Dan keeping his cool through all this obviously stressfull situation. The only thing it doesn't explain is how he survived the landing or how little he cared about the flight path, however I've personally said before that the only evidence for Dan jumping when it was officially thought he did was a "vibration" in the plane that isn't guranteed to have been caused by Cooper.
[Credits, References, and More]
www.lemmi.no/p/the-search-for-d-b-cooper
I hear Turncoat at 10:50 Unus Annus Tribute lmao
@Korrthos why
@Korrthos i
How did they know what color his eyes or how light or dark they were when he wore dark sunglasses?
Imagine D. B. Cooper, now 90 years old, is watching this and is basically just thinking “fuckin gottem.”
@Guest5647 🤔🤨🤔🧐😳😨😢😱
Spent his whole life looking over his shoulder, couldn't trust a soul, lost the money on the way down. Tena Bar money find is proof.
If I was Cooper, I'd post a comment just like this.
Lmao
"Did Cooper survive? I have no idea. But as long as that possibility cannot be dismissed, the legend of D.B. Cooper will no-doubt persist."
Best end line of all time
The Legend of Cooper
Breath of the Wild
Ah, he would be 80. Besides he is long since passed away. Dan Gryder finished this case a year ago.
@Ningemo Genie me to
not only was that line chilling, he literally starts rapping
Yeah, but did DB Cooper really exist ?
amazing storytelling, but honestly my favorite part was the introduction. the plane turning, and showing the red highlighted Dan Cooper. Him jumping, and the audio playing. the landing, with birds flying out from the landing spot, and the growing rain following. wonderful.
@Shreyam Singh You could've also found it in the credits on the lemmino website
It kinda feels like the carmen sandiego show
@Hakai101 thanks!
@Shreyam Singh Hard Heart by Elliot
@Hakai101 like the music that plays in right at the intro
I still love the theory that he didn't jump at all and actually just hid in the plane and then somehow got away after they landed. It's completely unrealistic but really fun to imagine
@Quasar_Bacon You mean toxic kids? And which one? There are a plethora of them here. Which ones are you talking about?
@Aden Yuan toxic man go BRRRRRRRR-
@Martin Gray sky diving planes arent pressurized dude
@brem - They come and go, like I’m some kind of important preacher
I think the most interesting part of this is the motive. It seems like Cooper would have to have been extremely brave, stupid, or desperate to jump blindly into a rainstorm without much idea of where you are.
@ctrlaltcreate The fact that several bricks of money not inside of any bag were found buried on that beach gives a strong indication that he survived. The simple explanation is that they got the drop zone wrong, he jumped later than they thought, landed near that beach and buried the money. Simply walked into town and rented a hotel that very night. It's not that hard.
@ctrlaltcreate I very much doubt if he could calculate the exact spot he would land without knowledge from the cockpit, I also doubt if special forces are trained to jump in the conditions he was supposed to have jumped in .despite what others have said I believe he was still in the plane when it landed.
@Black beast you won't get it. And is better that way.
Imagine if he's still alive, he's 90 years old and living in a Nursing home. He tells a nurse working there that he is D.B Cooper but the nurse says ''sure grandpa, let's get you to bed.''
@The One I had no idea who DB Cooper was before watching this the first time just over a year ago.
No one in my circles have heard of him, either. It's likely he's not a particularly common case.
@ShrekNSkrub Gaming being so so much that they shut it down now but I believe it will still pass for a while but hes probably dead most likely by now
@ShrekNSkrub Gaming its the only known case in the fbi that has never been really solved or no leads in a very long time
@ShrekNSkrub Gaming that doesnt make sense my g Im pretty sure I heard of it and almost everyone 2
The security on planes before 9/11 was absolutely ridiculous. This man bought a ticket with a fake name, smoked cigars on the plane and carried a briefcase with TNT sticks inside. Absolutely wild
@CJ And still are. If you own a plane, you can smoke on it.
