WEBVTT - Season 6 Episode 17 Extra: Red Rain

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Unexplained Extra with me Richard McClain Smith, where

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<v Speaker 1>for the weeks in between episodes, we look at stories

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<v Speaker 1>and ideas that, for one reason or other, didn't make

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<v Speaker 1>it into the previous show. In last week's episode, A

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<v Speaker 1>Story of Ice and Fire, we explored the haunting tale

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<v Speaker 1>of the unknown woman whose burned body was found in

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<v Speaker 1>the mountains on the outskirts of Bergen and West Norway

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<v Speaker 1>in November nineteen seventy. Though the case was well documented

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<v Speaker 1>at the time, it was largely thanks to the tireless

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<v Speaker 1>work of a team from Norway's public broadcaster NRK, led

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<v Speaker 1>by journalist married Hegroff, that this story was brought back

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<v Speaker 1>into the public eye. You can read more about their

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<v Speaker 1>twenty sixteen investigation into the case on NRK's website NRK

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<v Speaker 1>dot No, but also so through a podcast of their

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<v Speaker 1>own titled Death in IDs Valley, which was released in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eighteen. As part of their investigation, a more lifelike

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<v Speaker 1>compositate with the woman's face was released alongside a renewed

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<v Speaker 1>request of information from inter Pole. Though it failed to

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<v Speaker 1>solve the mystery, it did encourage one man from the

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<v Speaker 1>commune of fall Back in northeastern France to come forward

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<v Speaker 1>with an intriguing story. The man claimed that back in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen seventy, when he was twenty two years old, he

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<v Speaker 1>embarked on a sum of romance with the unknown woman,

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<v Speaker 1>who he recognized from the composite image, only months before

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<v Speaker 1>her death. He even produced a photo of her to

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<v Speaker 1>prove it, which many believe is indeed the woman in question,

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<v Speaker 1>often referred to as the Isdall woman, He claimed she

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<v Speaker 1>had a Bulkan accent and was very secretive about her life.

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<v Speaker 1>What she did apparently reveal, however, was that she had

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<v Speaker 1>several papers that enabled her to travel freely between East

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<v Speaker 1>and West Germany. The man also claimed to have seen

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<v Speaker 1>numerous whigs inside one of the suitcases she was traveling.

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<v Speaker 1>With the strangeness of it all had even prompted him

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<v Speaker 1>to consider calling the police, believing that she might be

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<v Speaker 1>a spy, only to decide against it at the last minute. However,

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<v Speaker 1>her true identity remains elusive. There is an inevitable fascination

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<v Speaker 1>with the unidentified, whose identities we feel almost obligated to uncover,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it be to help solve a potential crime that

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<v Speaker 1>has been committed against them on their behalf, or simply

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<v Speaker 1>because we think it might honor them in some way

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<v Speaker 1>to not let their names be forgotten. And yet, as

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<v Speaker 1>in the case of the isdul woman, when someone seems

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<v Speaker 1>to work so hard to maintain their anonymity, it could

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<v Speaker 1>be argued that retaining their anonymity at all costs was

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<v Speaker 1>what they might have preferred. All of which brings to

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<v Speaker 1>mind one especially strange story about an unknown individual. It

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<v Speaker 1>was just approaching three pm on May tenth, nineteen seventy three,

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<v Speaker 1>on a bright but chilly spring day in the quiet

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<v Speaker 1>town of Canora and Southern Canada, when a man walked

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<v Speaker 1>into the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on Main Street,

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<v Speaker 1>about five foot four in height and dressed in a

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<v Speaker 1>pink plaid bush jacket. It was hard to see much

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<v Speaker 1>of his face other than the sprawling red beard under

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<v Speaker 1>the small checkered for Dora that he pulled tightly over

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<v Speaker 1>his head. Bank manager our Reid was busy on a

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<v Speaker 1>call when the man, who had a large duffel bag

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<v Speaker 1>slung over one arm and a satchel over the other,

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<v Speaker 1>walked straight past the queue of people outside his office

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<v Speaker 1>and plumped himself down in the chair opposite his desk.

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<v Speaker 1>Despite hour's protestations that he was busy, the man refused

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<v Speaker 1>to budge. When now asked him what he wanted. He

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<v Speaker 1>pointed to a pistol peeking out of his top pocket

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<v Speaker 1>and said calmly to the startled manager that he wanted

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<v Speaker 1>all the money in the bank. The man then told

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<v Speaker 1>Reid to call the local police and inform them that

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<v Speaker 1>a robbery was taking place. A few minutes later, Constable

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Grinnell, Corporal John Letchkin, Inspector Walter my Callisian, and

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<v Speaker 1>Corporal Norm Baxter converged at the bank to find a

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<v Speaker 1>steady stream of people hastily leaving the building. The robber

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<v Speaker 1>had told them all to evacuate the premises. Unsure what

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<v Speaker 1>to do next, the four law enforcement officials stepped inside

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<v Speaker 1>the bank to find the robber, who by now had

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<v Speaker 1>pulled a silk stocking over his head, standing behind one

