Re manhunt slowed by foul weather near Woodland (Seattle Times)
Document date 29 November 1971
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Foul weather still slows manhunt for hijacker
The whereabouts of "D. B. Cooper," the parachuting hi- jacker, remained an intrigu- ing mystery today.
Some theories advanced by law-enforcement officers: He may be in Mexico counting the $200,000 ransom he obtained from Northwest Orient Airlines Wednesday evening at the Seattle-Taco- ma Airport.
He may be hung up in a Douglas fir near Woodland, Cowlitz County.
He may be hiding in a cab- in after landing successfully by parachute.
His broken body may be somewhere along the hi- jacked 727's flight path be- cause his parachute did not open.
FOUL WEATHER stopped search efforts in Southwest- ern Washington over the weekend. This morning it was raining and overcast again in the area.
"When I came to work this morning, I couldn't see the tops of the hills," said Joe May, Woodland's police chief, who has been working with Federal Bureau of In- vestigation agents on the ground-air search.
The hijacker showed a stewardess a note saying he had a bomb on a flight from Portland to Seattle. He de- manded, and received, $200,000 after permitting 36 passengers to leave the jet- liner at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport.
He also received four par- achutes. A computer analy- sis of the jet's flight recor- der showed variations in the pitch and attitude of the plane as it passed over the Woodland region, indicating he may have left the plane then by the rear door.
Woodland-area residents are skeptical that the search will yield anything.
"Right outside town here is an old cemetery so grown up that the city can't even find it," said Earl Harshber- ger, a Woodland resident.
THE MASSIVE search is in an area of steep ridges and deep ravines, heavy sec- ond-growth Douglas fir and dense underbrush.
The search has been marked by an almost pic- nic-like atmosphere as curi- osity seekers flooded the area over the long holiday weekend, many hoping to find the $200,000.
"We'll probably see a few more treasure hunters com- ing around today," May said.
Longtime residents of the area are reminded of a simi- lar manhunt back in the 1920s when a group of pro- spectors on the slopes of Mount St. Helens told of being attacked by the leg- endary "Mount St. Helens Apeman." A large number of deputies, hunters and newspaper reporters went out on an unsuccessful search.
So far, "D. B. Cooper" is equally elusive.
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Date: 11/29/71 Edition: Final Author: Editor: Henry McLeod Title: UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Air- lines Fl.305, Portland Character: to Seattle, 11/24 or CAA-HIJACKING;EXT Classification: 164-81 Submitting Office: Seattle
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DB Cooper-22453
Serials: SE 164-81