To me tho, the most ridiculous thing is that they lost the cigarettes with the definitive DNA evidence...
@Jose Trejo No, I need to be taken more seriously. The 1971 Northwest hijacking is an interesting but trivial topic in the big scheme of things. Nuclear war is not trivial.
Maybe the real DB Cooper were the friends we made along the way
Maby
i hate this
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@Y C Winnie the Pooh.
Now let's go home.
One of the most puzzling cases I've heard. It puzzles me so much because there are so many suspects with so little evidence. No idea if he's even alive or dead.
@lilin but it's only likely that he was in the military no? He theoretically could've just not been in it or had not properly planned the descent.
@T Man it's not that hard to start a fire if you have say, matches in your pants and survive a day or two in a forest, you won't die instantly. Especially if you have military experience.
Just watched the Netflix special on DB Cooper. Lemmino's is the superior work, despite not having access to a number of witnesses, smaller budget, etc. Bravo Lemmino!
I watched it to and I agree with Tom that it had to be Robert Rackstraw. He never actually denied it. At the beginning of the documentary he says "was it infamous or famous, I thought it was the famous DB Cooper.." I think it was him..
@B0ZP0 something NOT being as informative as one of LEMMiNO's videos has become a universal fact. there are yt channels now which mimic his style of video documentary and topic selection, others are devoted just to react to his videos. LEMMiNO is an icon.
@Michal Waldner Yeah, I watched it, but it didn't feel like it was as informative as LEMMiNO's. Pretty strange for some1 to say that, but that's just my opinion.
@Faisal Alghamdi
D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?! - Netflix
I love how close all of the suspects look like to the sketch of D.B Cooper while having eerily similar backgrounds
Just tells us there’s a lot of average looking white men with military backgrounds. Not that shocking
@ki pasme too then I saw the next one then the next one💀
It made me wonder how many of "me" there are out there, and the fact that I look like the first sketch is eerie...
But I was born in 2004 so...
Well, yeah, that's kind of how suspect lists work
I'm an asshole, I know, but I just had to
i have a feeling that, cooper did survive but, when trying to descend the stairway he got violently thrown off the stairway because of the air and the shaking of the stairway, he then accidentally let go of the briefcase, which would explain the money never being used, the rubber band surviving for far longer but the case and the other money took the brunt of the erosion, then after landing cooper just gave up and left
@Szlęk Michał The $$$ was in a bag provided by the FBI. He tried to strap the bag, but he ran out of time because Portland was below him , he had to jump.
His ride was waiting.
Dan Gryder solved this case a year ago. 2 part video. 3 hours long.
@Jordan Lobo I doubt that since he supposedly tried to put the money in one of the parachutes
@Szlęk Michał unless if the briefcase was custom made to be attached/strapped to the body, it is still very possible it would've broken off
Didnt he strap the briefcase to himself?
@Zeemish no he used only the canopy like a little bag
After DB Cooper did everything, he went to run the largest movie review and database website ever. The name of the website is a confession. IMDB.
@Xenon_Ninja Father? Ghost head? Founder?
Official name means quite little
Fuck yes, this will forever be my head cannon
😅
@xyz facts they trippin
Good one
It has happened 50 years ago, which means Cooper is pretty old by now. We could be very close to finding out who he was if he wrote it in his will.
@anonymous Browsing Uncle Chael is from Oregon...🤔
@JoeOnYTfake makeup
@Berry 😂 literally the funniest shit ive ever ever seen . Just outta no where has that information
@anonymous Browsing an irrefutable source
He died recently . According to ufc fighter chael sonnen
25:02 Holy shit. Weber died in 1995, and told that to his wife on his deathbed, right? By 1995, the hijacker would have been known as ‘D. B. Cooper’ for over two decades. But that wasn’t his name, was it? The hijacker checked into his flight as *Dan* Cooper, and the D. B. moniker came up _after._
If Weber had been just chasing clout, he would have told his wife that he was ‘D.B’ Cooper. But he didn’t. He said he was *Dan* Cooper.
