For those of you unfamiliar with the film, it goes like this. Patterson partnered with his brotherinlaw, al deatley, to take the film on a national tour as a way to raise funds for a full fledged. The motion picture film of an alleged bigfoot taken by roger patterson and bob gimlin in october 1967 is examined and data are provided on the movement and stature of the bigfoot. Stabilized version of famous bigfoot video allows you to. Bob gimlin patty the female sasquatch2015conference filmed by craig yahne duration. The two men involved were roger patterson and bob gimlin. Clearest bigfoot sighting yet as famous 1967 patterson. Patterson gimlin film also known as the patterson film or the pgf is an american short motion picture of an unidentified subject which the filmmakers have said was a bigfoot. He used to break horses, he rode in an honesttogod sheriffs posse, and, of course, he rode in rodeos, which is where he met roger patterson.
For those of you who dont know it is a channel that reads out encounters with cryptids, aliens, ghosts etc that are sent in by viewers. The series premiered on abc on october 2, 2001, and the final episode aired on october 31 of that year. Bob heironimus was a tall 6 ft, powerfully built yakima, washington native, age 26. All is going well as bob gets actress bo derek to cohost, until john tesh shows back up. Please limit discussion to improvement of this article. My apologizes to mk davis, i did not know it was him who did work on this,part of the video we used was some of his work,i spent hours looking at many videos from various youtube accounts, never seen mk davis on the account or credit would have been given at the first. The footage is one of best pieces of bigfoot evidence in existence and has been examined by many researchers. The previous year, in the afternoon of october 20, 1967, two young cowboys, roger patterson and bob gimlin, made a strange encounter at bluff creek in northern california. He specifically calls up a scene in the sauna in the 1970 sequel beneath the planet of the.
He was a champion in his day champion boxer, rodeo contender, etc. So, yes, roger patterson did once give a deathbed confession, but it never had a thing to do with faking the film. Recently i saw a social media post touting a newly stabilized version of the infamous 1967 patterson gimlin film of bigfoot. The most famous image of a bigfoot is from a film taken in 1967 by roger patterson and bob gimlin in bluff creek, california. Davis proposed that the famous patterson gimlin footage was actually a small part of the film documentation of a bigfoot massacre. The patterson gimlin film is the holy grail of cryptozoology. The camera used was a kodak k100 16mm movie camera. You still dont think the patterson gimlin film is a real sasquatch.
Davis theorized bob gimlin and roger patterson killed bigfoot at bluff creek in 1967, and john green, bob titmus, and others being behind a. High quality frames from the original film are inserted into a copy of the film to boost the overall cinematic effect. You may wish to ask factual questions about patterson gimlin film at the reference desk, discuss relevant wikipedia policy at the village pump, or ask for help at the help desk. He played all or part of thirteen seasons in major league baseball between 1985 and 1998, primarily as a middlerelief pitcher. Film introducing bigfoot to world still mysterious 50. According to munns, his database of high resolution copies of each frame from various versions of the. Bigfoot ruined this mans life, then gave him a fresh. The strange pattersongimlin massacre story strange. Is it just that the debunking stories dont get told as often because they arent nearly as. The pattersongimlin film is a famous short motion picture of an unidentified bipedal creature that is said to have been filmed on october 20, 1967, by roger patterson and robert gimlin on the klamath river outside of orleans, california. The film, less than a minute, caused years of grief for gimlin, who felt patterson edged him out of the threeway deal they shared with patterson s. The patterson gimlin film, shot in the late 1960s, purports to show a female bigfoot taking a stroll through the woods near orleans, california.
