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[Bruce A. Smith]

How about St John's County? There's a TV docu on those boys - one dep is implicated in the murder of his girlfriend. Ugly, in the extreme. He got off, and still serves on the force. Now, down in Dade, they probably run the connections to Columbia and El Chapo... It's just biz.

...And we're looking for a guy show stole an airplane, and then gave it back?  Go figure. Oh well, how else would I meet guys like Georger, and they me?

And I just saw another docu on college rape. National stats say one-in-four women will be raped while they attend college. Whew. And over 40 percent of all colleges report ZERO sexual assaults on their campuses in the past year. Really guys?

[georger]

Not much to talk about here recently - unless your cousin's uncle says his brother was DB Cooper, or you are advertising a book about "My Life as a Cooper Researcher & Vacuum Cleaner Salesman Corruption". 

Ive decided to become Chinese or a Trappist Monk. How do I do that! ? I might become a frog instead?

 

[EVickiW]

Shut down the forum!  DB Cooper has been found.  I was standing at the checkout of the grocery and "The Globe" discovered he was living like royalty ("Cooper Royalty") in Nepal.

I didn't pay for the magazine.  I just read it in line.  There is no real evidence in the article.  I thought Nepal was interesting because Peterson had been there.  Cooper also says he threw a couple of bundles every three minutes.

Here is a link to an article about it:

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Something to do next time you're in the checkout line.

Another online Cooper news story. I found some of the comments interesting. Yes HE did comment, but so did I. However, a woman living in La Center Washington brings forward a suspect.

Here is the article: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

And here is the comment I am referring to:

Denise Hollar-Hambrook writes•
Look up : The Italian, Vincent G. Badolato he is alive and 90 years old......a Dishonorably, Discharged, Marine ....grew up in King County, Wa.......has family in Maple Valley, Wa also in Vancouver, Wa........Badolato has a lake Oswego, Oregon P. O. Box........The FBI should track him down considering I e-mailed them his Oregon License plate number.......White Cadillac, red interior, two door.......I'm inclined to think the Hijacker knew Mr. Earl Cossey who was murdered in Washington a few years ago (blunt force head trauma), soon after he was interviewed, by writer Geoffery Gray. Mr. Earl Cossey packed the parachutes requested by the Hijacker.......and he did state he figured the Hijacker had survived and was a Military Man.

Here's the facts.......Badolato is experienced with parachuting, considering he told me so, he was also a former Marine and had several jumps under his belt. This was a detailed Hijacking plan.....it was specific, the plane of choice, with the "stairs".......and to orchestrate a jump he would survive.

Badolato has a brother in Vancouver, Wa and a son in Maple Valley, Wa.........the Hijacker had someone "on the ground" waiting to pick him up.......considering the flight coordinates of the Hijack jump was known at the time........No "DB Cooper body" was found.

The Hijacker is not a hero, but a "Con Artist"......from the time he was a teenaged "Thief" terrorizing his upscale neighbourhood in King County......today he is still prides himself in being a "Con Artist."

Badolato is a "Dishonorably, Discharged, Marine" and a defiant, evil person, who has absolutely no respect for Law Enforcement........He hides in plain sight, and is very careful of the times he comes and goes. He is paranoid of leaving his fingerprints, or hair behind.....

He is so very unlike some of his family members who are well decorated Military Men, who served our country well......he is a disgrace to his family name.....Badolato knows, as I have stated to him face to face .............that he fits the FBI profile to a "T".........I met him in Woodland, Wa, a few weeks prior to the anniversary of the Hijack.

I also Googled the name of the the woman who left the comment, Denise Hollar-Hambrook. It looks like she has previously posted on The Mountain News.

Any photo or physical description of this guy Vincent G. Badolato ?

yellowfootprints.com/forums/showthread.php

I found a picture of Vincent. Look at the second Forum posting on this site I linked above. Vincent is on the top Row Third picture from the left.

yellowfootprints.com/forums/showthread.php isnt a viable link

Fixed: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

I found a picture of Vincent. Look at the second Forum posting on this site I linked above. Vincent is on the top Row Third picture from the left.

Can somebody just post his picture?

[georger]

Shut down the forum!  DB Cooper has been found.  I was standing at the checkout of the grocery and "The Globe" discovered he was living like royalty ("Cooper Royalty") in Nepal.

I didn't pay for the magazine.  I just read it in line.  There is no real evidence in the article.  I thought Nepal was interesting because Peterson had been there.  Cooper also says he threw a couple of bundles every three minutes.