Throughout the video, we saw how quickly the D. B. Cooper moniker spread. Even newspapers _at the time_ used it. Who, in 1995, would have remembered his name was actually Dan?
Who else-but Cooper himself?
@Kei Leyk people do weird shit when they’re about to die. Some people just want to leave their mark on the world before they go forever, and if that was Weber’s goal, he did well.
Fair, except here we are talking about Dan Cooper nearly as frequently as D.B. Cooper
He's as likely as anybody else to be D.B. though regardless. The news did already state that Dan was the real name on the ticket that day, and it wouldn't be able much for him to simply lie like half the millions of others have done on their deathbed to their lives ones about being criminal masterminds or whatnot. His wife (this isn't meant to be rude) doesn't even remember **exactly** what his last words were, she was shocked and had to write down the words herself therefore forgetting everything else that he had talked about. That puts a big stain on the credibility over the whole thing.
Again, you could be right because any slightly olive guy alive during that time could be him lol (if he 100% survived) that's the fun of it all. But there's many more suspects a foot that also have very compelling arguments even better than Weber's that wasn't brought up here, if you can looking into those will shock you with the similarities to what we presume D.B.'s profile picture as.
Duane cooper
I’m sure that someone who would pretend to be d b cooper would bother to look up his actual name
i used to live on the washougal river. he’s a local legend there. there’s a small community on the river called Salmon Falls and they all believe that he survived. over the years no one has ever found any remains and there’s a huge hunting community there, so they would have found something by now.
@Maddie B. lol you clearly don’t know much about the case. It was light rain that evening with a 14 mile an hour wind. Whoop de damn doo! What did you think he jumped out in the middle of a hurricane?
@Steve Allencan you give me details on this statement, a source, and more information about whether they jumped in the same location and conditions?
Saying “they would have found something by now” tells me you’ve not spent very much time in the wilderness. There are infinite places his body could be that aren’t accessible to hunters, hikers, even animals. And the “wilderness” is hundreds of square miles that he could have dropped into
There were 5 Cooper copycats who while caught afterwards they all survived the jump.
Honestly, he deserved the money at this point
@Marco Monaldi courage is very replaceable with stupidity here, their word works tbh.
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So I had watched this way before watching the Netflix 'doc' and just had to come back to say Lemmino did a way better job in half an hour than the clowns in the Netflix show did in 4 episodes.
@TheFart9021O I had to look up what cuties was after reading this and oh my god what the hell is netflix even doing
@Primo X Same lol
Not to beat a dead horse, but who would do better?
A: A guy that has been doing this for almost a decade and has clear passion for what he does
Or
B: The people that defended having cuties on their platform and keep making seasons of big mouth
The fact that he was so nice during the hijack might suggest that he was in fact canadian.
@Keep Scrolling, Buddy It's actually not French-Canadian. It's Belgian, Franco-Belgian, Dan Cooper is a Canadian character. He's a test pilot in the RCAF, and when I was 13 years old, I called the Seattle FBI and informed them of the connection after having noticed mentions of the character in Tin-Tin detective books at my local library, 10 miles from the Canadian border. Turns out, someone else called them with the tip just days before. They had 35 years and they beat me by days. Sigh.
There is a French-Canadian comic book about jumping out of planes called Dan Cooper
Don’t believe me? Search it up!
I just remembered, the Finnish are very nice. He must be from Finland.
Because only Canadians are nice
No accent, tie, tie clip, cigarette brand all manufactured by companies unavailable in Canada.
i remember watching this back in the day and the fact that it still has better production quality than the netflix doc says how good LEMMiNO really is
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Dude, your story telling is just amazing, i loved the video and it kept me on the edge of my chair the whole time. It was very interesting and I am glad i stumbled upon it!!!
