Part 38, page 410

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4 SC 164-50

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saw the man running west on Highway 10 towards Seattle.

[REDACTED] advised that he also recalled the man saying something about living in Seattle in the University District, possibly on Third Street near the east end of the Aurora Bridge.

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[REDACTED] stated that the men returned to the camp and the next morning he and possibly two of his friends, were suspicious of the man's story and followed his foot tracks back up the canyon to the summer cabins, where they found on of them had been burglarized, obviously by the same man. [REDACTED] speculated that that was possibly where the jug of wine was obtained. He stated that he followed the man's tracks approximately another mile up the canyon to a point where they went up a steep hillside.

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[REDACTED] stated that at no time did he ever see any vehicle or vehicle tracks that could have been connected with this individual.

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[REDACTED] stated that later that afternoon, [REDACTED] went out to the car radio to listen to the Oklahoma-Nebraska football game, and heard about the hijacking. He stated they briefly joked about whether the man they saw the previous night could have been the hijacker, but did not give it any serious consideration. He stated that he was further dissuaded from believing there was any connection after seeing the composite photograph of the hijacker and the flight path of the aircraft, which were published in the newspapers, as they did not fit this incident. He also later heard that several people knew the identity of COOPER, so he believed the case was solved. He then learned that these people were prosecuted for furnishing false information and did not want to get involved in a similar situation.

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[REDACTED] stated however, that the composite photo- graph he saw during the Thanksgiving holidays, 1976, on television does appear to be similar to his recollection of this man.

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DB Cooper-15107