Unfortunately, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, wasn’t so lucky. Museum heists are common throughout history (and Hollywood), but the ne’er-do-wells are usually captured in the following months, or sometimes years. Where Are the Gardner Museum Paintings? Credit: Bettmann via Getty Images Over 100 suspects have been evaluated, but the mysterious criminal has yet to be identified. The FBI has described the case as “one of the longest and most exhaustive investigations in our history,” although it is no longer currently investigating it. Nine years later, a boy found $5,800 in southern Washington with serial numbers that matched the money stolen by Cooper. While flying over southern Washington, Cooper strapped on one of the parachutes he had demanded and jumped out of the plane. He added the phrase, “no funny stuff.”Īfter an exchange of the flight’s passengers for the money and other goods, the plane took off for Cooper’s requested destination in Mexico City - but he didn’t get far. Cooper then handed the stewardess a list of demands, saying that he wanted parachutes, a refueling truck, and $200,000 in cash waiting for him when the plane landed in Seattle. Described as a mid-40s white man dressed in a business suit, Cooper ordered a bourbon and soda before alerting the stewardess that he had a bomb in his briefcase. Cooper) boarded Northwest Orient Flight 305 traveling from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington. On November 24, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper (later erroneously reported as D.B. Cooper? Credit: StudioB/ Alamy Stock Photo However, the most colorful theory includes a giant squid attack. The theories put forward to explain the ship’s abandonment include pirates, an earthquake, or a mutiny. The ship’s captain, his family, and his crew have never been found. Only the lifeboat and navigational tools were missing. There was little to no sign of struggle, and six months of food onboard. ![]() But something was wrong - no one on board the Mary Celeste was responding to the Dei Gratia’s signals.Īfter boarding, sailors found the ship mostly undamaged, but abandoned. Fast-forward nearly a month later, and a British merchant vessel named Dei Gratia spotted the ship some 400 miles east of the Azores in the mid-Atlantic. ![]() On November 7, 1872, the Mary Celeste set sail for Genoa, Italy, loaded with 1,700 barrels of alcohol as cargo. The world’s oceans have swallowed many ships since the dawn of the Age of Sail in the 16th century, but no story is quite like the curious case of the Mary Celeste. ![]() What Happened Aboard the Mary Celeste? Credit: Keystone/ Hulton Archive via Getty Images Theories range from the practical (confrontation or assimilation with Native Americans) to the supernatural or extraterrestrial, but it’s unlikely historians will ever know for sure. He died in 1593 unable to return to Roanoke, and no one truly knows what happened to the colonists - no bodies have ever been found. White tried to travel to the island but storms prevented him from doing so, and he sailed back to England. ![]() Houses were replaced with a fortress, and the word “ Croatoan” had been carved into a post - a reference to the nearby island of Croatoan, now called Hatteras Island, as well as the tribe that lived there. White sailed back to England later the same year to get supplies, but upon his return three years afterward (having been delayed by the Spanish Armada), he found Roanoke completely abandoned. In 1587, John White, along with roughly 115 colonists, traveled from England and established a colony on Roanoke Island. Starting in 1584, 23 years before the establishment of the Jamestown colony in nearby Virginia, three English expeditions landed at Roanoke Island, nestled between the Outer Banks and mainland North Carolina, although these initial forays failed to establish a permanent settlement. The legend of the Roanoke colony is so enduring because it lies at the heart of the founding of America. What Happened to the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke? Credit: Stock Montage/ Archive Photos via Getty Images
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