Here is a link to an article about it:

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

Something to do next time you're in the checkout line.

Another online Cooper news story. I found some of the comments interesting. Yes HE did comment, but so did I. However, a woman living in La Center Washington brings forward a suspect.

Here is the article: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

And here is the comment I am referring to:

Denise Hollar-Hambrook writes•
Look up : The Italian, Vincent G. Badolato he is alive and 90 years old......a Dishonorably, Discharged, Marine ....grew up in King County, Wa.......has family in Maple Valley, Wa also in Vancouver, Wa........Badolato has a lake Oswego, Oregon P. O. Box........The FBI should track him down considering I e-mailed them his Oregon License plate number.......White Cadillac, red interior, two door.......I'm inclined to think the Hijacker knew Mr. Earl Cossey who was murdered in Washington a few years ago (blunt force head trauma), soon after he was interviewed, by writer Geoffery Gray. Mr. Earl Cossey packed the parachutes requested by the Hijacker.......and he did state he figured the Hijacker had survived and was a Military Man.

Here's the facts.......Badolato is experienced with parachuting, considering he told me so, he was also a former Marine and had several jumps under his belt. This was a detailed Hijacking plan.....it was specific, the plane of choice, with the "stairs".......and to orchestrate a jump he would survive.

Badolato has a brother in Vancouver, Wa and a son in Maple Valley, Wa.........the Hijacker had someone "on the ground" waiting to pick him up.......considering the flight coordinates of the Hijack jump was known at the time........No "DB Cooper body" was found.

The Hijacker is not a hero, but a "Con Artist"......from the time he was a teenaged "Thief" terrorizing his upscale neighbourhood in King County......today he is still prides himself in being a "Con Artist."

Badolato is a "Dishonorably, Discharged, Marine" and a defiant, evil person, who has absolutely no respect for Law Enforcement........He hides in plain sight, and is very careful of the times he comes and goes. He is paranoid of leaving his fingerprints, or hair behind.....

He is so very unlike some of his family members who are well decorated Military Men, who served our country well......he is a disgrace to his family name.....Badolato knows, as I have stated to him face to face .............that he fits the FBI profile to a "T".........I met him in Woodland, Wa, a few weeks prior to the anniversary of the Hijack.

I also Googled the name of the the woman who left the comment, Denise Hollar-Hambrook. It looks like she has previously posted on The Mountain News.

Any photo or physical description of this guy Vincent G. Badolato ?

yellowfootprints.com/forums/showthread.php

I found a picture of Vincent. Look at the second Forum posting on this site I linked above. Vincent is on the top Row Third picture from the left.

yellowfootprints.com/forums/showthread.php isnt a viable link

Fixed: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

I found a picture of Vincent. Look at the second Forum posting on this site I linked above. Vincent is on the top Row Third picture from the left.

Can somebody just post his picture?

Thanks Vicki - here... (when aged) its a closer match than many we've seen. He has  a longish face, from the bridge of the nose on down.

[Bruce A. Smith]

Some Cooper Country News

I spoke with Carey Scott yesterday, a Hollywood producer, about his DB Cooper production. He aims to produce a feature-length film about the first few hours of the skyjacking. "Not a documentary, but factual and honest like a documentary."

He asked me extensively about Ralph Himmelsbach and Tina, and I was surprised to hear that Ralph's home is up for sale and that his home phone has been disconnected. Fearing the worst, I called JT today, and learned that Ralph is okay, and that he and his wife have down-sized and moved into town near one of their kids.

Scott is knowledgeable about the case and has an advanced understanding of the story. It could be a good show. He has a script, but no production schedule.

I have also been contacted by a couple gals whose family members were part of the 13 skydivers who died at Ted Mayfield's Pacific Parachuting School. They are still angry at Mayfield, and totally dismayed to learn that Mayfield's family and friends either discount Ted's culpability, or deny it totally.

I'll be getting more information about this story in the coming weeks.

No news on the Badolato front.

But the BBC is getting involved in the DBC story, and a assistant producer for one of their production companies is coming to Cooper County soon to talk to the local gang. I'll tell ya more when I have more to tell....

[377]

Bruce wrote: I have also been contacted by a couple gals whose family members were part of the 13 skydivers who died at Ted Mayfield's Pacific Parachuting School. They are still angry at Mayfield, and totally dismayed to learn that Mayfield's family and friends either discount Ted's culpability, or deny it totally.

