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Also found was his clip on tie and clasp from which they got dna evidence. Did he get away after all?
Q: What was the last thing to go through the skydiver's head when his chute failed to open?
A: His ankles...
oh, I think I missed the irony?
There was a guy who died in Florida in the last couple years who hinted to his wife on his death bed that he was DB Cooper.
Also, some of the cash that kid in Washington found was sold on the internets several months ago.
It sounds like the chute they found was buried, so that means he survived. So they are so close to cracking this case.
hinted to his wife on his death bed that he was DB Cooper.
In other words, keep me alive and I'll tell you where the cash is buried.
The "conventional" wisdom has long been that he died in the jump.
I really hope this proves he got away with it.
Don't get me wrong, I don't generally speaking advocate criminal activity. But this guy deserves some credit for what was, at the time, a highly original, well thought out and implemented plan.
Don't get me wrong, I don't generally speaking advocate criminal activity. But this guy deserves some credit for what was, at the time, a highly original, well thought out and implemented plan
Most on Wall Street would disagree with your assessment of Cooper's scheme.
From Wikipedia:
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.[45] .... 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.
Another well thought out plan. Wonder why the FBI kept that nugget secret for 36 years :)
The chute is white and conical shaped
I was a military jumper in the mid 60's and never saw a "conical shaped" parachute canopy. I know that Air Force and civilian chutes have different style deployment bags, but the canopies always looked similar. Maybe the reporter had problems with geometry in high school.
Part of the chute remains buried in the field and will need to be dug out with heavy equipment.
It's a bloody parachute! Gimme a shovel!
froze to death in a rainy Washington forest.
Nit-picky fact check: if it wasn't cold enough to be snowing he wouldn't have frozen to death. Dead from hypothermia, perhaps, but not frozen.
One can die from hypothermia / exposure at temperatures well above freezing, especially in wet conditions.
But reality appears that he didn't get away with the money and what life was left in his battered body froze to death in a rainy Washington forest.
the discovered parachute is the right color (white),
As opposed to the much more common early-70s psychedelic colored chutes used by our military.
If you're talking about the $6,000+ found
that money that was found a couple decades back ... it was a long way from the jump zone, and therefore indicates he was alive at some point after the jump
i know it was found in a riverbed, but the jump zone was not up stream
concerning the chute, you might need a backhoe to get it out, 30 years of growth, dust and the explosion of nearby Mount St. Helens would put it deeper than you want to dig by hand
Wow .. that would mean that it's .. even older than me.
Unless it was used by a Japanese Zero pilot who'se plane was shot down during some obscure mission at the beginning of WW2. ;)
During World War II, the United States was unable to import silk from Japan, and parachute manufacturers began using nylon fabric. The material turned out to be superior to silk because it was more elastic, more resistant to mildew, and less expensive.
Unless it was used by a Japanese Zero pilot who'se plane was shot down during some obscure mission at the beginning of WW2. ;)
Latest reports date that silk chute to around 1945.
Okay, then it's not older than me .. *grumble*
The only reason I saw the movie is because Treat Williams played the main character.
Oh that trademark smirk of yours Treat Williams! Will it ever stop being so darn classic?
