Don't we have somebody? Richard McCoy Jr.--aircraft pirate?

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Sep 18, 2024
11:08:34am

Plantagenet Truly Addicted User

Don't we have somebody? Richard McCoy Jr.--aircraft pirate?

Moved to Provo and enrolled at BYU before dropping out to serve a tour of duty in Nam.

The New York Times

Skydiver Held as Hijacker; $500,000 Is Still Missing (Published 1972)

R F McCoy Jr, 29‐yr‐old Brigham Young Univ law enforcement student and father of 2 who claims he was Green Beret and helicopter pilot in Vietnam, is arrested by Fed marshals, Provo, Utah, Apr 9, for $500,000 extortion‐hijacking of United Air Lines Boeing 727 on Newark‐Los Angeles flight; FBI...

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/10/archives/skydiver-held-as-hijacker-500000-is-still-missing-skydiver-held-as.html

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OSU is working Utah over on Twitter

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Sep 18, 10:41am

And we’re all here for it.

Soupie

Sep 18, 10:42am

RE: And we’re all here for it.

imdocrob

Sep 18, 10:44am

Yikes!

BYUBandfan

Sep 18, 10:48am

They missed out on doing mark hacking

BYU '80

Sep 18, 10:53am

Mark's dad, Dr. Douglas Hacking, M.D. was our kids pediatrician at the time

NYC and Japan

Sep 18, 1:00pm

I’m pretty sure he was a student at Utah. The lies he was telling were

BYU '80

Sep 18, 4:08pm

Lied about graduating from Utah and was accepted and headed to UNC’s med school

Cougstreak

Sep 18, 6:58pm

Which despicable BYU grad will they focus on when they play us? My guess:

HRCougar

Sep 18, 10:55am

Maybe Tim Ballard, or John Dehlin, or Chad Daybell?

neboutefan

Sep 18, 11:07am

I doubt any of them will know or care about Dehlin. You're probably right about

Japan Coug

Sep 18, 11:20am

Daybell is easy choice; fairly well known and his actions are (tangentially) connected to what BYU is known for

krindorr

Sep 18, 12:45pm

And while Ballard has done bad things he has also done some very good things.

BYU '80

Sep 18, 4:10pm

I doubt he will care much. Utah's is the fanbase the Big 12 doesn't like.

TailgateU

Sep 18, 2:46pm

Don't we have somebody? Richard McCoy Jr.--aircraft pirate?

Plantagenet

Sep 18, 11:08am

How about CB's own TrueTrue?

Japan Coug

Sep 18, 11:47am

Yeah, he's BYU's own DB Cooper!

Emmett Fitz-Hume

Sep 18, 4:32pm

Maybe the Lafferty brothers? I don't think they attended BYU, but Brenda (one of

Japan Coug

Sep 18, 11:55am

When my dad was a professor at BYU the FBI

Mark

Sep 18, 5:44pm

Hahahaha! You should send that dude a p.m. so he'll include that

CougMAGA

Sep 18, 10:34pm

RE: Which despicable BYU grad will they focus on when they play us? My guess:

SportsLover

Sep 18, 11:50pm

Sooner or later Utes' dirty laundry will come to light. We are watching it happen with the BIG12 fanbase. Its great!

Atmospheric_Cougar

Sep 18, 1:39pm

The Ted Bundy death toll could have been one more:

Ripliancum

Sep 18, 1:43pm

Plus one, Carol DeRonch, escaped from his clutches

Sep 18, 2:23pm

I went out with a girl once who told me her mom answered the door to Ted Bundy

Trent

Sep 18, 3:56pm

I knew a woman he tried to date...she wouldn't talk about it.

Plantagenet

Sep 18, 6:58pm

I worked with a gal that said her mom was on a date with him in his VW Beatle

CougMAGA

Sep 18, 10:45pm

"Red BYU" is a next-level triggering game changer:

Ripliancum

Sep 18, 1:49pm

That meme is hilarious

Atmospheric_Cougar

Sep 18, 2:08pm

That is the best meme I’ve seen all week. I literally laughed out loud at Red BY

Sep 18, 4:36pm

Brigham Young established the University of Utah too so "Red BYU" is correct.

Ripliancum

Sep 18, 7:22pm

Bundy was baptized. Does that make him a ALUF?

ParentingNotForSissy

Sep 18, 5:15pm

What does ALUF stand for?

Y'sAsterisk

5:17am

Active LDS Ute Fan.

Soupie

7:27am

A strange creature, the world's greatest deposit of cognitive dissonance.

Mitty

8:26am

Let's hope they don't get wind of everything Brigham did.

CougarWildcat

1:08am

Like establish the University of Utah? Nobody's perfect.

BYUBandfan

10:02am

Good thing he got a do-over

BYUBandfan

10:03am

I'm just saying we should be careful what we post.

CougarWildcat

1:03pm

Plenty of things people would find cringey to post about Brigham Young. Hope the

NYC and Japan

10:17am

Didn't Brother Brigham found the university of utah?

Japan Coug

10:20am

Yes Brother Brigham founded the university of utah aka Red BYU.

Ripliancum

11:24am

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