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This is probably the most famous and well known
Bigfoot footage out there. The photos above are stills taken from
the controversial Patterson/Gimlin 16mm film footage of a female
Bigfoot these two men supposedly saw in the northern Californian
woods of Bluff Creek.
------Roger
Patterson, a Bigfoot hunter/writer, and Robert Gimlin, a highly experienced
outdoorsman and a close friend of Patterson, both went on horseback on October
20, 1967 to search for Bigfoot. That afternoon, they saw it. At the sight
of the creature, Patterson's horse reared and knocked him to the ground.
Patterson was able to quickly get his camera out and film the Bigfoot calmly
but quickly walk away. While running toward the creature, Patterson shot
24 feet of film while Gimlin kept his rifle ready incase the Bigfoot attacked
(both men agreed that under no circumstances would they shoot a Bigfoot unless
it tried to harm them). After 58 seconds of filming the Bigfoot, it walked
into the woods and vanished. To be safe, both men decided not to follow the
creature to avoid a confrontation. The Bigfoot, estimated to be 7 feet 3.5
inches in height and weighing 700 pounds, left footprints 14.5 inches long
by 6 inches wide.
------After
the film was released to the public, many scientists painstakingly studied
the footage to prove or disprove the existence of Bigfoot. To this day, no
firm evidence has emerged to challenge the film's authenticity. Some people
think it's a man in a monkey suit. Others think it may indeed be Bigfoot.
Scientists say that the stride of the creature is larger than that of a man
and it would have been very difficult for a person to imitate it.
------Unfortunately,
Roger Patterson died of cancer in 1972. To this day, Robert Gimlin continues
to say that he saw Bigfoot that afternoon.
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