"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message
news:_9SdnVWf7ZCJNW_anZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@wideopenwest .com...
"gatt" wrote in message
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"AMBOY, Wash. - There could be a major break in the biggest crime mystery
in Northwest history.The FBI in Seattle is beginning analysis of a
long-buried parachute - the same type used by skyjacker D.B. Cooper when
he jumped from an Northwest Orient Airlines 727 with a 25 pound money bag
containing 200-thousand dollars ransom on Thanksgiving eve 1971."

http://www.koin.com/content/news/top...d-b3d4851101a4


A buried parachute suggests he lived?


oops false alarm...

"The D.B. Cooper parachute was made of nylon, This 1945 parachute was made
of silk."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j...K3p_QD8VP7IB00


From the article:
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"The D.B. Cooper parachute was made of nylon," he said. "This 1945 parachute
was made of silk."

FBI Agent Robert A. Burroughs in Seattle said Monday that agents had not
ruled out the possibility that the chute was from Cooper.

"We haven't made a determination one way or the other yet," Burroughs said.
"We're still in the process of finishing up what investigative steps we
think are necessary to feel certain about calling it one way or the other."

The FBI had launched a publicity campaign last fall, hoping to generate new
tips to solve the 36-year-old mystery.

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Like they haven't got enough to do already?

Is someone's budget up for renewal? :~0