On November 24, 1971, a man named Dan (D.B.) Cooper was on a flight and handed the stewardess a note saying he had a bomb in his briefcase and he wanted her to sit with him on the flight. The stewardess sat down next to him and Cooper slightly opened his suitcase, allowing her to get a glimpse of a bunch of wires and dynamite inside of his briefcase. He had her write a note to the captain demanding 4 parachutes and $200,000 in twenty-dollar bills. The flight landed in Seattle and Cooper exchanged the passengers for the money and parachutes, but he kept some crew members and started a flight to Mexico City. However, in between Seattle and Reno, Cooper jumped out of the back of the plane with a parachute and the $200,000, never to be found.
There are many conspiracies around what happened to Cooper after he jumped. One is that he died in the jump because he couldn't control where he was landing with the parachute, his clothing (a suit) was not fit for landing, and he jumped into a heavily wooded area at night. However, his body, a parachute, clothing, or anything else related to his theft was never found except $5,800 of Cooper's ransom money in 1980 along the Columbia River.
A second theory is that he survived the jump and simply just lived out the rest of his life normally, except under a different name. For example, a man named Duane Weber told his wife on his deathbed that he is D.B. Cooper. There is a lot of evidence that suggests that this man may be D.B. Cooper, such as the similarities in their looks, how he'd consistently sleep-talk about leaving fingerprints on a plane, his criminal background associated with the case, and more.
While there are many theories on who D.B. Cooper may be, considering numerous people have claimed to be D.B. Cooper or know his whereabouts, none have had enough evidence to pinpoint who he actually is. I personally believe that D.B. Cooper survived the plane crash but I don't think any of the people who claimed to be him were actually him.
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking
Do you think D.B. Cooper survived the jump?
Do you think D.B. Cooper ever revealed his identity?
If so, do you think he was Duane Weber?
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I agree, I think it is very unlikely for Duane Weber to actually be D.B. Cooper, considering he is just one of many who have claimed to be him.
I'm not sure he survived the jump, he had no idea where he was going to land, and he probably couldn't control much. Plus no one has heard of him or from him ever since. I don't think he would have revealed his identity to the world. He wasn't Duane Weber, I think that man lied to his wife.
I agree, it would have been difficult for him to survive when he didn't know where he was landing, especially in such a wooded area. I agree, I think Duane Weber maybe just wanted attention, or wanted to be remembered in a crazier way.
I'm slightly more inclined to believe that he died, but seeing Duane Webber, it's probably him. It's would be such an odd thing to lie about to his wife. There was a rise of missing persons cases from the 60s to the 70s, so obviously something wasn't working for law inforcement, and I don't think it's hard to believe that he just got away. People have survived crazier accidents.
I agree, I think there's a possibility that Duane Weber was telling the truth to his wife and that he is D.B. Cooper.
I don't think that he survived the jump if no one has heard from him since. I think that people have tried to claim that they are D.B. Cooper but I don't think that he could reveal his identity if he was dead. Another thing to think of is how could he survived the jump if no one knew where he was or where the money went.
I agree, it is weird that they never found any of the money, other than the $5,800, that he stole.
I do think he survived the jump because somebody would've found him by now if he died. I don't think he would've revealed his identity because then they would've looked for him and tracked him if he purchased anything.
I agree that he likely survived considering his body was never found. I also don't think he would've revealed his identity anytime during his life.
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