March 28th, 2008
Parachute Serial #307551 (Part 1: Skyjacker)
Children playing in Amboy, Washington recently found a parachute where
some roadwork was being done. It was parachute #307551, dated February
21, 1946. It might have been D.B Cooper’s. Isn’t it strange that a hijacker
is romantically described by some as being a “Robin Hood” figure?
Unmasking D.B. Cooper (New York Magazine)
D.B. Cooper Redux (FBI Website)
March 28th, 2008 at 4:55 am
that story is fascinating - I almost forgot about it until you brought it up now…
March 28th, 2008 at 8:23 am
indeed this story is very fascinating (almost like the redhead girl’s jacket is, if I have to say…) and I’ve never heard of it.
thanx for lettin my knowledge grow, Sera
March 28th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Never heard of DB, but your story did make me laugh and think of all the Robins we need in the world, plus the big feet big ear rationale.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:16 am
You know history has turned D.B. Cooper into a bit of a hero. But was the entire point of his jumpin out of that plane all for the simple fact that he wanted to get away with it dead or alive? A ten year old found an old back pack in the mountains near where he jumped in 1974, investigators thought it belonged to D.B. Cooper, did he plummet to his unfortunate demise or was it all a ROOZE? Doo wee ooh dooooo! Cool comic Seraphine.
March 28th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
that’s interesting, I’m going to read up more on it!
March 28th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
The “bigfoot” reference reminded me of the punchline of a joke: “Here’s a hundred, pal, and with all due respect, go out and buy yourself a pair of shoes that fit.”
March 28th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
i wish i had big ears!
March 28th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Perhaps he never jumped. He was a mechanic for a commercial airline and knew the plane intimately. He thew money out to mislead. He hid in the planes’ infrastructure and then after the FBI stopped searching the plane in Reno he got out and bought land somewhere.
March 28th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Very strange indeed- why would he be compared to Robin Hood? It’s not like he went and distributed the money to the poor- as far as we know.
You know what they also say about guys with big feet? Big feet, big shoes.
March 29th, 2008 at 6:56 am
Yes, D.B. Cooper did have big ears. That’s only one of the many reasons we think D.B. Cooper was actually Kenneth Christiansen, as reported in New York Magazine. See our blog for more.
Skipp Porteous
March 30th, 2008 at 7:47 am
I had never hear about it, now I’m going to check the story out!