It’s crazy to think that a man with no coordination on his exact location managed to have the courage to jump out of a 727 with a old military parachute and a dummy chute without a plan, Cooper was calm and strategic so it seems he jumped out knowing exactly the area which he was by some miracle and survived, either he was an extremely smart individual with an experienced background, or it was truly a leap of faith and wether DB cooper died or lived remains a mystery, I believe it’s the first one because the fact he provided so much information about what he did and didn’t know he probably mislead the authorities highly and watched these stories about himself with a grin on his face.
At night…😵
Here is the thing guys, his landing zone was around the St. Helens area of Oregon. If he died from the fall, any evidence or remains would have been destroyed by the Mt. St Helens eruption in 1980.
chael sonnen was also contacted by the fbi to ask if he could share the information
Ufc fighter Chael sonnen knows who it is . Db cooper died recently
@FrigidLava That's basically my logic. This was one of the largest manhunts in history. I refuse to believe that they wouldn't have found his body
I hear you and I raise you this: What if McCoy was actually Cooper, except this time he was more prepared with the skydiving equipment and clothing, the flight route (choosing his hometown bc of the traumatic experience of fighting the wilderness last time), a lighter weapon, and simply made a mistake when not retrieving the note, all because he had learned from his previous attempt?
I honestly think he died on the jump tho lol
@Jaspersonality in a bank but not in a bar or hundreds of other financial transactions. and that wasn't a time when every shop was checking, nor is 20 a difficult to circulate amount even now.
@BabylonPatrol It was unusable money. Do any of you pay attention? Jesus
most people who find money would not give it to police.
@Jaspersonality That's a fair point. Maybe he realized that after the heist (if he survived)? Even if the case went cold, someone would probably look up the list of missing bills at some point and find a match. Hell, we keep wondering if he survived, but we never ask if he managed to keep the money after the drop. If he did live, who's to say he didn't have to abandon the cash? He was stuck in the woods, so I imagine holding onto those massive bags of bills isn't as important as trying to fend off wildlife from mauling him, or staving off hypothermia because he didn't pack anything more than a suit and loafers.
@Commander Jason I don't mean that he directly put the bills into a bank. I mean that if he ever used them, they'd end up in circulation and eventually make their way through banks (and cash registers, etc.). It'd be really unlikely for them to never show up, unless he never spent them.
"I don't have a grudge with your airline, I just have a grudge"
This man was an action hero wtf
He's batman
He's batman
Main character of this world
Imagine if the real DB Cooper is watching this video and smiling on his luck/experience...
it doesn't matter how many times i watch a video/movie/documentary on this case, i'm constantly stuck between "he jumped when he couldn't see and died in the landing or in the days after" and "the crew was in on it somehow, he got off in Seattle, and this is one of the few times that a group of people kept a secret to their graves." it feels like every theory we have has some sort of hole of in it. regardless, i've thoroughly enjoyed listening to everything you've researched. an absolutely baffling story.
Within months of this hijacking, 5 other men did copycat hijackings, and all 5 of them survived their parachute escapes. There are also 3 other men who attempted and survived hijackings/parachute escapes under very similar circumstances as Cooper, and with little to no injuries afterwards. Some of them even had *worse* conditions than him, like double the windspeed, colder weather, wearing even less protective clothing, or having no pre-existing familiarity with parachuting/planes. What I'm saying is, it's actually totally possible he survived, despite how unlikely it seems.
Also as of 2020, there is some new evidence that the cash was buried or went into the water at least a few months after the hijacking. Apparently algae that only blooms during the springtime was found on the bills, which would be at least 3 months after the hijacking. All three bundles that were found were in tact, except for 10 bills missing from one of the bundles, which some people think was removed intentionally.
I think it’s also worth mentioning the Dan Cooper comic was also available in Europe, so it’s possible Cooper could’ve came across it while serving in the military there
Hmm, but the first publishing was on the 25 November 1954, though maybe he was in Germany at the time, as a border guard after the war?
