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Admittedly, this is not a high quality comment, but I've always liked The Far Side's 1988 speculation of Cooper's fate. http://imgur.com/snDErQi http://imgur.co

• ank_the_elder 10y ago
  That's one lucky farm owner
• Natsu 10y ago
  That may not be far off. It seems to me like the simplest explanation is that he was injured during the jump and died sometime later, with his body never being found. So he managed to conceal himself and died where no one could find him.
• chatmasta 10y ago
  The problem with the hypothesis DB Cooper died is that, where was the corresponding missing person report a few days later? The FBI profilers think that the hijacker held a job, and that's why he picked the day leading into a four day weekend; so he had time to return to the job without raising suspicion. Assuming that's an accurate profile, then surely at least one person (workmate or family member) would file a missing person report within days of the hijacking. But there's no mention of this on the DB Cooper wiki page.