Comments on: Patterson-Gimlin Footage: 39 Years Ago

By: DWA

DWA — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:33:11 +0000

It’s been said before, but:

This film shows a real animal until someone can uncover a shard of evidence that it isn’t.

I haven’t heard of one.

By: UncleSac

UncleSac — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:54:59 +0000

I have one question for detractors of the PGF:

If you were going to hoax a bigfoot and catch it on film, taking along someone to witness the event, would you allow them to carry a 30.06 rifle during the time when your cohort was in a Monkey suit? How about if you were the guy in the suit? Would you agree to “do the walk” if you knew there was a good chance you might get shot in the process?

But on the other side, I have recently seen reports that there are a few frames of bigfoot footage immediately before the classic PGF sequence. Anyone have access to the entire footage to confirm or deny?

Regards

By: cor2879

cor2879 — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:07:50 +0000

I’ve always leaned more to the ‘believing it’s real’ side of this debate but three things sealed the deal for me:

1. The bigfoot is female. If it’s a ‘Hollywood hoax’ I find the prospect of them making bigfoot female unlikely. After all there was never a ‘Harriet and the Hendersons’ was there?

2. Muscle movement - even to the point that some sort of muscle injury can be observed in the right thigh. Again, who would think to fake this and how could it even be done?

3. Failed attempts to reenact the film - I think it was Craig that posted on here a few months back a side by side comparison of the P-G film and a ‘recreation’ that Discovery Channel or some network like that had done only a few years ago. The most noticeable difference? Anatomically speaking ‘Patty’ is definitly not human. Her arms hang much lower and are much longer than a human’s yet she walks upright. TV’s attempt at recreating this fell very short.

So Patterson-Gimlin, in my humble opinion, is one of the few true film images of a real, live bigfoot. Hopefully it is not the only one we will ever see!

By: MrInspector

MrInspector — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:10:04 +0000

Thanks stillserchin, I was unaware of this one and it seems just what the doctor ordered. I’ll pick it up. Have you seen this? Does anyone know the screen resolution of the P/G video file?

By: sasdave

sasdave — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:00:30 +0000

I was a believer before seeing the land mark film of P/G. The P/G film aided me into understand what I had witnessed in the mid to late 70’s as I hadn’t seen the film till after my sighting. The problem was it appeared the film footage I was always seeing was blurry, til later seeing it clear did I realize it was a Betty. I believe it to be real; eventhough, some don’t. Of course it helps if you’ve seen one in real time. One day I may have to put out a book on the subject as I live in a area that is a hot spot where many Pats and Bettys still roam free. The very best to you Mr. Gimlin for your bravado.

By: Doug Tarrant

Doug Tarrant — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:34:52 +0000

My first encounter was 1957, ten years before the P/G Patty film, and two more in later years on expeditions.

So, I’m a believer. It changes your life’s perceptions when you know “they” really exist, and that Modern Man isn’t the only intelligent “high order” sharing this planet.

By: stillserchin

stillserchin — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 08:09:43 +0000

You may want to check out “Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science.” (DVD) The documentary film originally aired on The Discovery Channel 1-9-03. It’s got the full length Patterson-Gimlin Footage in digital format plus two other films. It’s available from Whitewolf Entertainment.

Anyway the P-G Film is a phenomena in itself. There is no other film like it, somewhat reminiscent of the famed Zapruder Film of the JFK shooting. They’ve been analyzed and scrutinized frame by frame by experts, so-called experts, the media, laypersons and just about everyone else who happen to have a deep profound abiding interest. I have the same recollections of those from the posted comments about seeing the film for the first time and it continues to pique the curiousity after all these years.I’ve read and studied as much I could from all the various books, magazines and other periodicals that have dealt exclusively with this film. And the conclusions are always the same. It’s one of the greatest hoaxes of all time or it’s a genuine film of a large unknown species of primate yet to be discovered. My belief is that it is authentic. This film has set the standard for all other Bigfoot films to follow. An arduous and difficult task at best.

By: MrInspector

MrInspector — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:45:55 +0000

It’s impressive if it’s a hoax, poor if it’s a documentary. However, I agree with bambookid, I would really like to be able to look at the footage in detail, not just the low quality analog tape encode. It would be nice to have a proper high-quality “digital-rip” of the film.

By: bambookid

bambookid — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:54:03 +0000

I had seen the film in a movie theater when I was younger. Just as fasinating now as it was then.

Since then, I have only seen short, low-quality web versions of this. Is there somewhere a person can get the full-length, high quality version?

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:33:43 +0000

I do like the idea of a competition show. Let someone finance a competition in stages, with increasing amounts of funding and access to experts and technology. See just how much cost and effort it takes nowadays to produce a costume that replicates the quality of what is shown in the P/G film. And then subject it to the level of scrutiny the P/G film has undergone. See how well it fares there. Show just how hard it is even now to make a hoax of that level. Maybe even have someone do the cost conversions, and access comparisons to show what it would have taken back then.

Sorry…just a little pipe dream.