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1.
2. The Mysterious Case The story of D.B. Cooper is the story
of a man who, to some, is a hero and
to others is a criminal. Either way, he
out” of the real world, if only for a mo-
ment. It is a fun distraction at best.
The delivery mode of this piece,
of D.B. Cooper is an unknown. Cooper will forever be
known as an smoothly dressed stranger
being an introductory packet for the
new enthusiast, is made up of one map,
who hijacked a Boeing 727, made off one poster of information pertinent to
with $200,000 of ransom money with- the case, and a packet of “airline tickets”
out hurting a single person, and jumped which organize and briefly introduce
into the cold and rainy night somewhere the viewer to the nine most interesting
above southwest Washington state. It is suspects in the case. All of the pieces are
a saga full of information and misinfor- hand drawn, with the exception of the
mation, all of which has been gathered map’s cover photo, to enhance the feel-
in light of the lack of clues left behind ing of a personal obsession with the case.
by Cooper. It is also a case which has The pieces are purposely made to appear
become an obsession for a small few, but unearthed, gathered, “dug-up”, forty
conatins the sort of intrigue that is worth years old, and maybe colored with ciga-
explaining to the person who has never rette smoke.
heard the story. If the you are new to the case of
The point of this project is to Dan “DB” Cooper, grab a cup of cof-
present the facts, theories, and questions fee, open the map and use these pieces
to the uninitiated reader, no matter the as your launching pad into a mystery.
age or gender, and to provide a guide of Maybe that quiet neighbor who paid
sorts for that person to begin to inves- cash for his house in the seventies is hid-
tigate the case in their own fun and not ing something? Find out.
too serious manner. It is a presentation of
a portion of the case specifically for en-
tertainment, and not to prove any of the
theories or opinions presented, with the
desired effect of this project being a step
into an intriguing mystery while “tuning