This is far superior to the Netflix documentary. Far more focussed, factual and compelling. The Netflix documentary is all over the place.
100%
came here to say this
That show is a mess. I felt so bad for Rackstraw when the "invesigators" approached him, and tried to convince him with their own views. That's just harassment.
This guy deserve his own Netflix documentary, such a well done, edited, narrated and organized story.
based on the comments it sounds like he got one, and it was still not as good as this video
This and the zodiac happened within 4 years of each other. Two of the most interesting unsolved crimes ever.
I love reading and hearing about the cases but it's always disappointing because I don't think we will ever solve it.
I always like to think Zodiac and Cooper worked together, or at least knew each other. I hate to think they were the same person.
Imagine being outplayed by a guy who wears sunglasses in the dark.
Best reply ever! 👍 2023
Okay!
Dude surely died on landing. 200000 dollars… what a drag lol
He does it to keep track of visions in his eyes.
Love that he went back to correct a 5cm conversion error. The attention to detail is so impressive here.
I love how dedicated this man is to his videos, they are masterpieces.
Maybe he is Cooper
shhhhhhhhhhh
My theory for this is that Cooper is a French-Canadian who formerly lived in Quebec (maybe) and then lived to Portland. He was a former Paratrooper who served during Vietnam War.
Due to the military background he was more familliar with the older military parachute so he used that instead of the newer parachute and accidently used the dummy parachute which caused him to lose it when he jumped. After he landed he looked for the money but didnt find it. Tina bar I have no idea... After he searched for it he just started to walk to Portland and continued his life.
No matter if he's a criminal or not, He got the real balls of steel jumping out of a flying aircraft with no vision of where you're gonna land, neither did he harm any of the passengers or the crew in charge. Major props for that.
“Coincidence?
…Yeah, coincidence.”
This made me laugh way harder than it should have
How does one man make such high quality videos. You could literally put this on tv and everyone would think it's some high production documentary series
He's not working alone, he had a team which doing research, write the script and animation also the editing much likely do by different person
because he post like 3 times a year. quality over quantity, takes his time
I think he has a whole production team to help him make his videos.
Edit: I just realised it is actually just a one man team. My god, this guy has too many time on his hands to make videos of this quality.
Ean Elijah De Guzman oh you was talking about the steve guy I thought you was talking about lemmino XD
Ean Elijah De Guzman what's wrong with his profile picture?
The rewatch ability of lemino is awesome
I knew I couldn't be the only one to rewatch one of these videos every few weeks lol
This man got 10+ views from me all because of the awesome intro
I come back to this Video every year just to be absolutely blown away by it's storytelling and beautiful visuals. One of the greatest on KZclip
Gosh I really love your videos. And this one: I've wondered about him for years. No new information, but then there probably never will be. It was just awesome to see all the information presented, and in your tremendously compelling way. You're the best.
Even DB cooper's theme heard at the beginning and end of the video is better than most documentaries today. Absolutely incredible that this is free.
Even now a couple of years later, this remains one of my all-time favourite videos on KZclip! My 6 year old daughter is even getting into the Cooper story!!!
I’ve always tended to gravitate towards Weber as the guy, but nothing is definitive enough. I’d sure like to know if the FBI came up with any suspects that would have fit the description of not having survived the jump (since many have concluded Cooper didn’t make it). Are there any suspects that were never seen alive again after the day of the hijacking?
I do not remember paying for *KZclip Premium.*
Also when i hear McCoys death bed confession i just think of unsolved when Ryan and Shane joke about that "..i have a confession..im the phantom of the skies.." hahaha
Indeed
@Azm1 agreed even his top 10s was perfect content. stopped watching lemmino cause he didnt make them nomore but little did i realize the quality was still there
you're videos are absolute class.
this is better than most documentaries i have ever watched.
this is insane. good work!!!
You always manage to make such good videos, mad respect man.
This guy really took life by the balls and played it like a video game.
