Interview of deer hunter who found pants hanging in trees near Ariel, Washington
Interviewed 23 November 1976Dictated 29 November 1976Transcribed 1 December 1976
Also filed at: Part 72 p. 211 · Part 121 p. 174
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Id: Cooper-Part-39:003-003
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-39:003-003 Document: FD-302 interview of deer hunter who found pants hanging in trees near Ariel, Washington Id: Cooper-Part-39:003-003 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-39%3A003-003 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 39 p. 3 (DB Cooper-15160), FD-302 interview, interviewed 23 Nov 1976, serial SE 164-81-7254 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-39%3A003-003
[illegible handwriting, possibly: Sub A / Arb / 858]
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1 Date of transcription 12/1/76
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[REDACTED] advised he was deer hunting on or about October 23, 1976, about [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and saw a movement in the trees. He said he thought he saw a deer and approached the area, only to notice a pair of pants hanging in the trees. He said it was about 25 feet from the ground and the pants were covered with leaves and fir tree needles. He continued that he obtained a long stick and removed the pants from the branch it was resting on .... and examined the pockets looking for identification. He said the pockets were empty so he left the pants in the trees.
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[REDACTED] pointed out he did not think too much about the pants only that they did not appear to be pants that a logger or possibly a hunter would discard in the woods. He said in his 40 years in the woods he never saw pants hanging from a tree that height from the ground before. He said he read some of the recent articles about D.B. COOPER and thought the pants might be important in that investigation.
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Interviewed on 11/23/76 at Ariel, Washington File # SE 164-81-[guess: 7254]
by SA [REDACTED] crs Date dictated 11/29/76 b6 b7C
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GPO: 1975 O - 566-118
DB Cooper-15160
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Serials: SE 164-81-7254