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Siblings claim late dad is mysterious plane hijacker DB Cooper after finding hidden parachute in home: ‘One in a billion’

By Ronny Reyes

 

Is he the real McCoy?

A pair of North Carolina siblings claim their late father is the ever-elusive Boeing hijacker DB Cooper after allegedly finding his parachute hidden in their home, according to a new report.

Chanté and Rick McCoy III claim their father, Richard McCoy Jr., was the infamous fugitive who disappeared when he leaped out of a Boeing plane with $200,000 in cash after taking passengers and crew hostage in 1971, the Cowboy State Daily reports.

The siblings said they waited until their mother’s death in 2020 to come forward, fearing she could be implicated as the parachute that allegedly belonged to Cooper was found in her storage stash outside the house.

Aviation YouTuber Dan Gryder claimed the parachute found by the McCoy siblings matches the one used by fugitive DB Cooper.Dan Gryder/YouTube
A sketch of DB Cooper, the man who hijacked a Boeing plane in 1971 and jumped off with a parachute and $200,000.AP

After her death, the siblings met with aviation YouTuber Dan Gryder, who has seen the parachute and believes it’s the very one Cooper used in 1971.

“That rig is literally one in a billion,” Gryder told the local outlet about the unique parachute he saw…

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