New - New Suspects coming to a bookstore near you soon!
(all based on the BIG CHANGE coming soon via Bruce Smith & Jo Weber, November-January 2014-1492).
Do you know any of these missing persons ?

A new suspect, Georger?  I thought Mrs. cooper was going to prove to the world that she is, um, Mrs. Cooper.  As for me, my Big Announcement is that I'm back, looking for a ride to Ariel, and will be getting my book out in e-form on Amazon in the upcoming weeks.

Nothing I say on this subject ever gets taken seriously. The chance of the ordinary person coming up with a random suspect that is Cooper is extremely small - infinitesimally small. Better to try the lottery. Random Missing persons equally small probability. My Dad or my mom - nearly the same probability. My uncle Harry who liked planes - still a tiny probability. I rate all of the people on these forums who have brought some person forward as in the same category - tiny to infinitesimal chance that person was Cooper.

The main reason is we are generally NOT in a position to be selecting suspects - the population of people available for our inspection is very tiny to a nonexistent fraction of the sample size you would need to even begin to select a candidate, assuming you had facts to help make a selection! That is why genetics has always been the best chance.

Even if you had certain facts about Cooper, it still is a numbers-game. It makes for idle conversation and that is all.

That is why I have always tried to focus on developing the facts of the case. Having facts about what Cooper did can help lead to who Cooper might have been, pending hard physical evidence like genetics or finger prints.

 

   

Here's a new one.....From Geoff Gray:

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

A post worth sharing! - - -

ParrotheadVol
Dec 7, 2014, 9:04 PM
Post #56402 of 56405 (134 views)

Re: [RobertMBlevins] Was Kenny Christiansen a Child Molester? [In reply to]    Can't Post

None of us like to be accused of things that we are not guilty of. I would certainly not like to be accused of hijacking a plane and threatening to murder several innocent people. I would certainly not like to be accused of being a child molester. I would hope that after I am gone, that I would also not be accused of either. Why? It's simple. True or not, Some people hear these type of things a believe them.

I do not know Kenny Christiansen or have enough knowledge about him to suggest that he was a child molester. I hope for the sake of several once young boys, that he was not. But if I had a gay neighbor that took in young boys, I can assure you that the first contact he made with my son would be his last. It does look questionable. Doesn't mean it is though. Hopefully, it was perfectly innocent behavior.

But, it does beg a question. Suppose, perhaps even assume, that Kenny was neither a child molester or Dan Cooper. How do you think that he would have responded to each allegation? Who would he be more pissed off at? Bruce, for merely repeating what was in Gray's book and never really made a full accusation...OR Blevins, who has co-authored a book, spent countless hours on websites posting messages and posting videos, and trying to transform his accusations into a movie? If truly innocent of all of this, who has done the most damage to Kenny's reputation. Also, simply because ones friends and family also make these accusations, don't make them any more right or alleviate any guilt from making these claims.

Robert likes to say that Kenny was either Cooper or he wasn't. I tend to put it this way: The Kenny story is either true, or it's slander.

ParrotheadVol
(This post was edited by ParrotheadVol on Dec 7, 2014, 9:08 PM)

You read it correct Shutter. I like Bruce, he asks the tough questions, which is much needed in Cooperville.

We's friends, Parrot and me.  No worries, everybody.

I read his explanatory comments at the DZ and all is good.

Go Vols.

Welcome back 377 . It's not that far fetched if you ask me. we seem to have multiple stories surrounding the money find. one report claims Brian was getting wood, or preparing the area for a campfire. other stories state he was playing with his cousin?, and she found the money? it just plays right along with this whole confusing story of DB Cooper 

The reply by Bruce was lost too.......

Here is his reply to 377...

I like it.

I don't embrace it as Absolute Truth, but I like it.


I should of "Merged the topic" rather than "split the topic" I thought I was only deleting one split version. my apology again