Many times documentaries have proven how reality surpasses fictionsomething that becomes palpable in DB Cooper: where are you?the Netflix docuseries that revives a case with fantasy edges.
The one who began to write November 24, 1971on the eve of Thanksgiving, when a man arrived at portland airport and bought a ticket to Seattle.
However, he never disembarked, because after hijacking the plane and getting US$200,000 in ransom, jumped out of the ship in mid-flight to get lost with his parachute in the rain and the night.
A story related to the legend after DB Cooper, as the media baptized the unknown captorbecame a kind of modern hero who evaded justice.
who also became part of popular culture -a direct reference to him appears in the series Loki– and in the obsession of many researchers who have tried to elucidate his identity.
As revealed by four chapters that make up the space directed by the documentary filmmaker Marina Zenovichwhere those who track down the mysterious kidnapper are just as important as he is.
A very committed researcher
Whose first broadcast revives the case before the eyes of new generations, recreating how the passenger dressed in a suit and dark glasses he threatened the crew with the bomb he had in his briefcase.
Who, after landing in Seattle, where the passengers descended safely, received thousands of dollars and four parachutes, and made them resume flight, and then jump somewhere in Nevada.
A criminal who was baptized as DB Cooper, although when buying his ticket he signed as Dan Cooper, who over 50 years kept FBI agents, journalists and investigators up at night.
Among those that stand out Tom Colbertproducer and writer who spent more than a decade of his life, and a lot of money, to find the true identity of the kidnapperensuring that it was Robert Rackstraw.
As shown by the docuseries, which occupies a large part of its story in reveal details of Colbert’s investigation and how he got to Rackstraw, but never got the ex-pilot to confirm whether or not he was Cooper.
This is complemented by archive images and the statements of detractors and associates of the researcher, in a documentary that shows the fanaticism and obsession around a criminal turned idol.
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