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The Patterson-Gimlin Film:

         Bluff Creek, California October 20th, 1967

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Perhaps one of the most controverted piece of evidence to ever be submitted to the Court of World Opinion.

The Film was shot on October 20, 1967 at Bluff Creek California, with a shaky 16 millimeter Movie Camera.

What transpired that day, almost 40 years later is still a raging debate.

The Details

Roger Patterson was a showman and promoter trying to finance through private donations a Bigfoot movie. On the morning of October 20, 1967, he and friend and business associate Robert Gimlin, on horseback, embarked into California's Six Rivers National Forest to track down the elusive creature.

At approximately 1:30 PM,  while at Bluff Creek, they came across, which Patterson described as six and a half foot to seven foot tall, creature. Patterson's horse reared up and bucked him off, but Patterson managed to get to his feet and filmed 53 seconds of the creature with his trusty 16mm camera.

The amazing claim was that they had actually filmed a female, evident by the breasts on the creature.

They rounded up Patterson's horse and allegedly tracked the animal for 3 miles, and uncovered several footprints which were plaster casted.

Roger Patterson died in 1972 of Lymphatic Cancer, claiming on his death bed the film authentic.

The Analysis

The P/G Film has probably been the most test subjected film in history, just falling short of the Zapruder Film which eye witnessed the Kennedy Assassination.

The Analysis comes from an assortment of resources.

First the late Dr. Grover Krantz asserted it's anatomically correct movement as to what a primate would walk and move. The assessment of Dr. Jeff Meldrum, whom also agrees with Krantz, as to it's animation and goes a step further noticing the animal may have a herniation in it's right leg.

The North American Science Institute conducted a big dollar investigation on the film and concluded that the filmed subject was not that of a man in a costume and that the filmed subject was unusual to human proportions.

Or the more interesting work of Robert W. Morgan showing us the possibility of there being at least one other creature in the film.

MK Davis's Work on the Patterson Film (courtesy of our good friend MK Davis)

MK at the Bluff Creek Site 2006

Bluff Creek Today

The Big Claims

Here's the main cast of character's for the "I Faked the Film" Flap of 2002-2004.

        John Chambers- This poor guy was a special effects creator and was subjected to a rumor, made by John Landis, he created the "costume" in the film. A subsequent interview, revealed he had nothing at all to do with the film. It turned out he had carved a Bigfoot statue for a movie and Landis may have confused this with something else.

        Phillip Morris (not just making tobacco products anymore, yuk yuk)- This person claims to have sold a suit to Roger Patterson, the owner of a North Carolina based Costume and film prop & stage company. Aside from his claims, he offered no proof of his story.

        Bob Heironimus- This guy is another suit wearer. Claims to supposed be paid but never did. Yep again no evidence or proof.

        Greg Long- An author who tries to put together Morris with Heironimus, unfortunately someone is lying because of the inconsistencies between the two stories. It is an attempt to make a best seller out of bad investigation. For example Morris says the suit was one piece while Heironimus says it was several. Morris said it was made from synthetics, Heironimus said Patterson stated it was made from horse hide and it stunk. Two rotten stories put together to make one big stinker. These aren't just little facts such as time deviation of height deviation, but MAJOR deviations. Unfortunately, the author, though I think well intentioned does not realize that this is Conspiracy Theory at it's best. If that many people had known about a hoax of this magnitude, it would have come out far sooner than in 2002.  Naivety!!!!

Lets Think About It & Ask Yourself This:

1. Long contends that friends and family members of Heironomus knew. They never said anything to anyone???

2. It would have surfaced...and it's not like the mainstream press would have suppressed it ...I mean when is the mainstream press friendly to Bigfoot Research???

3. Morris's employees had no clue??? Morris never told anyone either??

4. Heironomus motivation for keeping his mouth shut was he was waiting on payment from Patterson for $1000.00. Well how come he didn't cry foul when he DIDN'T get paid?

5. Where is the suit...if it exists. Where is the suit?

6. Where's Morris's Receipt?...A story so sensational he didn't keep it, even for TAX RECORDS?

7. There would have been a bigger payoff in 1973 exposing the then 6 year old film, than in 2002 when the mainstream press has had 39 years to downplay and criticize it.

We make not yet making the assertion the film is authentic, however we feel that the Heironimus, Morris tales are just that ....TALES!!!!

Remember, if it is fair to judge a sighting or report by evidence....then we must play fair and apply it to those making claims such as Heironomus & Morris.

As a studier of motives and methods, I must say this, I used to be rock solid about the Patterson Film's Authenticity. My sources back then were "In Search Of.." and shows of the like. But without getting into the knitty-gritty of it, Patterson was a showman and promoter in the likes of and in companionship with, Ivan Marx, Ray Wallace at various times and amongst others such as more reputable people such as Green, Dahinden and Byrne. Not to dishonor the memory of Roger Patterson...let's just keep that into perspective.

I look at the work of the late  Dr. Grover Krantz, Dr. Jeff Meldrum, MK Davis, John Napier and more recently the work of Robert W. Morgan....and say to myself there really IS something to it!

"With this perspective...anything is possible...but when the possible is possible what you are left with is the impossible."

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