Investigator says parachute he uncovered proves identity of ‘D.B. Cooper’

Dan Gryder, a retired pilot and YouTuber joins "Laura Coates Live" to discuss the parachute he helped uncover that he believes solves the mystery of who “D.B Cooper” was. #CNN #News

[gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt]

This case gets solved once a year. Normally right around thanksgiving. 😂

[PanCakeHouse]

Didn’t D.B. Cooper hand the flight attendant a note? Couldn’t y’all compare that writing to his jumps log writing

[ftniceberg]

After pulling off a heist and escape...i will make sure to keep incriminating evidence at my home to be found 50 years later 😂😂

[SmallStepMan]

If I remember correctly, all the flight attendants clearly stated that McCoy WAS NOT D.B. Cooper.

[heydonray]

Asked a direct question, Gryder did NOT answer what the unique difference to the ‘chute was.

[bennyfactr]

McCoy was 29 at the time of the hijacking. Three flight attendants, the gate agent, the ticket agent, and the guy who sat next to 'Cooper' all said with certainty that McCoy was not the mid-40s 'Cooper'. McCoy was in Las Vegas the night of the escapades and celebrating thanksgiving the next day in Utah.

Finding a parachutist's parachute amongst his family's belongings, especially those of a distinguished veteran, is not damning evidence. If the F.B.I. had possession of his jump log and chute for a year, and they haven't confirmed a match, there is no match.

[QueensNativeNYC]

I'm not convinced.. Why would D.B. Cooper take the parachute with him after the jump instead of ditching it in the woods somewhere.. Who want to carry extra baggage around on a miles long journey while trying to evade authorities..

[obinnakenn]

Dan Gryder could well allegedly be Dan Cooper trolling everyone 😂😂😂

[marcjohn]

Bruh. I thought this was gonna be like a police press conference and they somehow linked it to the hijacking forensically. Nah, it's just some random ass dude claiming it's the DB Cooper parachute.

[ddavidone]

I googled Dan Gryder the guy who had the parachute. He’s got a super sketchy past. He’s been fired, sued for lying, hes a nut. I call BS

[jamesg]

My memory was DB Cooper did not use his own parachute, he called out the parachute requirements as part of his demands.

[wackyworldnews]

next up: CNN interviews man who finds jimmy hoffa's wallet.

[mercuriall]

It seems that Dan Gryder (the guy in this video) has a very flexible relationship with the truth.

Furthermore, DB Cooper didn’t bring his own specially modified parachute. He didn’t bring one at all.

Instead, Cooper demanded 4 parachutes be taken onboard along with the ransom money.

The authorities had to hustle together 4 parachutes to meet Cooper’s demands at very short notice.

Two of those chutes were US Navy NB6 main parachutes, and Cooper took (and used) one of them.

The other two parachutes were emergency backup parachutes, one of which was a dummy training version with the canopy stitched together.

The emergency chutes were useless because the parachute harness given to Cooper lacked the fixtures to attach a reserve/emergency chute.

Cooper was seen packing ransom money into a parachute bag. This was likely the chute bag for the dummy emergency parachute, as both the bag and that dummy chute weren’t onboard afterwards.

So of the parachute gear taken onboard the plane to meet his demands, Cooper jumped with a NB6 main parachute (no special modifications and a bag for an emergency reserve parachute.

He left both the other NB6 and emergency parachute onboard.

All of the above is information that is in the public domain.

Where does a special modified parachute come into this?

I’m surprised that CNN didn’t look into this a bit deeper before even recording this interview, especially given who their source is.

[rileyhogan]

Man. Whenever you ask a fraud for specifics, they stay vague and say "I know what I'm looking at." A real investigator or nerd about anything WHEN THEY ARE RIGHT, will get REAL specific and tell it all. Not brush over the modifications and move the conversation forward like this guy.

[xiaoka]

I’m going to assume this is like the other 10, 000 “break throughs” in the last 50 years…

[BeskarArmoursingingSahloFolina]

Pretty sure this isn’t too credible. Gryder’s already a sketchy guy with not much credibility.
D.B Cooper didn’t bring a parachute at all. He asked for four parachutes along with the ransom money.

All 3 flight attendants confirmed that McCoy was not D.B. Cooper. Hasn’t he got an alibi for that night too? Thought I remember hearing that his children confirmed he was there at dinner that night originally. I don’t know, but fact check your stuff people

[bernardocisneros]

With that last name, there's no doubt he's the real McCoy

[GabeHandle]

This isn't news. This is a gossip magazine.

[brianross]

Yeah. Once I saw it was Gryder I stopped watching.
Once I see it corroborated by someone with credibility I’ll take another look.

[mrmurdx]

Why would anyone keep a parachute after safely landing back on solid ground especially when you're carrying around close to one million dollars of cash at the time.