Inside job was my first thought as well. No way it just happens to break down on a lonely stretch of highway where a van with 3 men in it ready to rob a truck happens to be. I like the Ragnar idea! Sounds like it will be difficult for the thieves to do anything with it but interesting to speculate on the possibilities..

Having a little fun;)

Well, it did make LOCAL news... in our state capital's paper...

http://www.newsobserver.com/2015/03/03/4...

does that count?
:)

ps... "won't say whose gold it is"??? Maybe there's some contractual or legal privacy issues there? Huh? Just maybe, huh?

I'm wondering how well-guarded was this guard vehicle before it had so conveniently a break-down with three robbers then coming along.

Interesting insight. Precautions definitely stand to reason. Looks like "inside job" others have predicted is gaining traction. Always enjoy learning new info.

In today's inflated world, $4.8 million isn't worth hijacking a truck for. Must've been a few kids taking advantage of a situation. With all the billionaires around, why bother with a measly $4.8 mil. when drug dealers are laundering many times that much?

Eventually there will be an accounting but it likely will not be safe, peaceful, or convenient.
I hope those who build the arks for the looters will have been the lowest bidders.

Dagnar Ranneskjold? -- j

p.s. I thought that we were celebrating
the sum of Dagny and Ragnar, at first!

I will allow that Ragnar might indeed have raided such a gold shipment, if he could determine definitively that he was taking just enough to pay back those in the Book of Retribution he and his fellow Triumvirs kept.

It does rather shriek of collusion by the guards, does it not?

I like Dagnar!

"Jan Dagnar"

Being in the gold mining and production business over the years, I have watched (not witnessed, haha) numerous types of gold heists take place. They never work and they are almost without exception inside jobs.

From surreptitious carbon filters placed upon piping of preg solutions from an active heap leach, to straight out shipment heists - they were all caught. Especially shipments of what is called dore direct from a minesite refinery heading to a bullion refinery. Each deposit in the ground is slightly different and the dore produced on site has a unique geochemical signature that is cataloged and can be traced. Shipments are conducted under shifting unpredictable schedules and mixed with numerous fake shipments to throw off heisters. There are major protocols regarding chain of custody in place.

After the dore is refined at a reputable firm such as Engelhardt to a .999 fineness, the bars then have a serial number stamped on the bar. So, these guys, if they have swiped some refined bars will have to remelt and repour the gold. Not impossible, but the secrecy of such facilities is paramount which is tough given the allure of the activity.

There is indeed more than meets the eye yet to this story. Highly likely it is an inside job - just happening to "break down" (no backup?) in the right place and a van comes along in timely manner. And then can they actually get the gold repoured in some form without a reputable mint or refinery and placed back in the market domestic or international, without being caught?

Yes, it might have been a shipment for the bankster looters manipulating the gold price who have to move gold specie from place to place to cover their lack of real product.

How do we know the target? The article is vague on ownership. The fact that drivers were left alive is rather Ragnar like. Just fun speculation, and yes I did have a bit of a dyslexic moment with the name. Just adds to the entertainment value. I sure this is a story that only Atlas fans can appreciate. I am sure we will never know the back story, but it is fun to speculate. Maybe it will end up in the gulch. Who's to say.

For a minute there, I thought you were speculating on a female pirate, or a character combining, in one person, the qualities of Dagny Taggart and Ragnar Danneskjöld. And, error or not, it got my attention.

Now as to the contents of the article: remember, Ragnar would never hit a target like this. He hit only the "loot carriers"--the government relief ships, subsidy ships, loan ship, and gift ships. He would take off their cargoes, and sell them either to Midas Mulligan or to certain freedom fighters in Europe.

It had to be planned. These guys sound like pros.

LOL

jinx!

At this point why edit. I can own my mistakes. Let everyone enjoy!

As much as I love the title - oh I laughed so hard - I need to point out to tk that there is in fact a little "Edit" button up there underneath the title.

Alas, Dagnar Ragnerskold. I knew him well.

lol

snort...I just said that..hahaha

lol I was wondering if they had a kid we didn't know about...

Kay is going to be maaaddddd

OK OK my bad. You know the secret love child between Dagney and Ragnar.