BONNEY LAKE, Wash. -- Some residents of Bonney Lake are skeptical of a New York Magazine article that suggests hijacker D.B. Cooper was a man who lived in the Pierce County town from 1972 to his death in 1994.

Kenneth Christiansen was a former Army paratrooper and former flight attendant. His brother, Lyle Christiansen of Morris, Minn., told the magazine he believes Kenneth was D.B. Cooper.

Most believe the hijacker died in 1971 when he jumped out of a plane over southwest Washington with $200,000.

Bonney Lake Mayor Neal Johnson says the D.B. Cooper connection could draw visitors to the town.

One resident who lived a block away from Christiansen says he had a lot of money and was generous, but Julia Bowne doubts he was the hijacker and notes he's not around to defend himself.