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<v Speaker 1>of the counters alongside al Reid with some kind of

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<v Speaker 1>contraption in his hands. The man addressed the police and

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<v Speaker 1>invited them one at a time to look inside his satchel,

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<v Speaker 1>which he'd placed on top of the counter. As they

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<v Speaker 1>each approached to take a look, he explained that What

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<v Speaker 1>he had in his hand was a dead man's switch, which,

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<v Speaker 1>as the officers soon realized, was wied up to not

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<v Speaker 1>only a detonation device inside the bag, but also the

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<v Speaker 1>six sticks of dynamite next to it, enough to blow

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<v Speaker 1>them all up in an instant and probably take the

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<v Speaker 1>bank down with them. As customers and staff from the

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<v Speaker 1>bank streamed into nearby bars and restaurants, it wasn't long

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<v Speaker 1>before word got round that a robbery was taking place

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<v Speaker 1>on Main Street. Dennis Belleville, the manager of the local

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<v Speaker 1>radio station c j r L, just so happened to

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<v Speaker 1>be walking down the street when he saw the stream

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<v Speaker 1>of people fleeing the building and the police turning up.

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<v Speaker 1>Having realized what was happening, he ran immediately to the

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<v Speaker 1>radio's offices, only a few buildings down, and gathered his

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<v Speaker 1>team to discuss what they should do about it. Minutes later,

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<v Speaker 1>the crew were busy threading cables through rooms as two

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<v Speaker 1>of the station's reporters, John Berry and Chris Paulson, took

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<v Speaker 1>up positions leaning out of two second floor windows in

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<v Speaker 1>order to commentate live on the drama unfolding below them.

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<v Speaker 1>Back inside the bank, with the robber having ordered three

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<v Speaker 1>of the police to leave the building. Only he Al

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<v Speaker 1>Reid and Corporal Letchkin remained. With the dead man's trigger

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<v Speaker 1>clutched tightly in the robber's hand. The other men could

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<v Speaker 1>only watch in horror as he casually transferred it from

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<v Speaker 1>his hand to his mouth so he could toss the

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<v Speaker 1>duffel bag to Corporal Letchkin. Then grabbing the trigger with

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<v Speaker 1>his hand again, he ordered him to empty the cash

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<v Speaker 1>draws into it. Then, turning to read, he told him

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<v Speaker 1>to open the vault. When the bank manager realized with

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<v Speaker 1>terror that he needed a second code to open it,

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<v Speaker 1>which he didn't have access to, there was a temp

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<v Speaker 1>standoff as Reid was forced to call up a colleague

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<v Speaker 1>to procure it, after which he was eventually able to

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<v Speaker 1>open it, and moments later he and the robber were inside,

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<v Speaker 1>emptying out the contents of its numerous cash boxes. Once

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<v Speaker 1>he'd gathered everything he needed, the robber ordered Letchkin out

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<v Speaker 1>of the premises and set about planning his next move.

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<v Speaker 1>Officer Don Millard arrived at the Canora Police Station ready

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<v Speaker 1>for the evening shift, just in time to hear the

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<v Speaker 1>station Chief Charles Engstrom, relaying the robber's latest demands to

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<v Speaker 1>all those on duty at the time. As Engstrom explained,

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<v Speaker 1>the man was armed with at least two guns and

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<v Speaker 1>a bag full of dynamite, and had requested a driver

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<v Speaker 1>and pick up truck to pick him up from the

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<v Speaker 1>bank and take him to an as yet undecided location.

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<v Speaker 1>Engstrom wanted to know if anyone was willing to volunteer

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<v Speaker 1>to be the driver. Millard didn't hesitate to raise his hand.

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<v Speaker 1>A short time later, after a green Dodge was delivered

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<v Speaker 1>to the police station, Millard, after a quick stop off

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<v Speaker 1>to change into civilian clothes, was on his way to

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<v Speaker 1>Main Street to rendezvous with the robber. When he arrived,

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<v Speaker 1>a crowd of nearly a thousand people ball had gathered

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<v Speaker 1>in the freezing cold, held back by two police lines

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<v Speaker 1>at the north and south end of the road. Parking

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<v Speaker 1>the truck outside Woolworth's a few doors from the bank,

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<v Speaker 1>Millard surveyed the scene. Two sets of officers with guns

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<v Speaker 1>pointed at the bank, were crouched down behind two cruisers

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<v Speaker 1>parked each side of the building, while opposite the bank

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<v Speaker 1>a few doors down, two radio men hung out of windows,

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<v Speaker 1>clutching microphones in their hands and on the roof opposite

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<v Speaker 1>the bank, a marksman had also taken up a position.