Wasn't Mayfield convicted criminally for at least some of those deaths?


But the BBC is getting involved in the DBC story, and a assistant producer for one of their production companies is coming to Cooper County soon to talk to the local gang. I'll tell ya more when I have more to tell....

BBC? Great. Every bit of new publicity about Cooper helps. Somebody somewhere will remember something. Just a matter of time (I hope). 

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[Bruce A. Smith]

Mayfield went to prison for five months for negligence that led to the deaths of two students. Another 13 students died during the Pacific Skydiving school's years of operation, which was from the mid 1970s until the late 1990s, I believe.

The defiance from the Mayfield family and circle of friends is fierce - ranging from outright denial of any wrong doing to a firm belief that Ted Mayfield was railroaded by the feds. One fellow, a 727 pilot by the way, even told me that Ted was not culpable for any of his crimes during his life time, including the plane heist.

Some of the eddy pools on the fringes of the Cooper Vortex are as strong as the main DB swirl. Compared to the Mayfield crew, Jo Weber is a paragon of sensibility, grace, and discernment.

Makes me wonder why Ralph Himms sought out Ted's input on the investigation, such that in his book he expresses his gratitude for Ted's assistance on the case .

[Bruce A. Smith]

Speaking of Himms, Corey Scott and I were discussing the timelines of the skyjacking, especially RH, and here is what I know of Ralph's whereabouts and doings on November 24, 1971. If anyone can fill-in more details, please do so:

1. 8pm-ish - 9pm = flying in the Oregon National Guard helo, chasing Flight 305.

2. 9:30pm, approximately, taking a phone call from Ted Mayfield. Was Ralph at home by then? Or was Ted Mayfield able to reach Ralph in the field, which was a little tricky in the era before cell phones.

RH says in his book: "Not long after I got back to the command post (presumably at the airport) I received a telephone call from Ted Mayfield, who insisted that he had to talk with me."

Ralph continues and says that he and Mayfield spoke for about fifteen minutes.

3. Ralph specifically mentions in his book that he left the airport at 3 am, and headed home.

4. 9am, Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. Ralph says that he was lifting off from Fields Airport near Lake Oswego, Oregon and bound for LZ-A.

[georger]

Speaking of Himms, Corey Scott and I were discussing the timelines of the skyjacking, especially RH, and here is what I know of Ralph's whereabouts and doings on November 24, 1971. If anyone can fill-in more details, please do so:

1. 8pm-ish - 9pm = flying in the Oregon National Guard helo, chasing Flight 305.

2. 9:30pm, approximately, taking a phone call from Ted Mayfield. Was Ralph at home by then? Or was Ted Mayfield able to reach Ralph in the field, which was a little tricky in the era before cell phones.

RH says in his book: "Not long after I got back to the command post (presumably at the airport) I received a telephone call from Ted Mayfield, who insisted that he had to talk with me."

Ralph continues and says that he and Mayfield spoke for about fifteen minutes.

3. Ralph specifically mentions in his book that he left the airport at 3 am, and headed home.

4. 9am, Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. Ralph says that he was lifting off from Fields Airport near Lake Oswego, Oregon and bound for LZ-A.

as in, "Let's Go Places' (ad put on a good show) ?

 

[Bruce A. Smith]

Update on Ariel Store Rebuild

I received the following email today from Bryan Woodruff concerning his efforts to rebuild the Ariel Store and honor his mother, Dona Elliott, and her legacy. The email touched on a few topics, and I found it quite revealing as to the current dynamics at work in Cooper World. I have responded to the email and await his reply; plus I have phoned Bryan, unsuccessfully, in an effort to get an up-date on these activities. I strongly support his efforts to establish a DB Cooper museum in the new Ariel Store, and I know that others on this forum do as well, since they have asked me how they can help.

To that end, I share this missive:


Hello Bruce,

I sincerely thank you along with Robert Blevins for getting the word out in regards to my mother's passing, and our having to postpone last year's annual D B Cooper Party do to her passing.  It is truly appreciated, as local news stations were of no help.

First and foremost, as of Feb.18, 2016 I am the single and sole owner of the property in which Ariel Store resides.  Since the day of Mom's passing I've been open, honest, and truthful along with being consistent in my postings on my Facebook in regards to my plans for Ariel Store.  Mom and I did have our many talks, she knows I'll protect the legacy she leaves behind with my life. My cousin is a retired Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge who is available to recommend legal counsel to me should any legal issues need be attended to on my behalf.   Believe me Bruce, when it comes to making decisions (in regards to my home, Ariel Store, and my Mother's legacy as part of the DB Cooper legend) the decisions made are not taken lightly nor made in haste. 

