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Patterson Dies + 35: Anniversaries of 2007

Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 19th, 2007

Roger Patterson

This is the week, 35 years ago that Roger Patterson, rodeo rider, songwriter, and Bigfoot hunter, died. Thirty-five years! How time flies.

During the next twelve months you will find your calendar filled with anniversaries that hit close to home, if you are interested in cryptids and other "strange things" that happen all the time.

This year is the 400th anniversary of the founding of Virginia’s Jamestown colony and is (according to various media) the biggest milestone of the year in the United States of America. Intriguingly, 2007 will see the publication of many books about Virginia, including Weird Virginia.

If you are a reader of UFOmystic, you know that this year is the 60th anniversary of Kenneth Arnold’s first "flying saucer" sighting (June 24, 1947). The Modern Era of UFOs started then. You may not know that it is the 10th anniversary year for the Phoenix Lights too. In the world of Fortean phenomena, it is easy to find anniversaries, because frogs fall from the sky, UFOs are seen, and strange things happen all the time.

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There are stories of coincidence and chance, and intersections and strange things told, and which is which and who only knows? And we generally say, "Well, if that was in a movie, I wouldn’t believe it." Someone’s so-and-so met someone else’s so-and-so and so on. And it is in the humble opinion of this narrator that strange things happen all the time. And so it goes, and so it goes. And the book says, "We may be through with the past, but the past ain’t through with us." - Ricky Jay, as the Narrator in Magnolia (1999; directed by Paul Thomas Anderson).

New Frog

Why are frogs falling from the sky? - Philip Seymour Hoffman, as Phil Parma in Magnolia.

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Within cryptozoology, the anniversaries are sometimes less obvious. But this year, for whatever reason, has an onslaught of several significant milestones. Why are they important? Because often books about these events appear in such years and more remembrances occur, frequently revealing new information.

Foremost, of course, is the the 40th anniversary of the famed Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin footage taken at Bluff Creek, California (October 20, 1967). The Modern Era of Bigfoot studies began.

Bob Gimlin

Here’s some other cryptozoological anniversaries for 2007:

The 50th anniversary of a mild flap of Yeti reports and movies for 1957, such as The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, happens.

Abominable Snowman

The 40th anniversary most mentioned, of course, is due to the Patterson-Gimlin footage (October 20, 1967), as I’ve said. But it must be noted that there was a wave of Bigfoot sightings back then, and Mothman-related events related to the collapse of the Silver Bridge (December 15, 1967).

The 30th anniversary of the Dover Demon sightings (April 21-22, 1977), Black Panther killings of livestock in Ohio (beginning April 25, 1977), and the Lawndale Big Bird near-abduction (July 25, 1977) will be remembered. Thirty years ago, 1977 became known as the "Year of the Creature" because there were so many Bigfoot and other creature sightings, especially in the Midwest.

Dover Demon

This 20th anniversary year for a minor series of Loch Ness sightings in 1987 will probably be forgotten by most.

The 10th anniversary of an American Bigfoot flap might or might not be recalled. The biggest attention in 1997, however, was on a definite increase of Asian activity with Yeren hunts in China and Nguoi Rung research in Vietnam. The first Indonesian coelacanth was seen in a fish market in September 1997.

Coelacanth

In 2008, by the way, we’ll celebrate the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the first coelacanth (December 23, 1938).

What other notable cryptozoology anniversaries are coming up in 2007?

This entry was posted on Friday, January 19th, 2007 at 8:04 pm and is filed under Bigfoot, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptotourism, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Dover Demon, Expedition Reports, Eyewitness Accounts, Lake Monsters, Loch Ness Monster, Malaysian Bigfoot, Media Appearances, Mothman, Movie Monsters, Mystery Cats, New Species, Obituaries, Pop Culture, Sasquatch, Television, Thunderbirds, Year In Review, Yeti. You can follow responses via our RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is not allowed.

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fuzzy responds: January 19th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Notable only to us, perhaps, but in late 1977 we relocated temporarily from Fresno CA to Bel Air MD, and immediately became embroiled in active MD/PA area Bigfoot research, with all its improbabilities and mystery, including an overlap into the UFO enigma!

Thirty years! Thanx for triggering that timely memory for me, Loren.
YourPTR! responds: January 20th, 2007 at 10:37 am
This is certainly a notable year for anniversaries, as well as the P/G film 40th anniversary there is the 300th anniversary of the union between Scotland and England/Wales, the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s alleged death, the 25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War and the 10th anniversary of the handover to Hong Kong by the British to the Chinese. I am sure there are many more as well.
DWA responds: January 20th, 2007 at 10:55 am
I didn’t know that anybody thought there were Bigfoot in MD/PA in 1977!

And here I thought I might not learn anything on this thread.
Maybe if somebody…. …really started pumping up publicity for the P/G film, maybe just maybe somebody else with a lot of money (where has Ted Turner been lately?) might be able to get some mainstream scientific resources interested in a 40th-anniversary expedition.

Or two. Or three…

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