http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_032508WAB_db_cooper_LJ.2699f290.html

That would be cool to finally find more evidence that the $ in the Columbia.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_on_re_us/cooper_parachute

Guess not....?

According to the dude who was one of the 3 original suspects and later admitted it on his deathbed, he buried the loot in the forest when he landed and never found it again.

My guess is he buried it on an embankment which later eroded into a river or creek, washing the money into the Big C where some was later found.

And now that VHawk is guiding down there, tell him to keep an eye out for it!

It always amazes me how people "confess" to stuff they never did to be a part of history. Kind of like all of the wild west outlaws that had clearly been shot to hell, and then years later....some crazy old geezer is claiming to be them.

As far as DB goes.......I think he landed in water or near a waterway either dead or dying and his remains are under a layer of sod or at the bottom. The money could have also been torn from his body during the jump. An example are the paratroopers in the Normandy invasion that had all their gear ripped from them due to the high velocity of the jump. He did pick a pretty spectacular way to commit suicide and create an enduring mystery. Personally, I hope he made it. We all like to see people get away with stuff at times.

A couple years ago I saw a documentary on one of the learning/history/something channels about a guy that pulled off EXACTLY the same heist as DB Cooper within a year or two of Cooper's hijacking. I will try to find a link to that story, it was pretty convincing.

The guy in the documentary is listed as a suspect on the Wikipedia site:

Richard McCoy, Jr.

Doesn't sound as viable a suspect they way they list him on the site.