Recap

Monster Hunters

Filmmaker Peter Von Puttkamer discussed his most recent work tracking six groups of Monster Hunters on a mission to find physical evidence of the Jersey Devil, Chupacabras, and Yowies.

According to Puttkamer, the Jersey Devil legend may have started in the 18th century when a deformed child was born to the Leeds family. There are many reports of people seeing an actual biological creature, he explained, including a detailed account from a fire department that used their hoses to trap the Jersey Devil on the roof of a house.

Puttkamer shared his investigation into the Yowie, an Australian cryptid similar the North American Bigfoot. He said one community he spoke with claimed to have had regular sightings of the eight foot tall hairy ape-man.

Puttkamer also talked about Cadborasaurus and the Naden Harbor carcass, the Tasmanian Tiger, his bloody encounter with land leeches in Australia, as well as his upcoming documentary, Peyote to LSD, in which he explores the untold story of the psychedelic era.

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The Hunt for D.B. Cooper

Appearing in the first two hours, attorney Galen Cook gave an update on his investigation of D.B. Cooper, the infamous hijacker who on November 24, 1971 parachuted from an airliner with $200,000 in ransom and was never seen again.


Cook provided another photo of the D.B. Cooper suspect (middle top, larger). For comparison, it is pictured next to FBI composite drawings (left and right, modified by C2C listener Kent B.) as well as a photo previously provided by Cook of the Cooper suspect (middle bottom). Click here for larger images and more info.

The new photo shows a "Jump Wings" insignia pinned above the suspect's military ribbons, Cook explained, noting the suspect had parachute experience. He also said the suspect's eldest son recalls his father doing night HALO (high-altitude, low-opening) jump training. Cook briefly discussed a thumbprint from the suspect's military records as well.