No shit sherlock, I thought everyone knew that it was bullshit by now.
I knew people that are in the family that made it and it wasn't like a big secret.
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Is this news? Dude's name is Larry.
Let's not forget, Paterson was a known con-man, who even wrote a bad check for the very camera this was filmed on.
I would call him consistent and committed to being himself.
You should work for a PR firm or on a political campaign
I'm sorry, but did someone actually believe that video was real?
Americans
Have you ever met the average person? Half of all people are dumber than that.
I miss George Carlin
Back in the 80s when I saw it as a kid, I wondered if it could be, but I was skeptical even then.
At some point at least 20 years ago, I saw a stabilized version and...... it's clearly not.
Some ppl believe the earth is flat.
There’s very little left to be hopeful for in this world.
including 80-something-year-old Bob Heironimus, who confessed to being the individual wearing the fake Bigfoot suit in the film.
I saw a doc at least 10+ years ago with this same guy saying the same thing. I believe him. But somehow people who believe in Bigfoot don't care.
Of all the conspiracy theories for someone to get stuck on, big foot ain't bad. I have an uncle who's a believer, and I just thank God it's bigfoot and not q-anon, antivac, or something equally horrific.
Most Bigfoot guys I know are antigovernment anyway, but yeah, at least it's just that they go hang out in the woods.
And this will be no different. “You got footage of a different Bigfoot, too?”
Maybe this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVegHHmZ028&t=141s
Besides, Bob Gimlin has denied it being a hoax for all this time as well, so it's two claims against each other. In fact, even most skeptics accepted that Gimlin was truthful and was fooled by Roger Patterson.
If you want to know some more, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBuWLe1MC_A Gimlin appears in the documentary. He is confronted by Heironimus, I think, and some other guy and has agreed to come forward and admit it was a hoax all along. It's his wife of all people who want to keep this under cover.
Yeah, it's pretty fucking obvious just by looking at it. If you ever bought this, I have a flat earth "theory" to tell you about.
Btw, personally, I am a bit bomb shelled at this news.
If you are into bigfoot, or just cryptozoology in general, you know Patterson-Gimlin is a big thing. Bigfoot basically falls and rises with the legitimacy of the Patterson-Gimlin footage. It remains the only bigfoot evidence, that has continued to evade clear debunking, for decades even, fueling the little bit of professional attention that bigfoot receives. If you are aware that "Bigfooters" and the bigfoot hunting community exists, this will likely be the biggest bombshell that has EVER hit the bigfoot community besides the Patterson-Gimlin footage itself.
that has continued to evade clear debunking
lol what?
the legitimacy of the Patterson-Gimlin footage. It remains the only bigfoot evidence, that has continued to evade clear debunking, for decades even,
uh. If you seriously have seen a stabilized version of the footage and can't tell it's a human walking, I don't know what to tell you.
It's easy to forget that a lot of our recent evolution is around our ability to run long distances. Our gait is significantly different from all other primates, and presumably would be way different from a bigfoot.
Big data can even identify you individually with "gait analysis". If you want to protest anonymously, put a rock in your shoe, leave your phone at home, and wear Juggalo makeup.
I have read many articles by professional zoologists and otherwise diehard cryptid skeptics, and many agree that the costume is exceptionally well made. See: Darren Naish
I've mentioned this before, but my grandmother fully believes in Bigfoot, and claims there are sub-species of Sasquatch that she's personally seen throughout the US. Debunking this movie won't matter to her, I doubt she'd even consider for a moment that the footage is fake.
I’ll never understand this. If you spend any time in nature you’ll come across carcasses and bones from all kinds of animals yet not one Bigfoot skeleton has ever been found. Maybe aliens land and scoop up the evidence and take it back to their secret base on the moon or something.
She believes in aliens too, but not in the sense of little green men. She claims that they are prophets from the old testament that time travel, she always mentioned that passage in Kings with a burning chariot in the sky when she was talking about aliens. She gave me a book about it once, I kind of wish I had held on to it for the laughs.
So, she's crazy. Got it.
Does she call you "My Child"?
I wish I could get her to watch ds9 with me, I imagine Vic Fontaine would be her favorite character though
A lot of the bigfoot people i've met are into astral/dimensional/dream bigfoot - bigfoots that don't rely on a physical presence to be real.
I don’t think it will make a huge difference. Just like UAPs there’s so much additional evidence that’s ignored. Those who want to deny it will continue to do so. Those who want to believe it will continue to do so. And those who are open minded without attachment to the outcome, will continue to be curious about the world. My personal view is shaped by seeing a triangular craft when I was a young child. Hard to close your mind to possibilities when you’ve seen the unexplained.
Wait, Bigfoot is like birds?
Always has been