Has D.B. Cooper's Parachute Been Found?

by PEP | March 26, 2008 at 01:48 am | 358 views | 3 comments

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The mysterious in-flight disappearance of 1971 plane hijacker Dan, AKA D.B., Cooper, with $200,000 in ransom money, is one of America's enduring outlaw stories. So far, no trace of him or the money has ever been found.

Then some children in Washington found a battered parachute. Spurred by the FBI's recent media drive on the never-solved case, the kids convinced the adults to call the FBI.

If this is Cooper's parachute, then where are Cooper--and the money? Here's the FBI page on this mystery man.

he FBI is analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found buried by children in southwest Washington to determine whether it might have been used by famed plane hijacker D.B. Cooper, the agency said Tuesday.

Children playing outside their home near Amboy found the chute's fabric sticking up from the ground in an area where their father had been grading a road, agent Larry Carr said. They pulled it out as far as they could, then cut the parachute's ropes with scissors.

The children had seen recent media coverage of the case - the FBI launched a publicity campaign last fall, hoping to generate tips to solve the 36-year-old mystery - and they urged their dad to call the agency.

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jordan

at 09:26 on March 26th, 2008

good stuff:

Indeed, an outlaw story for the ages.

PEP

at 09:46 on March 26th, 2008

Thanks, Jordan. They say it's doubtful Cooper survived, I disagree. How about you?

jordan

at 09:59 on March 26th, 2008

I think he could well have survived, and would have been clever enough to stay under the radar after that. Sort of like Frank Morris' escape from Alcatraz. Psyched though he'd be to find himself portrayed by Clint Eastwood, Morris would know better than to keep a high profile.