The Deadman’s Switch Hostage Crisis | Tales From the Bottle
What do you do when any attempt to take out the hostage taker will result in the detonation of a bomb that he’s attached to?
“The Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis occurred on Friday, May 16, 1986, in Cokeville, Wyoming, United States, when former town marshal David Young, 43, and his wife Doris Young, 47, took 136 children and 18 adults hostage at Cokeville Elementary School.
David Young entered the school with his wife transporting a large gasoline-filled device that appeared to be a bomb. The couple corralled a large group of students and teachers into a single classroom. David attached the bomb trigger to his wrist and threatened the group that he might, at any time, move his arm and ignite the bomb.
After a two-and-a-half hour standoff, the children were becoming restless, so the teachers preoccupied the kids in the form of movies, games, prayer, and books. David became increasingly agitated, and decided to leave the room. Before leaving the room, David attached the bomb’s detonation device to his wife’s wrist.
When the children became increasingly loud, Doris Young began begging the teachers to settle the group down. At one point she lifted her arm sharply and the bomb went off prematurely, injuring Doris while David was out of the room. Returning to the scene, David shot his wife, then himself. All the hostages escaped, though 79 were later hospitalized with burns and injuries, the majority of which were severe.”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cokeville_Elementary_School_hostage_crisis
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January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
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@deanbutcher557
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
Huffing petrol = hallucinations. All the chemical abusers are just getting closer to god.
@cactusshadow9840
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
s is for subscribe! nice!
@garyjohnpeterson9954
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
I illegally downloaded the film when it was released and, although I'm extremely skeptical of the religious concepts (Mormon community) I still found it somewhat entertaining.
I also huffed gasoline in my teens, so the hallucinations, along with shock and doctrine brainwashing makes more sense than the message the film tried to deliver.
@CDelta-c9o
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
5:47 this whole sequence was just random af 😭
@tomodaphne
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
The editing on the words ~MAGIC SQUARE~ got me.
@tuti5811
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
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@Michalosnup
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
The think with gasoline is, it doesn't explode that much (compared to real explosives), the fumed explode, but gasoline just burns. It looks impresive, because it makes quite fireball, but huge fireball doesn't mean strong bomb: it is created, because after the explosion. Gasoline is dispersed into air, and burns at the moment it can get the oxygen to burn: most explosives have source of oxygen mixed in, so the reaction can be much faster The shockwave must have been fairly weak, and it takes some time to burn someone so much he dies, and with first responders at scene, the fires can be put down fairly quickly and injured can be treated fast.
The real miracle is, that the man made shitty bomb.
@aronmarkovits5396
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
Well fuck time to get the bottle. You fucking mad lad. I fucking hate you now. Holy shit. Don't play with my emotions like that. I stopped at the bomb going off. Now I'm drunk and only now do I see that what I thought had happened didn't happen. This was mean.
@igrom6996
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
2:01 doris❓ like album by Earl sweatshirt❓🥹✌️
@sIowburn
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
Ive lived in wyoming all my life and never learned about this. Thanks for teaching me more about crime in my own home than our schools ever did😂
@latestagelarper
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
I used to work at a place where my boss called his son justice
I always felt unnerved by this
@ray.shoesmith
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
Qxir: "other parts of the world where mass violence in schools is a little more common"…
Me: So, America then
@km077
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
5:57 Couldn't he have just done that from the start? Would have solved everything for everyone.
@PatrickBaptist
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
God actually hates shitmas, it's catholic paganism, it's not Christian, has nothing to do with Christ Jesus at all, hence why I call it shitemas, that's all it is, catholic shite.
@rocks_eater
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
3:28 ZAMN reagan got some lashes
@ANIRUDHARUDRA
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
We want to know what your qualification is, what your name is and what your age is facetious irishman
@NicolasChiribelo
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
In the hispanic world, "Ángel" is actually a common male name hahaha.
@farleyxwilbur3867
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
This dude had ties to white supremacy groups, what else? One of his motives was his utopia was him ruling over a world of superior children. Remember, this was in Wyoming.
@Abella1094
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
Why do I remember a version of this story that involves the ghost of a dead teacher helping to save the lives of the children?
@direwolfy1369
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
Fun fact: Etymology of Sarah is princess based off of Sarai in the bible.
@geneticjen9312
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 am
Gas leak + sightings of angels and other supernatural stuff isn't that weird tbh