Roger patterson and bob gimlin went looking for, and found a bigfoot. Clearest bigfoot sighting yet as famous 1967 patterson. Here is my new webpage about the patterson gimlin bigfoot and why i believe it to be a real sasquatch, with several analytical videos, enjoy. The following is a partial transcript of a radio interview done at vancouver, canada, approximately november, 1967, by openline host jack webster with roger patterson and bob gimlin, just after the first showing of the film to scientists, from the university of b. Roger patterson made a controversial and iconic contribution to bigfoot investigation in 1967 with his and bob gimlins muchparsed bluff creek bigfoot film.
I was astounded to find that this footage, which i assumed everyone knew had been debunked, was still making the rounds for folks wanting to believe. Recently i saw a social media post touting a newly stabilized version of the infamous 1967 pattersongimlin film of bigfoot. Digging deeper patterson was someone who might be considered an amateur bigfoot hunter. The infamous footage shot by robert patterson and robert gimlin on october 29th 1967 in califonia. Roger patterson bob gimlin a 4k remaster of the infamous footage, which is alleged to show a live bigfoot, has been posted online. The footage was shot in 1967 in northern california, and has since been subjected to many attempts to authenticate or debunk it. Pattersongimlin film is an american short motion picture of an unidentified subject which the filmmakers have said was a bigfoot.
The pattersongimlin film is widely regarded as one of the strongest pieces of evidence for the existence of sasquatches. Filmed in 1967 in northern california, the pattersongimlin film has long remained the most hotly debated and tantalizing piece of footage ever recorded in relation to the bigfoot phenomenon. Over 30 years after the alleged bigfoot encounter on bluff creek, this was the supposedly similarlylooking suit revealed as proof the original creature could be faked by clever costume designers. The patterson film, pattersongimlin film of bigfoot sasquatch. A short film of what appears to be the first captured footage of bigfoot. Nicknamed patty, the film continues to generate speculation about its authenticity 50 years after its release. The evidence within the pattersongimlin bigfoot incident.
Bluff creek is a tributary of the klamath river, about 25 loggingroad miles northwest of the town of orleans, in del norte county california. Roger clarence patterson 19331972 find a grave memorial. Roger patterson and bob gimlin had their encounter with bigfoot a. Pattersongimlin bigfoot video gets makeover unexplained. Join a team of detectives as they revisit the ageold mystery. Fortysix years ago roger patterson and bob gimlin had their incredible encounter with an apparently female bigfoot at a specific site at bluff creek, california, on october 20, 1967.
The pattersongimlin film some noteworthy insights christopher murphy vancouver, b. Man who captured the infamous 1967 footage of bigfoot. In 1967 roger patterson and bob gimlin set out to film the unknown. The two men involved were roger patterson and bob gimlin. The pattersongimlin film is a famous shot of something resembling the famous creature known as bigfoot or sasquatch.
The year was 1967, and two cowboys from washingtons apple country were deep in the forest of northern california in search of a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid known as. Bigfoot caught on tape patterson footage stabilized. Film introducing bigfoot to world still mysterious 50. The footage was obtained in a remote mountainous area in northern california in 1967. Createspace independent publishing platform august 23, 2016. Film introducing bigfoot to world still mysterious 50 years later opb. Bigfoot ruined this mans life, then gave him a fresh. They shot the footage off the banks of bluff creek in northern california. This is the original pattersongimlin footage of bigfoot, take in 1967. Roger patterson and bob gimlin had their encounter with bigfoot on october 20, 1967. In the nine years between the widely publicized jerry crew tracks in october, 1958, and the pattersongimlin footage in october, 1967, several people in the northwest had the idea of making a documentary about the bigfoot mystery, but only a few actually made progress in that direction. Exposing roger pattersons 1967 bigfoot film hoax the x. Patterson was, apparently, the only one among them who was. Since its filming by roger patterson and bob gimlin in northern california in october of 1967, it has remained a complete mystery, far beyond any rational explanation.
Fifty years later people still pore over it, debating its authenticity and speculating on how it may have been faked. The film provides a view of the plantar surface of the subjects foot, as well as several unobstructed views of step cycles. Researchers have relocated the site where roger patterson and bob gimlin had their encounter with patty the sasquatch, on the banks of bluff creek around 1. Believers trek to the forest where sasquatch hunters shot the 1967 footage that made bigfoot americas most popular cryptid. A brief history on october 20, 1967, roger patterson shot his famous footage of a bigfoot at bluff creek, california. Gimlin, along with roger patterson, gathered their famous film footage in northern california in 1967. See why the mysterious mountain lion is the bigfoot of big cats. The famous lookback frame of an alleged female bigfoot from the 1967 film produced by roger patterson and bob gimlin. Was the pattersongimlin film ever proven to be a hoax. This film, taken on october 20, 1967 has become the most famous bigfoot film footage ever captured, and the subject in the film, looking back at the camera while walking away, has become the iconic photo people around the world now associate with the very word bigfoot. Roger patterson bigfoot film is bigfoot real or not. The pattersongimlin film part 2 astonishing legends.
