Comments on: Roger Patterson Film

By: Maureena Myers

Maureena Myers — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:04:11 +0000

I believe Bigfoot is very real. The evidence to me is overwhelming. The PG film prooves it to me.

By: Jeffy

Jeffy — Tue, 31 May 2011 01:19:58 +0000

Might as well believe Dumbo was real. Bigfoot is big hoax made just to make money.

By: Bigfoot Steve

Bigfoot Steve — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:28:29 +0000

Hey Andrew,

Your kind of logic is what gets bigfoot believers in trouble. Remember the bigfoot hoax that was all over the news a few years ago? Guess what? One of the guys involved in the hoax was a policeman.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/08/21/bigfoot.hoax/index.html

Being a policeman, or a doctor, or a little old lady doesn’t mean you aren’t human. They’re just as human as any other, and are subject to the same human flaws that affect the rest of us. There are plenty of cops who steal, plenty of doctors who use drugs, and plenty of little old ladies who lie.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:25:09 +0000

Opinions should not matter either way. The truth is in the details. If it was a man in a suit the track would show it. The creature left tracks that were deeper than Patterson’s horse, with him on top of it. Considering that the prints covered more than twice the sq. inches of the hoof print and was deeper, physics would prove the creature weighed approximately 700 to 800 lbs. (& possibly more). Actual calculations using the exact positioning of the camera showed the creature to be 7′ 5″ tall. Now put yourself, or anyone you know, into that suit and walk with that size and weight up the creek bank, almost 200 yards through the valley, over sand, limbs, and rocks, and then turn and go up an embankment over 70′ high and a 40 degree grade (as trackers later showed the creature did), and do it with grace and without any obvious stress, and you would be able to make the film, if you had the perfect suit. Some of you may know that John Green has a $250,000 (and possibly more) reward for anyone that can do it and nobody has even wanted to try. The only one that claimed to be able to do it was Bob H. and he could not even make 3 comparable strides without the suit or the weight before falling. Another part of the argument is that the vast majority of Bigfoot witnesses are not people who have anything to gain. They include Park Officers, Patolmen, Police officers, lawyers, doctors, and even little old ladies seeing them in their own backyards, and never wanting to see them again. Many times sightings have been witnessed by more than one person or groups not even knowing each other, and turning duplicate reports. Unfortunately the vast majority of the doubters have spent virtually no time researching the reports or in the woods themselves.
If you are sure the film was a hoax, go get the reward.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:31:52 +0000

I have several thoughts on some of the questions and comments that have been made on this section.As to the debate about the patterson Film, Major factor in the creditability argument of it’s authenticity, is the fact that certain muscle groups can be seen and identified, moving under the hair, a suit will not do that. Only recently (Past twenty years or so at best) have we had the technology to produce foam and latex inserts that replicate body or muscle shape & mass, certainly *NOTHING* like that was available in Patterson’s day. Plus those working in Hollywood ( i.e – John Chambers who did the costume work for The Plante of the Apes) at the time have admitted no such technology was even close, to being available to produce such a quality as the Bigfoot in patterson’s Film. Now as far as how could this animal be so elusive that we cannot catch it. First, from what we can gather, and to the best of our knowledge, it’s probably a primate descended from the extinct Gigantopithecus from southern aisa, that migrated when crossing a land bridge into what is now North America. that would mean it is like other primates..intelligent, and therefore can think, plan, and hide…Obviously very well. Bones or dead bodies of these animals, not being found has never been an issue with me, for several reason. First, I live in an area where black bear is common, and in almost 40 years, I have never seen a dead bear or it’s carcus ever! Now consider that the population of black bears in my area By a DNR report is around 5,100 this year, and the population of the Sasquatch or Bigfoot is thought to be in the range of around 2000 in the whole USA, Now consider those FACTS and see what you think, not to mention many believe they bury their dead, or like other knwon animals when sick they hide in dense brush for saftey, which would hide bones, and not to mention the quick decomposition and scattering, due to North America’s climate, and scavengers. Sorry for the long post, but I had a lot on my mind, that I thought needed to be said, opthers may disagree -LOL Thansk for your hard work, keep it up friend.

By: Linda Newton-Perry

Linda Newton-Perry — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:07:08 +0000

I think that if the Patterson figure is just a suit, then the designer would have made the costume male, leaving off the breasts. It seems it would have been easier to make. Just my idea.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:26:51 +0000

I never believe in what I have never seen, I think this film is man-made

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:22:50 +0000

it simply seems more probable that this footage is authentic, than that two northwest rednecks (no insult intended) managed, intentionally or accidentally, to create a film that still manages to foster such fierce debate. Nothing even close has been produced despite 40 years of attempts, at far greater expense than Gimlin and Patterson had access to.

By: sudhir

sudhir — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:33:24 +0000

yes i might be true but i want real big foot caught on tape either images

By: jimmybme

jimmybme — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:59:36 +0000

Thank you Robert for the compliment on the site. I am trying to provide a fair and balanced site for both the Bigfoot believers and non.

Robert, hunting dogs have been used in the search for Bigfoot, but so far none have been caught. But there are claims of hunting dogs tracking Bigfoot’s scent.