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<v Speaker 1>Feeling a little boulder, Millard eased the truck to a

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<v Speaker 1>stop outside the bank's entrance, then swiftly jumped out and

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<v Speaker 1>made his way to the front door. After our red

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<v Speaker 1>let him in. The robber, with the dead man switch

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<v Speaker 1>still firmly in his grasp, immediately accosted him and demanded

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<v Speaker 1>to know if he was a police officer. Millard insisted

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<v Speaker 1>he wasn't, and the man quickly relaxed, precariously transferring the

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<v Speaker 1>dead man switch into his mouth again. He then handed

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<v Speaker 1>the now completely stuffed a duffle bag to Millard and

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<v Speaker 1>instructed him to take it outside. After a false start,

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<v Speaker 1>as the robber went back inside to collect a pistol

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<v Speaker 1>he'd found in al Reid's office, he and Millard stepped

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<v Speaker 1>out at the bank's front door, drawing gasps from the

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<v Speaker 1>assembled crowd. With the trigger device clamped between his teeth

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<v Speaker 1>and the pistol in one hand, the robber followed Millard

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<v Speaker 1>out to the truck. As Millard went to put the

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<v Speaker 1>bag in the passenger seat, the robber pulled the trigger

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<v Speaker 1>from his mouth and told him to put it in

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<v Speaker 1>the back instead. A little further up the street to

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<v Speaker 1>the north, Sergeant Robert Letaine had watched all of this

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<v Speaker 1>unfold from behind the scope of his rifle as he

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<v Speaker 1>kept low behind the door of a police cruiser. He

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<v Speaker 1>then watched, dumbfound it as Millart disappeared behind the back

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<v Speaker 1>of the truck and the robber simply walked away from him,

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<v Speaker 1>then stepped out alone into the middle of the road,

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<v Speaker 1>holding the dead man switch out in his hand. Then

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<v Speaker 1>Sergeant l'taine took the shot. Millard had just enough time

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<v Speaker 1>to see the robber's body crumpled to the floor before

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<v Speaker 1>he was sent high into the air and slammed back

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<v Speaker 1>hard onto the tarmac. The next thing he remembered was

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<v Speaker 1>a strange ringing in his ears and a hideous smell

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<v Speaker 1>of burned flesh as blood streamed down the side of

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<v Speaker 1>his face. Sergeant L'taine's bullet had struck the robber in

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<v Speaker 1>his chest, killing him almost instantly, in turn releasing the

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<v Speaker 1>dead man switch and setting off the dynamite inside his bag.

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<v Speaker 1>The explosion had blown Millard twenty feet away, obliterated most

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<v Speaker 1>of the windows of the surrounding buildings, and splattered their

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<v Speaker 1>facades in globules of flesh and blood, while all about

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand Canadian dollars of cash reigned down onto

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<v Speaker 1>the street as the many observers streamed forward to try

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<v Speaker 1>and grab as much of it as they could. One witness,

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<v Speaker 1>standing a block away from the explosion, stood staring in

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<v Speaker 1>disbelief at the bloody, pulpy, severed hand that had just

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<v Speaker 1>landed with a smack on the road in front of her.

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<v Speaker 1>As detailed in Joe Ralco's twenty seventeen book The Devil's Gap,

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<v Speaker 1>which provides a speculative account of this extraordinary story, one

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<v Speaker 1>man who'd stayed to watch the attempted robbery was the

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<v Speaker 1>manager of Canora's ken Rissia Hotel. He'd watched with shock

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<v Speaker 1>when the robber exited the bank wearing the exact same

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<v Speaker 1>jacket that he had seen on one of his hotel guests.

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<v Speaker 1>As he swiftly informed the police, the man had checked

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<v Speaker 1>in seventeen days previously, on April twenty third, under the

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<v Speaker 1>name of Paul Higgins of four three five Glenn Drive

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<v Speaker 1>in Toronto, Ontario. The manager had thought it odd that

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<v Speaker 1>the man had booked to stay for two weeks only

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<v Speaker 1>to then disappear for ten days before returning on the

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<v Speaker 1>fifth of May, five days before the robbery. Officers were

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<v Speaker 1>dispatched immediately to the hotel to inspect the man's room,

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<v Speaker 1>where they found various bomb making materials in the bathroom,

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<v Speaker 1>as well as a number of maps and books which

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<v Speaker 1>suggested the man had been planning to hide out in

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<v Speaker 1>the wild for some time. A Nazi picture book was

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<v Speaker 1>also said to have been found among his possessions. One

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<v Speaker 1>particular oddity was that all the labels of Higgins's clothes

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<v Speaker 1>had been removed, Nonetheless, with everything they seemingly needed to

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<v Speaker 1>formally identify the man, Cunora Police promptly contacted their counterparts

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<v Speaker 1>in Toronto to confirm the details. Only, as it turned out,

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<v Speaker 1>Paul Higgins didn't exist, and neither did four three five

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<v Speaker 1>Glenn Drive. The man had made it all up, with

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<v Speaker 1>no evidence of him found listed on any public record,

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<v Speaker 1>from passport, the driver's license and taxes. Fingerprints taken from

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<v Speaker 1>the severed hand were checked against a database of over

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<v Speaker 1>forty five million individuals, but that also led nowhere. Despite

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<v Speaker 1>exhaustive efforts to find anyone that might know him, the

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<v Speaker 1>police were eventually forced to concede defeat. To this day,

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<v Speaker 1>the identity of the man who had become known as

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<v Speaker 1>effectively Canada's first suicide bomber remains a complete mystery. Thank

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