# Another weird D.B. Cooper story - the flight attendant **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 1, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-weird-d-b-cooper-story-the-flight-attendant/594861 "2011-09-01T17:44:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-weird-d-b-cooper-story-the-flight-attendant/594861/1 "2011-09-01T17:44:09Z")
I’m amazed this crime had any effect on the flight attendant. There was no violence directly against her. She didn’t witness a mob hit. I’ve followed this case since it happened and never gave the flight attendant a second thought. Didn’t know her name. Hard to imagine anyone harassing this lady. I seriously doubt the paparazzi know her name. Apparently it did have a bad outcome for her. She felt the need to hide in a convent for years. :dubious: She’s out now living under a new name. Bizarre story. Shame she let something like this ruin her life. It didn’t seem like it traumatized her at the time it happened. [http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/01/secret-life-of-a-d-b-cooper-hijacking-witness-includes-disappearing-to-a-nunnery/?hpt=hp\_c2](http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/01/secret-life-of-a-d-b-cooper-hijacking-witness-includes-disappearing-to-a-nunnery/?hpt=hp_c2) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-weird-d-b-cooper-story-the-flight-attendant/594861/2 "2011-09-01T17:55:42Z")
Sounds like this lady was very smart and handled the situation very well. > [@](#): > > Investigative reporter Bruce Smith, who has researched the Cooper case for three years, said, “Mucklow was the brains of the crew.” > > Smith said the pilot of Flight 305 told him that Mucklow’s actions during the flight saved his and the passengers’ lives. “She kept Cooper cool, calm and collected,” Smith said. > > Although Mucklow and other crew members spoke at a news conference immediately after the hijacking, she soon stopped talking to the media about it. > > Then around 1979 or 1980, close to a decade after the hijacking, Mucklow cut herself off from the world and turned to a life of solitude. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-weird-d-b-cooper-story-the-flight-attendant/594861/3 "2011-09-01T17:59:44Z")
It’s only your opinion that the incident resulted in a “bad outcome for her” or that “she let something like this ruin her life.” The story you linked to says: > [@](#): > > But other clues in Mucklow’s past point to a life of religious devotion. News photos from the night of the hijacking showed Mucklow clutching a Bible. > \ > Antunez wouldn’t speculate about Mucklow’s reasons for joining or leaving a convent, but said he doubted it had to do with the hijacking. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-weird-d-b-cooper-story-the-flight-attendant/594861/4 "2011-09-01T18:10:54Z")
True… I do find the idea of a life in any religious cult a bit depressing. Especially one where someone is locked behind walls and cut off from the world. That’s just my IMHO But there was also her name change, and odd reaction to the reporter. It’s like she’s frightened and hiding. Strange story. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-weird-d-b-cooper-story-the-flight-attendant/594861/5 "2011-09-01T18:53:15Z")
Don’t mean to threadshit, but I don’t see anything strange or bizarre about it. So the woman spent some years in a convent – nothing odd 'bout that, happens all the time. And she avoids attention from journalists – nothing odd 'bout that, either. There could be a hundreds reasons for both of these things other than her being traumatized, “frightened and hiding,” or anything like that. ---
**Author:** ![Sandra\_Battye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sandra_battye/32/552_2.png) [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-weird-d-b-cooper-story-the-flight-attendant/594861/6 "2011-09-01T20:28:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > True… I do find the idea of a life in any religious cult a bit depressing. Especially one where someone is locked behind walls and cut off from the world. I don’t think any reasonable religious observer would consider the Carmelite Order to be a part of a cult. As the article says, the women are heavily screened and undergo 6-8 years before permanently choosing cloistered life. If someone changes her mind, she is allowed to resume her secular life. The article states plainly > [@](#): > > Agents questioned her immediately after the hijacking, but Cooper case buffs want to know more about her current relationship with federal authorities. …Cooper case buffs have other questions, too. Seems clear that some case buffs have no regard for her privacy. If she doesn’t want to talk to some joe about his pet theory, she shouldn’t have to. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-weird-d-b-cooper-story-the-flight-attendant/594861/7 "2011-09-01T22:46:36Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > True… I do find the idea of a life in any religious cult a bit depressing. Especially one where someone is locked behind walls and cut off from the world. That’s just my IMHO > > But there was also her name change, and odd reaction to the reporter. It’s like she’s frightened and hiding. > > Strange story. There’s nothing odd about her reaction to the reporter. My family having been deemed news worthy a couple of times (locally only) My mother was the only one willing to be interviewed or have pic/video taken.