DB Cooper’s Parachute Found?
Some kids in southwest Washington state found a parachute buried in their yard, and now the FBI is conducting an investigation to see whether or not it possibly belonged to hijacker Dan (DB) Cooper. Cooper, of course, is the man who hijacked a Northwest Orient plane back in 1971, eventually exchanging the passengers for $200,000 in cash before asking to be taken to Mexico.
But he never made it that far, as part of his elaborate plan included parachuting from the back of the plane well before reaching Mexico. Pilots on DB Cooper’s flight say he jumped somewhere near the Washington-Oregon border, and the recently uncovered parachute fits in the grid where Cooper might possibly have landed.
There’s not really much to go on, though, as the parachute didn’t have any noticeable markings on it that would identify it as Cooper’s. The only thing FBI agents on the scene could confirm was that it was white — the same color of the one Cooper used.
Hmm, ya don’t say… a white parachute, huh? Wow, it’s gotta be DB Cooper’s!
Why the FBI is still wasting time and money on tracking down DB Cooper is beyond me. I could understand this approach if the guy was a murderer or child molester, but a $200,000 hijacking from 37 years ago where no one was injured? I’d just as soon have the agency’s resources put to use on other cases.