The serial number 30755 and the date Feb. 21, 1946, are stamped on a parachute found in North Clark County, Wash. as seen in Seattle on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. The FBI is working to find out if it is linked to the infamous D.B. Cooper case from 1971.
(AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)
Some kids in Washington state allegedly unearthed a parachute that the FBI is examining to see if might have belonged to the infamous D.B. Cooper.
Supposedly the kids' father was grading a new road when and they saw the material sticking up from the ground.
For the uninitiated, D.B. Cooper became famous for hijacking a plane in 1971 and demanding $200,000. After he received the money, he parachuted out of the plane near the Oregon line.
Cooper is somewhat of a folk hero around that part of the country. The Ariel Store in Ariel, Wash., celebrates D.B. Cooper Days every year.
Cooper is somewhat of a folk hero around that part of the country. The Ariel Store in Ariel, Wash., celebrates D.B. Cooper Days every year.
There is debate about whether or not Cooper survived the jump. His body was never found, and in 1980, a family found nearly $6,000 of Cooper's money near Vancouver. One theory is that the money was carried there by the Washougal River.
The AP story quotes a local saying, "I think he's out there enjoying his money. Most people here say they think he made it. We may never know."
To that I say: He would have had to have been an awfully good investor to be living off of $194,000 for 36 years.
Something tells me he was of a mind to spend.
2 comments:
You are assuming that if he survived that he is still alive. Even so, if he was living in isolation only using his money to buy supplies, etc. he would have had over $5000 a year to survive on. Maybe he already had a cabin in the woods somewhere. I think he survived. Nobody ever figured out who he was anyway.
Well, I like to think he survived, but what I read today on Wikipedia:
"On November 1, 2007, the FBI released detailed information concerning some of the evidence in their possession, which had never before been revealed to the public.[44] The FBI displayed Cooper's 1971 plane ticket from Portland to Seattle, which cost $18.52. It also revealed that he requested four parachutes—two main back chutes and two reserve chest chutes. Authorities inadvertently supplied Cooper with a "dummy" reserve chute—an unusable parachute that is sewn shut for classroom demonstration. The dummy chute was not left behind on the plane, and some assume Cooper did not realize it was not functional.[44] This piece of information had been revealed in a 1979 episode of TV documentary series In Search of.... The other reserve parachute, which was a functional parachute, was popped open and the shrouds were cut and supposedly used to secure the money bag closed."
I wouldn't doubt some good ol' boy in the back woods of Washington found the body, took the money and buried the evidence.
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