I've watched and read a lot about this case and this video is excellent; it covers everything you need to know for the basics of the case. Well done.
This is one of the finest documentaries I’ve ever seen. Your content is always of the highest quality but this intro was the proverbial cherry on top.
every single potential suspect had me like "damn, that must be him" until i saw the next person
@I @fbi
Can confirm none of the suspects are correct, because it is me
LMAO same💀💀💀
The last two make the most sense
What if they were all D.B Cooper?
I'd have thought a person with a military background would be more prepared for the weather they're going to face. This is one of those legendary mysteries that will likely never be solved but I'll forever be checking every few years to see if it was ever figured out. Incredible video. As usual
@Santumi Apparently he had a large brown paper bag with him that no one ever saw inside of. Some of the investigators theorized that he may have had protective skydiving gear in it, like boots, gloves, goggles, and possibly a helmet. He also had a raincoat with him at the time, and I personally feel like he could've been wearing long-johns under his clothes.
Also, literally 2 months later someone did a similar hijacking in Colorado. It was January then, so even colder, and the guy was only wearing a shirt, pants, and cowboy boots(lol). He landed in the snow and was perfectly fine, no injuries/hypothermia/frostbite/etc.
@Steve Allen I mean, is it possible he wore more climate protection under his suit that was simply not noted?
Either that or it was nothing that concerned him so he dressed to fit in with the rest of the passengers.
my favourite thing about this case is that not only do we not know who did it, we don't know the exact details of how it happened
This guy never fails to surprise me, even though the only 2 videos I've watched are this and the Cicada 3301 video. I wish there were more puzzles like 3301, Gravity Falls was a core part of my childhood, I was so sad when I watched the finale, I didn't even know the scavenger hunt was out then but man, those interactive puzzles are the things I love, even if I'm not the best at them.
An absolute masterpiece of your craft,kudos to you,Lemmi,this is why im subbed
If I had a dollar for every time someone comments “This channel is the definition of quality over quantity” I would have as much as Dan Cooper’s ransom money.
This channel is the definition of quality over quantity
There, I just gave you another dollar.
So 1,4m in today's money
The total comments are only 43k 🤡
This channel is the definition of quality over quantity
This channel is the definition of quality over quantity
I love how evocative his videos are. I am using headphones and the acoustics are incredible.
Please make more documentaries, LEMMiNO.
I remember watching the DB copper episode on unsolved mysteries back in the early 90s with my mom. I love it so much.
This is such high quality and well made its ridiculous. That intro was brilliant.
I love how even today this case is a mystery inside a puzzle wrapped in an enigma.
This will always be the most ballsy, unbelievable and perfect crime ever.
the theory that he never existed and the pilots and staff made up the story to make an extra $200,000 is probably my fav
@Kasa Jizo they opened the back gate
Probably dropped the chutes and some bundles of money
@dr.cheeze I was going to say they've put gps in the briefcases and dropped the cash mid air but realised gps wasn't invented back in the day lol
@Mary McNally Have you seen the lists of all those serial numbers? They weren’t in numerical order and would have had to be checked individually by a person. I doubt anyone ever checked one serial number out lol😂
They must be greedy then, pilots are paid good enough lol
@být pokorný KAREEM it was also in 1971 where odds are sneaking on a plane were much easier.
I love this documentary so much, it’s incredibly well done and I love your delivery and humour combined with amazing information and aesthetic. The music is perfect as well, I especially love that main theme played at the start and the end, you couldn’t have chosen a better song.
Imagine if he somehow hid in the plane and slipped past the police. That would have been one helluva heist.
amazing stuff. your videos are always really intriguing and i cant stop watching until i have seen it all
Brother I dont know your name but your videos have spoiled me. I am now expecting every other youtube documentary/video essay to be as great and amazing as this one. The first one I saw was the missing malaysian flight video and it blew my mind that it was available on youtube for free. I have to say your animation, editing ,pacing ,voice over work+ storytelling are absolutely incredible. I hope you cover more mystery cases and keep doing the good work and in the process enjoy doing it.I wish you can post more regularly,at least a video every month. I guess that would be asking a lot since now you are making almost an hour long videos which are no less than a movie. Have a great life ahead and cant wait to see your next video.
