The New Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

Larry Carr, an FBI agent based in Seattle, was four years old in 1971 when a man calling himself Dan (or D.B.) Cooper hijacked a flight that took off from Portland, Ore., demanding four parachutes and $200,000. He got them when the plane landed in Seattle, and forced it to take off again, aiming for Mexico City. Then he jumped out the back of the plane somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nev., and never was heard from again.

Now, the New York Times reports, Carr has reopened the Cooper case, and the FBI has put new details and images relating to the hijacking on its Web site in the hopes of tracking down more information about Cooper. Of course, if he's still alive, he'd be about 85 now.

Carr still holds out hope of hearing from someone who knew Cooper -- or the man himself. “Maybe one day," Carr says, "I’ll be sitting at my desk and I’ll get a call from an old man who says, ‘You’re not going to believe this story.’ ”