Roger pattersons claim to fame was his 1967 filming of a supposed bigfoot sasquatch near bluff creek in northern california. The footage was shot in 1967 in northern california, and has. 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. Bigfoot evidence has the scoop and a word from davis. The impact that this film has had on bigfoot mythology is inestimable. This famous image is frame 352 of a 16mm silent color film shot in 1967 in northern california by rancher roger patterson, accompanied by his friend, bob gimlin. The second part of the video is zoomed and stabilized, to give a clearer vision of the creatures movement. Pattersongimlin film 1967 pattersongimlin film 1967. Still stalking bigfoot 50 years after the beast went big. But does the evidence point toward a giant ape or a man in an ape suit. Critics are divided over the authenticity of this short film, which is likely the most famous piece of evidence concerning the argument of bigfoots existence. Skeptics claim patty was a man in a suit, but we all know that there was no such suit back 1967.
During the 1960s he developed an interest in the bigfoot an unknown creature seen for years in california, orgeon and washington, writing a small. The most famous image of a bigfoot is from a film taken in 1967 by roger patterson and bob gimlin in bluff creek, california. On october 20th of that year, they captured the image of a terrifying manbeast, in which to this day still enthralls, enchants, and bewilders both scientist and laymen alike. These 39 seconds have been debates endlessly for decades and the debate only continues to grow with each passing year. To the untrained eye, bigfoot 1967 may simply appear to show a man in a particularly wellconstructed apeman suit traipsing through the forest, but those with experience can tell you better it surely depicts a large, hairy bipedal apelike figure, a species unknown to science, which had momentarily emerged from its wilderness paradise to oversee the filming of roger patterson and robert gimlins bigfoot documentary. Is there anyone left who still believes the 1967 bigfoot. On october 20, 1967, exrodeo cowboy roger patterson and partner bob gimlin filmed what appears to be a female sasquatch traversing a sand bar in bluff creek. The pattersongimlin pg film used a 16mm kodak cine 100 camera.
Patterson gimlin film is an american short motion picture of an unidentified subject which the filmmakers have said was a bigfoot. On the film is the image of a large, heavyset, hairy hominid. At the international cryptozoology museum over the weekend, i was talking to a genetic scientist from harvard, and shared with him my notion that there is not. Pattersongimlin film 1967 this footage shot by bob gimlin and roger patterson is perhaps the most famous amateur footage every recorded next to the john f. The pattersongimlin film is a movie of a bigfoot creature taken. Is it just that the debunking stories dont get told as often because they arent nearly as. The authenticity of this footage is still debated today. The bigfoot film controversy presents the complete text of roger pattersons landmark book do abominable snowmen of america really exist. Although the footage was never validated to be proven conclusive evidence of bigfoots existence. Roger patterson was no ordinary filmmaker, he managed to film a shaky 60 second film of a bigfoot the creature that the native americans call sasquatch. In 1967, nine years after the term bigfoot was coined in response to large, manlike footprints found in northern california, the late roger patterson exposed 29 feet of 16mm color motion picture film. Bob gimlin was a small town cowboy when his friend coaxed him into hunting the famous mythical creature 50 years ago. As of 2015 no one has successfully produced a duplicated version of the pattersongimlin film. Together with robert bob gimlin, a rancher and horse trainer who acted as a guide, he setread more.
On october 20, 1967, roger patterson and bob gimlin claimed to have captured on film a female bigfoot retreating across a loamy sandbar on bluff creek, in northern california. The pattersongimlin film or simply the patterson film is a short motion picture of an unidentified subject walking across a clearing filmed on october 20, 1967 by roger patterson and robert gimlin who claimed the motion picture was a genuine recording of a living breathing female bigfoot. The legend of the patterson film according to roger patterson, who died of cancer in 1972, he and a companion, bob gimlin, were riding their horses on october 20, 1967, in bluff creek, california, when they suddenly encountered a bigfoot. It shows a huge dark, mansized and manshaped figure lumbering. This week marks the 50th anniversary of some of the most compelling proof of a mythical creature. In 1967, roger patterson claimed he captured bigfoot on film. In that iconic picture, the thing bigfoot was turning back to look at was bob gimlin. Cowboy behind legendary pattersongimlin bigfoot film marks 50th. Still stalking bigfoot 50 years after film of beast went. Patterson gimlin bigfoot film 1967, the best stabilization of all 5 parts of the film. The creature was later determined to be female and became known as patty.
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