A story is supposed to encapsulate you and make you wonder if you searched the area if you could potentially find Dan Cooper's body or at the very least theorize his survival, LEMMiNO managed to do that for free there's no other channel that can match his perfection of grabbing your attention.
Crazy how this dude went from making meme comics back in 2011 to professionally edited documentaries...
I subscribed to him back when he was called top ten memes or something remotely similar to that
@monkeyterror65 ye it's mine on xbox too
Nachiketh Hanumante more like character development
we all start somewhere!
Damon Connor Flynn Ik you ran into someone w similar profile pic. but... that is EXACTLY my profile pic on xbox. this is really weird lol
You're a great story teller, that's for sure!!
Imagine that D.B Cooper has watched this with a Margerita on a beach somewhere warm where he is happily retired. I love this story. It's a lot like the escape from Alcatraz. These are the stuff of legend that really inspire admiration for people who beat the odds that weighed heavily against them. I'm happy this is one of those stories that, to this day, remain unsolved. It's perfect that way.
Right this is like the escape from Alcatraz story.these mysteries story's be fascinating, interesting, curious,kinda creepy to
My former boss was named DT “Dan” Cooper and bore a striking resemblance to DB Cooper. Apparently enough so that the FBI came to Tampa to have a chat with him. I looked at the sketch and I would have absolutely believed it was him.
Dude really knows how to tell a story! 💓💓💓
This is my favourite video of yours. It. is. so. good. The intro literally gives me chills every time.
Someone give this mans his own series on Netflix already. This video quality, matched with its intriguing content gives any KZclipr on this platform a run for their money.
Your wish has been granted, Netflix made a docuseries about the case
THeres a documentary on netflix now
Your wish has been granted, the limited series is going to be on Netflix on July 13th
Damn this got real
Netflix heard the cries
The quality of these documentaries is absolutely outstanding!!! It is absolutely impressive
Two years passed and still...shiver. The intro and outro of this video somehow awaken something in me. Tq so much for the hard work sir. U are amazing💓
It has become a tradition to rewatch LEMMiNO's videos because of how damn good it is (and hes not uploading much right now)
this case will always be on my mind it’s so interesting
Wouldn’t this be a great opening mission in a Black Ops game? It would be so subtle but when you know it’s an “oh snap” moment, also great for fictional speculation.
i remember some lowkey indie fps did that but not as a intro but more of like a cool heist mission, though i could be wrong.
The fact that we can watch quality content like this FOR FREE makes my appreciate the internet even more
dont give him any ideas plz
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@Rene Molina you can watch KZclip with data or from any open wifi KZclip is free you can watch anything at anytime your internet is something else you pay to your internet provider not KZclip
It is not free ...I am paying my internet service.
The fact that at the time it was made it was better than any documentary Netflix had is also important.
These are so well done, it’s mind boggling
For 10:00 it’s easy to guess what happened. All Cooper did was extend the stairs… and not jump for a good few minutes. The path does go across the river, after all
Your editing skills are amazing. I love the video and choice of music.
I'm rooting for Mr Robert Rackstraw. I really hope out of all the suspects it was him. This is one of the most amazing things ever. RIP Robert.
10:04 I love your humor 😂😂. also, isn't it ironic, thinking you always make mystery content, that you never "LEMMINO", but light up more questions instead? haha!
keep doing you man, you do well!
I would just like to point out that just a few years ago this guy was making top 10 rage comic videos and now he makes literal documentaries that rival anything on TV. Way to glow up man. Best youtube channel period.
@Kaka Hass hahahaha
no there isnt.
@Die Faust Ah okay... by the way is there a way to automatically send you notifications every few hours? Not that would use it on you! Me? Never hahahaha...
