Back in 1971, a guy calling himself “Dan Cooper” hijacked a Portland-Seattle flight, held the passengers for ransom for $200,000 and a parachute, and escaped without a trace. More popularly known as “D.B. Cooper,” the hijacker has been a sort of folk hero ever since, and even inspired a pretty decent Treat Williams movie. But he’s never been identified.
A woman claiming to be the niece of infamous skyjacker D.B. Cooper has spoken to ABC News in an exclusive interview about her role in the recently re-ignited 40-year-old cold case that has haunted the FBI for years.
Marla Cooper told ABC News that she has provided the FBI with a guitar strap and a Christmas photo of a man pictured with the same strap who she says is her uncle, Lynn Doyle Cooper.
After clarifying her childhood memories surrounding the incident and more recent conversations with her parents, she is now sure that her uncle is in fact the notorious man who hijacked and threatened to blow up a commercial plane flying to Seattle in 1971, then parachuted to the ground with $200,000 in hand.
“I’m certain he was my uncle, Lynn Doyle Cooper. Who we called L.D. Cooper,” she told ABC News.
So D.B. Cooper was actually L.D. Cooper? Wow, talk about hiding in plain sight. Kind of like finding out the Zodiac Killer was named Bill Zodiac.
Speaking of which, a guy in the Bay Area is now claiming he’s cracked Zodiac’s cipher. And of course, now we know that Watergate’s “Deep Throat” was actually Mark Felt. At this rate, we won’t have any mysteries left from that era. Hell, any minute now, somebody will pop up and claim Paul isn’t dead. (And don’t give me that crap about it being a hoax. This loser we have now is clearly an impostor. I saw Give My Regards to Broad Street, man.)