Part 77, page 394
Document date 27 November 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 77 p. 394 (DB Cooper-33788), News clipping, dated 27 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-77/pages/394
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[…]his talk turned to "what a man could do with that kind of money."
HE REMOVED AN old rag from the cab, carefully wiped some spilled gas from the side of the truck and commented how "even a good Christian man" would be tempted to keep the money.
"A lot of people in Clark County are having to go on welfare because they lost jobs," he said, "and a man could buy himself a pretty nice farm with that kind of money . . . even if he had to go to Australia."
Some of those who weren't driving the rural roads looking for money, are rooting for the hijacker.
"THAT GUY IS SMART," a waitress said. "He's probably in Mexico laughing about all these federal agents looking all over Washington for him."
Even a deputy sheriff taking part in the search said[,] "You can't help but admire the guy."
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DB Cooper-33788