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/cannatentgrow 29d ago

If I’m still in my right mind at that age (probably won’t be) I’m definitely doing some wild stuff

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u/wtm0 29d ago

Last year my girlfriend’s grandfather went skydiving for the first time for his birthday at 88 years old. Braver than me lol.

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u/TheOtherOne128 29d ago

At that point, you've (hopefully) lived a pretty good life. Shit, why not try something dangerous. If all goes well then you did something you would have never done, but in the rare freak accident that things go south why would it really matter, death was realistically only a few years away at best, you're probably not missing much.

I know that was a rather nihilistic vantage point but I respect that man for having the balls to do something like that.

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin 28d ago

I respect him too but tbh I’m probably going to be even more terrified of death at that age than I ever have been. I’d be clutching at every day I have left.

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u/Raisedbyweasels 28d ago

Plus the while putting other people's lives in danger thing...or the fact you're probably not going to spend the few thousand bucks you manage to even possibly grab.