Posted on 11/23/2024 2:42:02 PM PST by DFG
The parachute that the infamous hijacker DB Cooper used to make his getaway out of a plane with $200,000 may have finally been found.
The enigma behind DB Cooper, the man who jumped out of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 with thousands in cash after handing a stewardess a note demanding the ransom, has long stumped the FBI.
Nearly a decade later, the FBI has begun unofficially looking back into the case after the children of Richard Floyd McCoy II contacted YouTuber Dan Gryder in 2020 with possible evidence.
After Chanté and Richard III 'Rick' McCoy's mother died, they got in contact with Gryder - who had bothered them on and off for years while doing his own investigation - inviting him to the family's North Carolina property in July 2022.
Inside McCoy's mother's storage was a modified military surplus bailout rig Gryder believes Cooper used in the heist, he told Cowboy State Daily.
'That rig is literally one in a billion,' he told the outlet.
McCoy's children also agree that their father may have been Cooper, but they refrained from coming forward with their speculation until their mother died, as they believed she was complicit in her husband's crime.
On Monday, Gryder released a video on his YouTube channel, where he announced the FBI had been looking into their newest discoveries.
The amateur investigator said FBI agents contacted him after watching his first two videos, one of which shows him discovering the parachute in the storage house on the family's property.
It was the first time the FBI had made a move in the DB Cooper since they had tabled it in 2016, pending any new evidence.
The flight instructor claimed FBI agents met with him and Rick to take the harness and parachute into evidence,
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Add to that, "panicking", "nothing burger", "shocked" and "chilling".
I think $200,000 went a lot further 53 years ago. Nowadays, it would get you a new pick-up truck, and a medium priced house renovation.
Yes, and they had usually very attractive stewardesses!
Look! A squirrel!
I was in jump school a few months after that, I thought it was pretty cool the way he pulled that off, it sure beat the airline hijackings and terrorist acts of the era.
“’That rig is literally one in a billion,’ “
Did you guys read the whole article? When they opened it it was full of silverware and a small anvil!
FBI: “We have reason to believe it was Donald Trump”
“one reason I no longer listen to him”
Many reasons for me.....biggest being EGO.......sick of hearing him tell how great he is and all the jobs he’s had......don’t flatter yourself dude.....you have the personality of a popsicle stick.
Now that does make it odd. :)
AM host Lars Larson pegged McCoy about a decade ago.
Heh, I never understood why anyone would jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
lol!
I’m sure he had a parachute strapped on when he jumped out, and I’m sure it was still strapped on when he hit ground.
I have been on hundreds of jet airline flights and it never occurred to me “Sure, I will jump out of this jet for $200k.”
Oh, OK then - I read the part about Howard Hughes' will being found inside the parachute, but missed the paragraph about the silverware and anvil...
;^)
No. Actually it’s fascist followed by racist. But bombshell may be close and wind up number one if Hannity stays on the air and GP stays online
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McCoy had been ruled out before because DB Cooper witnesses looked at photographs of McCoy and said he wasn’t the guy. One would think an eyewitness involved in a hijacking would have his description locked down on their memory. But eyewitness can sometimes make mistakes. But they will have to have significant evidence to offset the eyewitnesses.
Some of it depends on exactly what modifications had been made to that rig and how unique they were and whether this particular rig had those same modifications.
Since we don’t have that info and the FBI does there is not way to evaluate this yet.
What about the rumor that he had some dirt on the Clintons way back then?/s
Anything involving Dan Gyder should be viewed with skepticism. He’s crazy.
Along with chilling
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