Part 33, page 390

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SE 164-81

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[REDACTED] advised that during the summer of 1972 [REDACTED] was at her residence and that [REDACTED] visited with them several times during that summer. [REDACTED] advised that during one of the visits [REDACTED] and told a story about how he was D. B. COOPER and how he hijacked the Northwest Airlines plane. [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] was always telling tall stories and after the D. B. COOPER hijacking, used to sit around the coffee shops in the Burlington area and talk with [REDACTED] about the D. B. COOPER hijacking. [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] always considered D. B. COOPER to be a hero and liked to think of himself as being that type of person. [REDACTED] advised that as far as she is concerned, [REDACTED] is completely incapable of such an act and she is very certain the story he told [REDACTED] was simply a story. [REDACTED] advised that even at the time he told the story he told it in a context of simply being a story and she did not think he even meant for anyone to believe it.

[REDACTED] advised that sometime after [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] this story, she went to a [REDACTED] in Raymond, Washington, and during [REDACTED] she repeated this story told to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] She told it simply as a story and did not expect anyone to take her seriously. She advised that [REDACTED] evidently took her seriously as she is aware that [REDACTED] reported this to the police in Pacific County, Washington. [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] later told her that he told the police about her story and that he was sending the FBI to talk to her about it. [REDACTED] advised that she was very disappointed in [REDACTED] as she felt he just wanted to try to be a "big shot" with the police in his area.

[REDACTED] advised that the story [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] did portray himself [REDACTED] [REDACTED] She advised he did have [REDACTED] however, she is certain he did not use it to commit this crime. She advised that he told them [REDACTED] [REDACTED] to the Spirit Lake area and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] to Portland where he boarded the airplane to hijack it. He then told them he jumped from the plane with the money and landed right [REDACTED] and drove to Portland, recovered [REDACTED] and proceeded on to California where he deposited the money in numerous banks.

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