The Legend of D. B. Cooper
Death by Natural Causes
By Pat and Ron Forman
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What are people saying about the book?
"Very exciting! I couldn't put it down."
"A real page turner."
"I'm a believer now. Barbara Dayton WAS D. B. Cooper"The book is also available in many Public Libraries in our area.
Eye-Witness Accounts Myths Exposed Map Pictures Our Blog
Psychological Evaluations Letters Home National Symposium Recap
To see a short piece from the Today Show that included us, click on 5 Seconds of Fame - Today Show Clip .
On the upper left hand side of the page, click on "Where is D. B. Cooper"
There have been several theories about the true identity of the infamous hijacker, but none is as believable or as exciting as the story contained in The Legend of D. B. Cooper, Death by Natural Causes.
According to the FBI, the perpetrator of the only unsolved skyjacking was a fool. In recent articles, the man who signed in as Dan Cooper for the short flight from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington on November 24, 1971, is portrayed by the FBI as a bumbling idiot. The theory is that he panicked when he jumped from the rear stairs of a 727, failed to pull the cord on his chute, and tumbled to his death in the dense forests of Southwestern Washington.
This book provides you with a believable and exciting story that leaves you to make up your own mind on its validity. We started out to write a book about the exciting life of a very dear friend of ours. Even without the D. B. Cooper confession, the story is remarkable. It contains humor, emotions, and excitement.
Before we met our friend, he led a very different life than when we knew him. He had been a very rough individual, serving in the Merchant Marines during the war, riding with the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang, and fighting his way through over one-hundred jobs and two marriages in his attempts to hide his true inner feelings.
As we researched for our book, we slowly became convinced that Barbara was D.B. Cooper. However, we are not asking you to take our word for it. We are in the process of adding our proof to this website so you can research and come to your own conclusions. We hope you will enjoy your discoveries as much as we enjoyed our initial research.
The psychological evaluations show motive and allow for us to understand the magitude of Bobby / Barbara's inner turmoil.
The letters home are proof that many of the wild stories we were told are true and give insight into Bobby's character and thoughts.
Bobby's remaining family have helped us tremendously to fill in many of the blanks and give us insights into his personality and struggles before we met him as Barbara in 1977. We will always be greatful for their help in allowing us to fulfill our promise to a dear friend. Our hope is that our research will provide some closure for the hurt that Bobby was compelled to cause.
Most of the family believe that Bobby was D.B. Cooper. They do not condone what he did, but they are anxious to let it be known why it was done. It has been a difficult struggle to come to grips with the enigma that was Barbara, and to understand why the dad, brother, uncle, brother-in-law, husband, deserted them to "correct nature's mistake". We hope we can give them a glimmer of understanding of the torture that Bobby endured in the journey to become Barbara, and the guilt that was felt over some of the things that occurred only because of the compelling journey.
What's New on the Website:
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10/19/2011 |
Completed the retyping and posting the letters that were legible. |
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10/18/2011 |
Added more letters home. When complete this section will provide an outline of Bobby's travels and give more incite into his behavior. |
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9/8/2011 |
Added a few of the letters home. More to come. |
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9/4/2011 |
Added more evaluations to the psychological evaluations page. |
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9/2/2011 |
Added more pictures. Also completed the 2006 FBI interview section |
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9/1/2011 |
Added the beginnings of the psychological evaluations. This only contains the the evaluations immediately before and after the jump. Others will be added as time allows. This is the best resource for understanding the turmoil in Bobby/Barbara's life. |
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8/31/2011 |
Section 2 and 3 of the FBI interview are now complete. Section 3 is interesting because it gives insight into the deep emotions that led Barbara to perform the skyjacking to get back at society. More of the psychological evaluations will be added later. |
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8/30/2011 |
Section 1 of the 2006 FBI interview is now complete. |
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8/28/2011 |
FBI Interview - New page. Details on the interview that occurred in Tacoma, WA in August of 2006. This is under construction. Will ultimately contain all information supplied to the FBI in 2006. At the time, the agent we interviewed seemed convinced and through our attorney they were supplied with a DNA profile we had obtained using an envelope Barb had liked, another envelope for the FBI to use for testing, Barb's hairbrush and a sample of Barb's writing. We never heard back. The FBI in Seattle later denied that we had supplied any information on Barbara Dayton as a possible suspect and refused to treat her as a viable suspect. |
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8/28/2011 |
Myths Exposed - Contents Expanded |
Upcoming Appearance:
The authors will be appearing at a national symposium on D. B. Cooper at the Portland Hilton on November 26, 2011. This is being held in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the jump and the party in Ariel, Washington. More information can be found at http://huntfordbcooper.com
Media Coverage:
For More Information on Barbara Dayton as D. B. Cooper:
Another book, SKYJACK THE HUNT FOR D. B. COOPER By Geoffrey Gray is now available. This book is about the various suspects in the case and includes Barb as a viable suspect. To view the trailer or read about the book visit http://huntfordbcooper.com . The book was released August, 2011.
This is the second article in the South Pierce County newspaper, THE DISPATCH by Bruce Smith. It features Molly Flanagan-Littlefield. Molly flew her Cessna 140 for the filming for National Geographic at Thun Field. (Four days before the release of the National Geographic documentary, the section on Barbara Dayton was cut. According to Bruce Smith, http://themountainnewswa.net, the producers were quite upset. It was cut because the FBI did not support the theory. To link directly to the Cooper section of the mountain news use http://themountainnewswa.net/category/db-cooper
This article appeared in a local South Pierce County newspaper. It was written by Bruce Smith of The Dispatch
On November 29, 2008 we traveled to Ariel, WA for the annual D B Cooper celebration. To hear the NPR radio interview from that site, click here.
On November 12, 2008 Pat was interviewed on the nationally syndicated Michael Medved show. Michael's audience averages 3.5 to 4 million listeners per week. Those who know Pat are very much aware that this is WAY out of her comfort zone. Click here to download.
To see the TV story about our book that was aired on the 11:00pm news on KOMO Channel 4 on July 23,2008, click here. We were each interviewed for about twenty minutes, but only a short clip of Ron and none of Pat made it through the cuts. The story is great though.
Our radio interview did not go as well. It was our first and you can definitely tell we here nervous. To hear the interview that aired on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 on KIRO News Radio (710 AM) click here. The name of the show is the Ron and Don Show.
Check this one out. It's quite humorous. It gives a reason why the FBI is so adament tht D. B. Cooper was not a woman.
We made another blog. Check this one out also.
Citizen Rain is a local blog that contains info on Western Washington communities. Check out their blog here.
On July 16, 2008, the Seattle Times published an article about our book. It was written by Danny Westneat. He did a terrific job. Check it out here.
On July 12, 2008, an article appeared on the website, http://americollector.com by David Chesanow. Search for "Forman" to see the article.
This site is under contruction. Check back often for additions, changes and announcements.