@Kaka Hass That's not an argument, that's an observation which isn't trying to prove shit.
So stop getting into my notifs.
@Die Faust I like how your argument is that since it's been so long ago no one would reply yet to make that argument you wrote a reply...
@Kaka Hass its been 1 and half a year my dude
This documentary on DB Cooper is by far better than the one done by Netflix. Great work
Just watched Netflix's documentary series on this mystery. I believe you have done a much better job to be honest. Have you seen it yet?
Wow, imagine him telling his grandchildren this story.
Bro this is the first video of yours I've ever seen, and I can just say holy crap. If the rest of your channel is like this, there will most definitely be a subscription coming from me. Great job
I watched this one time long time ago, and didn't knew anything about D.B Cooper. So weird, i'm nearly 15 years late, but a few weeks ago i started watching Prison Break for the first time and enjoy it, so now i wanna see this video again and understand more about the Cooper case :)
The audacity of this guy. The utter strength of his confidence. The amount of sheer smarts this guy has.
@viharsarok he knew where he starts, where they stopped, and the destination. Im pretty sure he had enough information on where they were passing. And it doesnt matter anyway cause judging from what we saw its pretty clear to say he didnt have a specific landing zone in mind.
@McTasteMe Did you watch the video? He (probably) knew the territory where he originally intended to jump but they were unable to take that route. He didn't know the territory where he actually jumped.
@viharsarok but as you can see it did so he knew the territory, and giving the time period and the way he did it, room for error was very little up until the point of jumping out of the plane
@Bennett how does he parachute with his massive balls weighing him down
Is this an Arnab joke? lol
A daring parachute escape from a flying 727 somewhere between re- a search was made of the plane immediately- we don't know who he was, where he came from, or where he went- I expect that we'll keep looking uh until we find him or find out what happened.
Love your graphics. I'm starting to learn how to do them for a future film project I'm starting soon. The way you communicate the facts is brilliant and very creative. Thanks for your work.
Can we talk about how awesome the opening song is? It really shows how badass this whole case is.
I think they should examine accounts of the suspect who confessed on his deathbed. I think the only reason he would have said something such as he did that wasn’t true would have been if he had a very… chaotic personality. I reckon he’s the most likely suspect.
If a body wasn’t found along with everything he had on him. he definitely survived.
If cooper is alive, i like to imagine him as some old nice guy that watches stuff about him and chuckles to himself.
@Darthvader2345 i didn't say anything that wasn't true at the time. Nothings wrong with my comment I just implied living long isn't uncommon. And she did live a long life thats a fact.
@AandJay'sEndlessPlaylist's 1 this comment did not age well…
@Jcoops No one can predict the future why dig up a comment from months ago? Not relevant anyways regardless may she rest in peace.
@AandJay'sEndlessPlaylist's 1 damn...
Always come back here every once and a while just to remind myself what a fucking amazing documentary looks like. And *free to view* no less! Well done.
I don't remember who said it but I remember a theory I read a long time ago which stated that Dan may have been a CIA agent who simply did it for the thrill (or perhaps as a training mission but that's less likely). It'd explain the familiarity with a plane the CIA had used, it'd explain why no money was ever spent since it wasn't about the money, it'd explain the burried money since maybe he went back and burried it years later for the fun of it, it'd explain where he got the bomb from and it'd explain Dan keeping his cool through all this obviously stressfull situation. The only thing it doesn't explain is how he survived the landing or how little he cared about the flight path, however I've personally said before that the only evidence for Dan jumping when it was officially thought he did was a "vibration" in the plane that isn't guranteed to have been caused by Cooper.
If a D.B falls in the woods and no-one's around to see him, does he make a sound?
According to the intro no
Could he not have heard himself???
@Summer You're wrinkling my brain.
Well, you said "see him" and "sound", so I do suppose you could hear him without seeing him
i know that reference