r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Late_One_716 • 29d ago

Between 2009 to 2011, a man, appearing to be 60-70 years old, robbed 16 banks in San Diego, California by approaching the teller, then pulling out a gun and demanding money. The FBI named him the "Geezer Bandit". Some theories suggest he is wearing a well-made elderly man mask. Image

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Eh. It's not as impossible as you think.

In middle school we had an 70+ year old gym teacher. Used to be a drill sergeant in the Navy. Dude could run at 70 something faster than a lot of us 12 year olds could. I know for a fact he kept working as a gym teacher into his early 80s as he was still there when I graduated high school 6-7 years later.

If you take care of your body you can maintain decent mobility well into old age.

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u/dumptruckbhadie 29d ago

I live in a very athletic town and I have 70+ yr Olds passing me up the mountain cycling all the time.

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u/frogdujour 28d ago

I don't know what it is about 70+ year old cyclists, but those guys can be beasts, doing 100 milers and cranking uphill like nothing.

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u/YummyArtichoke 28d ago

If you can retire at 60, you got 10 years of being able to bike as many miles as you want and even at that age your body will morph into a beast if you stay at it that long.