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From bubbette's journal:

Tried to stop in Ariel, Washington, which is the home of the annual D.B. Cooper Day celebration. D.B. Cooper was the nice gentleman who hijacked an airplane back in the 70s and escaped with the ransom money by walking out of the back of a Boeing 727 in flight. The people in Ariel believe that they are the closest "town" to where he jumped, so they celebrate his feat each year.

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[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

Funny.

[dsrtao]

Admittedly, Cooper did use a parachute.

[staceyspins.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a Firefly episode :o)

[bubbette.livejournal.com]

I liked the part where there was a Travel Channel special on it just last week, while I was trying to finalize what I was going to do out here on my trip. And Ariel was just off of I-5 between Portland and Seattle, so it wasn't out of the way or anything.

If'n I had gotten in there, I would have found something really campy. As it is, I just have the memory of the outside of the place...and you may have something there, dear. It does look a lot like a Firefly set...

I wonder if Josh has ever been there.