Handwritten noteHandwritten letter theorizing about D.B. Cooper, the ransom money and 'D B Day'page 3 of 5
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Part 42, page 234

DB Cooper-16964

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Now come act-3. The straw that broke the legends back. " The name of D-B. Cooper, was errone- ously typed into the hijacker's name by a [guess: writer] reporter covering the story for the wire services." The name given was Dan Cooper. "Wasn't this P-R a masterstroke?" a name change after 8-years. "Why would they bother?" "Dan Cooper Day..." "What was so significant about the initials D-B?" That, began to scare them. I will tell you it was a profound initial, + it was D.B. Cooper, not Dan. Then I should include, act-4, There would be a few people coming to [redacted] to see if they could find D-B.'s loot, do the farmer's planted 6-grand of their [guess: $20s] & + had someone find them on a riverbank, this ruse had a double-edged effect. The fall- out was that the adventurers seeking to find this loot would know now that it was impossible. The other side was, if they could convince D-B, that they [guess: dead] in fact found some of his loot, he would check it out & they would (more)

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