Part 113, page 199
DB Cooper-51729Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3994
Document date 15 October 1972
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 113 p. 199 (DB Cooper-51729), Memo, dated 15 Oct 1972, serial SE 164-81-3994 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-113/pages/199
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SAC SEATTLE (164-81) 10/15/72
SPC [REDACTED]
NORJAK Sub 5/2
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At 2:03 AM I received a telephone call from communications officer [REDACTED] of the Belview State Patrol Office. He stated that he had received a telephone call from the Washington State Patrol office in Chehalis, Washington, concerning the D.B. Cooper Hijcaking. [REDACTED] was informed that [REDACTED] Washington, (phone) [REDACTED] who is [REDACTED] at Auburn, Washington, had been hunting the afternoon of 10/14/72, and felt he had some information concerning D.B. Cooper. [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] was presently working at the traffic center and could be reached there for further questioning. I than phoned [REDACTED] at which time he gave me the following information:
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[REDACTED] stated he and a companion had gone deer hunting in the early morning of 10/14/72. He had driven his car up the Chinook Pass Highway to the summit just passed the boundry marker for Mt. Rainer National Park. After parking his car at about 7:30 AM, [REDACTED] notice a 63 Ford Galaxy, (lic. Unk), maroon in color, in beat-up condition with a dragging muffler, pulled up and parked across the highway from him. [REDACTED] stated a man got out of the car whom he believes might be the subject D.B. COOPER. [REDACTED] stated the subject was about 5'10"-5'11", middle aged, approximately 170 lbs., with thin graying hair around the temples. He was wearing a red stocking cap, with a plad red jacket and hiking boots, and a fram style back pack. The subject also had a Remmington Woodsmaster 30-06 Automatic slung over his shoulder and a white and brown springer spaniel with him. [REDACTED] asked him what he was hunting for and the subject replied in a weak nervous voice that he was after deer and grouse. [REDACTED] then proceeded through the mountains to the position where he normally hunts deer. From there [REDACTED] saw the subject with his dog about 20 minutes behind he and his companion.
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164-81-3994 [stamp] OCT 1 5 1972 DB COOPER-51729