![]() ![]() Most intriguingly, there is a theory that might have been ripped straight from a pulp fiction novel, such is its drama and intrigue. There is a theory that Richard Floyd McCoy Jr, who hijacked a plane for ransom a year later, was repeating his earlier crime, having somehow dropped the money on the way down the first time around. Marla Cooper believes her uncle, LD was the culprit. Jerry Thomas, an amateur sleuth who has been gripped by the story since 1988, when he began searching the wilderness for a parachute, is convinced that DB Cooper didn’t make it alive. The problem is that there are a lot of plausible explanations here, and not all can be true. He seemed to know Oregon, where the hijacker left the plane, and offers a plausible solution to the mystery of how $3,000 of the ransom money ended up being discovered buried on the banks of the Columbia River, some distance from the assumed landing area. She discovered fake IDs, a spell in prison, a tax return that suggests a windfall from around the time of the hijacking and a magazine in a secure lockbox featuring an article about Cooper. Her husband died in the 1990s, and she has since attempted to piece together the puzzles of the complex life he left behind. Except, ‘I love you,’” she tells Dower, as she leans back on her sofa, feet up, sipping from a coffee flask. “‘I’m Dan Cooper.’ Those were his last words. Jo Weber, the biggest character in a documentary filled with them, believes her late husband Duane was DB Cooper. His interviewees claim to have known plans, heard confessions or seen documents that point the finger at the person they knew. Writer/director John Dower talks to friends, family and acquaintances of different people who may have been the culprit. This wonderfully entertaining Storyville film goes some way towards finding a convincing account of who DB Cooper might have been. It remains the only unsolved case of air piracy in US history. ![]() The plane landed, his unsuspecting fellow passengers disembarked, the cash was handed over, the flight took off again, and then DB Cooper parachuted out, at night and in bad weather, over difficult Oregon terrain. He quietly demanded $200,000 in ransom money. However, it was hijacked by a man who claimed to have a bomb in his suitcase. In November 1971, a passenger plane took off from Portland airport for a short flight to nearby Seattle. Fans of modern American folklore may be familiar with the story of The Hijacker Who Vanished: The Mystery of DB Cooper (BBC Four), but even those who are not should relish this authoritative opportunity to pull up a seat and get out the popcorn.
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