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Is the DB Cooper mystery about to be solved? According to recent reports, this could be the case after FBI agents found evidence linking to a potential suspect.
The case of DB Cooper – the unidentified man who disappeared after hijacking an airplane over Oregon in 1971 and parachuting away with $200,000 – has long been a mystery that eluded the authorities while generating many theories as to who the culprit might have been.
A modified military surplus parachute, believed to be tied to the caper, was discovered on the property of Richard Floyd McCoy II’s family in North Carolina. McCoy has long been suspected by amateur sleuths as being the individual who pulled off the heist because of similarities between the 1971 hijacking and a 1972 crime that bore an eerie resemblance to the original.
A YouTuber and investigator named Dan Gryder uncovered the parachute after visiting the family property in 2022. Gryder, who has researched the case for more than two decades, referred to the parachute as “one in a billion,” according to Cowboy State Daily.
Here’s how it went down: A man using the alias “Dan Cooper” hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines…
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