Secondly.  Robert Blevins and those working along side him at Adventure Books of Seattle ARE 100% in control of every aspect in regards to the go fund me account per my request.  I support and back their efforts 100% as the sole legal owner of Ariel Store and the property in which it resides upon.  Some may not agree with my choice, but it was my decision alone and it was not made in haste. All questions and inquires others have in regards to the go fund me account will be referred to Robert Blevins per my request, and no exceptions will be made period.  Our common goal is working as a team towards the establishment of a DB Cooper Museum and the re-opening of Ariel Store to the public at large in time for the 45th Anniversary Party to be held in memory of Mom's 25 years of dedication to it.  My mother's devotion and dedication to DB Cooper's legend is her legacy, in passing she leaves behind perhaps the world's largest collection of articles, photos, books, and letters which should all be shared with the many world-wide fans of DB Cooper. 
 
Prior to Nov.28, 2015, Robert and you both called inquiring about the forthcoming DB Cooper Party.  You both were informed of my Mother's passing as well as our having to postpone the party as a result of her death.  Robert Blevins chose to remain in contact.  DID YOU? 
 
My family, friends, locals, and many world-wide support 100% my efforts to re-open Ariel Store to all in Honor of My Mother's Legacy as part of DB Cooper's legend.  No inflammatory nor slanderous statements will be tolerated in regards to my ownership, Ariel Store, and my Mother's legacy as part of the DB Cooper Legend.  Multi-million dollar lawsuits are a legal option available to me as sole owner of Ariel Store.  Negativity is not welcome period, we the people who love, honor, and cherish her memory do not need it nor will we tolerate it period.

All are welcome to support our efforts, Including you as well.  Your choice.

Best regards,
Bryan Woodruff

[Shutter]

Don't look for any help from me...

Anything tied to Mr. Blevins is not welcome on this forum. he's been bashing us for years, including you Bruce. he's not trustworthy, he flip flops on everything he does. open forum, closed forum, change the name, change the server. we think
Kenny could be Cooper, we believe we have solved the case for you etc. fricking etc.

Extremely bad choice on Bryan's behalf.

I'm sorry, but I'm drawing the line!

[Robert99]

Don't look for any help from me...

Anything tied to Mr. Blevins is not welcome on this forum. he's been bashing us for years, including you Bruce. he's not trustworthy, he flip flops on everything he does. open forum, closed forum, change the name, change the server. we think
Kenny could be Cooper, we believe we have solved the case for you etc. fricking etc.

Extremely bad choice on Bryan's behalf.

I'm sorry, but I'm drawing the line!

+10000 

[Shutter]

Don't look for any help from me...

Anything tied to Mr. Blevins is not welcome on this forum. he's been bashing us for years, including you Bruce. he's not trustworthy, he flip flops on everything he does. open forum, closed forum, change the name, change the server. we think
Kenny could be Cooper, we believe we have solved the case for you etc. fricking etc.

Extremely bad choice on Bryan's behalf.

I'm sorry, but I'm drawing the line!

+10000 

Guy sounds like Robert...did you stay in touch....your choice...really, that's how he ask's for help?

[Bruce A. Smith]

The obvious influences of Robert Blevins notwithstanding, I will continue to seek what Bryan Woodruff has to say for himself about the Ariel Store rebuild.

[Shutter]

The obvious influences of Robert Blevins notwithstanding, I will continue to seek what Bryan Woodruff has to say for himself about the Ariel Store rebuild.

He seemed to be pretty well set in what is currently going on. it's right in the letter/email above (including threats of law suits?) REALLY? I say, end of story.

I realize the past with the Tavern, Donna did a great job, but it appears others don't have the same views on rebuilding the place again. some feel it's in the past. I would like to see it up and running, but as you stated Bruce, the place is out in the middle of nowhere, how much business could this place really get in the off Cooper period? is it really worth 30, 40 grand?

A lot of people already feel the FBI shouldn't waste anymore money on Cooper. is this rebuild really for the community, or Cooper? you might get mixed responses while asking for money.

Mr. Blevins is always busy, busy, but now, all of the sudden, he has all the time in the world. he's like a gold digger, always looking for return. (media whore)