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FD-350 (Rev. 10-19-77)

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This catch wasn't the big one

Fishing for D.B.

Cooper's loot

By PAT MOSER Columbian Staff Writer WASHOUGAL — Bob Devaney watched the ducks peck away at something floating in the Washougal River near the Riverside Bowl.

It was March 22, 1977, and Devaney of 4221 F Circle, Washougal, was fishing for steelhead. The muddy runoff waters had cleared, and the river was in shape for catching the ocean-going trout.

"I watched the ducks nibbling away," Devaney said. "I waded out to see. That's when I saw the money. At first, I thought it was play money."

But Devaney picked up a bill and examined it. It was a real $20 bill, and there were six others to be grabbed from atop the water.

Devaney's story became more significant last week when part of the D.B. Cooper hijacking money was found washed up on a Columbia River beach nine miles downstream from Vancouver. One theory contends the money could have washed out of the Washougal River watershed during the nearly 8½ years since Cooper parachuted from an airliner over Southwest Washington.

A check with the Federal Bureau of Investigation list of serial numbers on the $200,000 given Cooper didn't match those found by Devaney. Davaney still has his $140 tucked away in cellophane bags.

The D.B. Cooper money find also brought significance to a green bank bag found by Jack Smith who lives up the Washougal River in Skamania County.

Smith was driving down the river

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Page 1 East County News The Columbian Vancouver, Wa.

Date: 2/22/80 Edition:

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Character: 164-81 or Classification: Submitting Office: SE

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