Forty two years ago, the world was shocked with the announcement made by two men, that the legendary creature known as Sasquatch, or BigFoot, had been captured on film. The alledged video, which shows a large, hairy bipedal creature walking in the distance with a powerful stride was considered the final "smoking gun" of the Bigfoot mystery by many. But what exactly was captured on film that faithful day. Was it the elusive creature or was it something else?
To answer this question one would have to look back at the history of the two men who recorded the beast, and the events that transpired in and around their life. Roger Paterson, the first man involved in the case, first became interested in the mysterious Bigfoot around 1959 after having read an article about the creature in True magazine. He went on to produce his own book on the subject as well as a documentary about it.
Till this day, no one has been able to prove the film as a hoax or as authentic for that matter. Both men have always dismissed allegations that they had hoaxed the footage by filming a man wearing an ape suit. Patterson, who died of cancer in 1972, swore on his death bed that the footage was authentic and he had encountered and filmed a large bipedal animal unknown to science. Gimlin, has always denied being involved in any part of a possible hoax with Patterson and claims that he and his partner had encountered a real Bigfoot.
Although many people have come forward and claimed that they were involved in the hoax, even some who have claimed that they were the "ape suit" wearer, none have been able to provide indisputable evidence about their claims. After being put through countless analysis, some which seem to show that the creature had "muscle movement", which would dismiss the "ape suit" theory, no one is till one hundred percent sure about what the creature that Patterson and Gimlin captured on film is exactly.
Enhanced versions of the film can be seen below
Being regarded as one of the greatest evidence in bigfoot history, the Patterson-Gimlin film has intrigued skeptics and believers for decades. Perhaps one day the mystery will finally be solved, and maybe it is just an "ape suit". But what if this film is genuine, and what if before you, you are actually looking at a real flesh and blood Sasquatch. A creature which has escaped science for years. A creature with near human intelligent. Perhaps one day the mystery will be solved but for now,
The verdict is- UNEXPLAINED
Patterson and his friend Robert Gimlin, the second man in the case, set out for the Six Rivers National Forest in Northern California, funded by the money he made from his documentary, in 1967. They chose this area because of all the intermittent sightings of the creature as well as its footprints in the past.
In the early afternoon of October 20, Patterson and Gimlin were traveling along the Bluff Creek trail. Both were on horseback when they "came to an overturned tree with a large root system at a turn in the creek, almost as high as a room." When they rounded it they spotted the figure behind it nearly simultaneously, while it was "crouching beside the creek to their left".
Patterson estimated he was about 25 feet (7.6 m) away from the creature at his closest. Patterson said that his horse reared upon seeing (or perhaps smelling) the figure, and he spent about twenty seconds extricating himself from the saddle and getting his camera from a saddlebag before he could run toward the figure while operating his camera. He yelled "Cover me" to Gimlin, who thereupon crossed the creek on horseback, rode forward awhile, and, rifle in hand, dismounted (presumably because his horse might have panicked if the creature charged, spoiling his shot).
Patterson had the film developed as soon as possible. He was confident in what he had captured, but was surprised when few scientists even took the time to look at his film. Most of the few that looked at it, quickly dismissed it as a fake. Patterson instead decided to incorporate the film as the centerpiece of the documentary film that he had set out to make in the first place. This proved to be a great decision as it earned him modest financial success as well as fame. Gimlin on the other hand refrained from appearing in the spot light. He only briefly helped to promote the film and avoided discussing his Bigfoot encounter publicly for many subsequent years. He would later report that he'd avoided publicity after Patterson and promoter Al DeAtley had broken their agreement to pay Gimlin a share of any profits generated by the film.In the early afternoon of October 20, Patterson and Gimlin were traveling along the Bluff Creek trail. Both were on horseback when they "came to an overturned tree with a large root system at a turn in the creek, almost as high as a room." When they rounded it they spotted the figure behind it nearly simultaneously, while it was "crouching beside the creek to their left".Patterson estimated he was about 25 feet (7.6 m) away from the creature at his closest. Patterson said that his horse reared upon seeing (or perhaps smelling) the figure, and he spent about twenty seconds extricating himself from the saddle and getting his camera from a saddlebag before he could run toward the figure while operating his camera. He yelled "Cover me" to Gimlin, who thereupon crossed the creek on horseback, rode forward awhile, and, rifle in hand, dismounted (presumably because his horse might have panicked if the creature charged, spoiling his shot).
The figure had walked away from them to a distance of about 120 feet (37 m) before Patterson began to run after it. The resulting film (about 53 seconds long) is initially quite shaky until Patterson gets about 80 feet (24 m) from the figure. At that point the figure glanced over its right shoulder at the men and Patterson fell to his knees.
Shortly after glancing over its shoulder, the creature walked behind a grove of trees, reappeared for awhile after Patterson moved ten feet to a better vantage point, then fades into the trees again and is lost to view as the reel of film ran out. Gimlin remounted and followed it on horseback, keeping his distance, until it disappeared around a bend in the road three hundred yards away. Patterson called him back at that point, feeling vulnerable on foot without a rifle, because he feared the creature's mate might approach.
The unedited video can be seen below
Till this day, no one has been able to prove the film as a hoax or as authentic for that matter. Both men have always dismissed allegations that they had hoaxed the footage by filming a man wearing an ape suit. Patterson, who died of cancer in 1972, swore on his death bed that the footage was authentic and he had encountered and filmed a large bipedal animal unknown to science. Gimlin, has always denied being involved in any part of a possible hoax with Patterson and claims that he and his partner had encountered a real Bigfoot.
Although many people have come forward and claimed that they were involved in the hoax, even some who have claimed that they were the "ape suit" wearer, none have been able to provide indisputable evidence about their claims. After being put through countless analysis, some which seem to show that the creature had "muscle movement", which would dismiss the "ape suit" theory, no one is till one hundred percent sure about what the creature that Patterson and Gimlin captured on film is exactly.
Enhanced versions of the film can be seen below
Being regarded as one of the greatest evidence in bigfoot history, the Patterson-Gimlin film has intrigued skeptics and believers for decades. Perhaps one day the mystery will finally be solved, and maybe it is just an "ape suit". But what if this film is genuine, and what if before you, you are actually looking at a real flesh and blood Sasquatch. A creature which has escaped science for years. A creature with near human intelligent. Perhaps one day the mystery will be solved but for now,
The verdict is- UNEXPLAINED
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