Kaye is not sure of that, and his reason is the rubber bands. They were extremely fragile and turned to powder as soon as Ingram touched them, but they were still in place around the money.
Kaye said that rubber bands of that type will last less than three months in the water but that they could have been preserved if they were buried in sand. From that, he postulates that the cash reached Tena Bar much sooner than thought.
"The story that the money spent many, many years somewhere else and ended up on Tena Bar is probably wrong," Kaye said.
"It ended up on Tena Bar much sooner, probably shortly after he jumped."He does not rule out the possibility that the hijacker and parachutes fell directly into the Columbia and were soon swept into the Pacific Ocean."It tells you (the money) likely didn't come down 20 miles of the Washougal River," Kaye said. "Then it brings up the question of where did Cooper really jump. We have reason to believe the jump zone was farther south. If the money landed in the Columbia, that would be the easiest explanation for how it got to Tena Bar."
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