Also referred to as the patterson or pg film, roger patterson, and robert gimlin captured the debated footage in october 1967. He played for the san diego padres 1985, pittsburgh pirates 198692, texas rangers 1993, california angels 199495 and chicago cubs 199698. The patterson gimlin film, as it is called, depicts a tall hairy animal reportedly 7 feet high walking near the creek, away from the two men and briefly glancing over its shoulder to look at them. Robert chandler patterson born may 16, 1959 is a former professional baseball player. See why the mysterious mountain lion is the bigfoot of big cats. Here, roger patterson is shown making a plaster casting of a footprint at the bluff creek, ca site, the day of the encounter. It only was about patterson having used a fillin bob gimlin because the real bob gimlin had a horse business and family that never allowed him to get away to go on the lecture circuit. Patterson gimlin film is an american short motion picture of an unidentified subject which the filmmakers have said was a bigfoot. Bob gimlin lives in yakima, and hes a realdeal cowboy. Created by michael markowitz, peter tilden, jason alexander. Still stalking bigfoot 50 years after the beast went big. Veteran film industry special makeup effects designer bill munns joined guest host connie willis for the entire program to discuss his analysis of the controversial 1967 patterson gimlin bigfoot film pgf. The patterson gimlin film is perhaps the most widely viewed bigfoot video evidence to emerge since the study of bigfoot moved from mythology to cryptozoology.
After all, it was only a year after the patterson gimlin footage was shot that the iconic 1968 film planet of the apes came onto the screen. The patterson gimlin bigfoot film decisively exposed as a hoax. The other patterson gimlin footage i was watching the youtube channel strange but true stories yesterday. Oftenreferred to as the holy grail of proof of bigfoots existence, the patterson gimlin footage is now, for the first time ever. It was cancelled in november 2001 after five of the ten scheduled episodes aired. A short film of what appears to be the first captured footage of bigfoot. A first generation copy of the film was made on eastman 78 safety film on november 8, 1968, a little more than one year after the original was shot. Davis produces an amazing version of the patterson.
He described how his examination of the pgf is the most comprehensive to date. Big tree at the patterson gimlin film site by bugs mitchell. You still dont think the pattersongimlin film is a real. It was directed by robby benson and barnet kellman. The footage was obtained in a remote mountainous area in northern california in 1967. Patterson had rented a 16mm camera to both hunt for bigfoot and search out locations for a potential fictional film about the beast. Bob patterson is an american television sitcom starring jason alexander, produced by ira steven behr. The film stars adam driver as a bus driver and poet named paterson, and golshifteh farahani as his wife, who dreams of being a country music star and opening a cupcake business paterson was selected to compete for the palme dor at the 2016 cannes film festival, where it won the palm dog award. Paterson is a 2016 drama film written and directed by jim jarmusch. There are two bigfoot in the patterson gimlin film.
The film tore patterson s and gimlins friendship apart. The footage was shot in 1967 in northern california, and has since been subjected to many attempts to authenticate or debunk it. The patterson gimlin film is widely regarded as one of the strongest pieces of evidence for the existence of sasquatches. Join a team of detectives as they revisit the ageold mystery. Is there anyone left who still believes the 1967 bigfoot. Still stalking bigfoot 50 years after film of beast went. The famous lookback frame of an alleged female bigfoot from the 1967 film produced by roger patterson and bob gimlin. Bob gimlin right is an authentic horsewhisperer, straight out of an old disney film. With bob s career and personal life in rut, bob attempts to turn things around by getting his writing done and asking out the hot. The pattersongimlin film part 3 astonishing legends.
The original of the patterson film is believed to have been photographed on kodak kodachrome film. This is especially true concerning the patterson gimlin film of an alleged sasquatchbigfoot. This page is not a forum for general discussion about patterson gimlin film. On august 2, steven streufert, owner of bigfoot books in california, uploaded the complete film that roger patterson and bob gimlin shot in october 1967. That film, which launched a thousand bigfoot hunters, also sort of ruined bob s life. In fall 1967 roger patterson and bob gimlin were out looking for bigfoot. Complete reel of film shot by roger patterson in and around bluff creek, ca, in 1967 this banner text can have markup. In the early afternoon of friday october 20th 1967 roger patterson and bob gimlin claimed to have captured film of a sasquatch and documented part of its trackway along with making plaster casts of the imprints left by the film subject. Missing 411 a missing teenager, the corona virus and a wilderness guide and their experiences. If patty is some man in a suit, then that is one highly sophisticated and priceless body. Was the pattersongimlin film ever proven to be a hoax. It is seen that the film subjects height and walking speed exceed that of the average human and that its head height to stature ratio is essentially beyond human. But does the evidence point toward a giant ape or a man in an ape suit.
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