75 Years of Drive-In Bigfoot Movies
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 6th, 2008
Cory Doctorow reminds me that today, June 6th, is the 75th anniversary of when the world’s first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey, in 1933.
In the Fall 2007 issue of TAPS Paramagazine, I wrote two articles about Bigfoot drive-in movies, and recommend those overviews to you.
Here, in tribute to Bigfoot flicks and trailers, for your viewing pleasure, pieces of Sasquatch popular culture from the days of drive-in movies (please pass the popcorn) and beyond. Enjoy!
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
cameraman and camera take a beating in the Legend of Bigfoot :). It was somewhat humorous to see the use of punchcard computer data/programs, I was forced to do that back in the early 80’s as part of a computer class. In the 60’s a computer was the mysterious ‘brain’ that could solve the world’s mysteries. Not quite, especially given the difficulty in programming them. The clip did raise a point that I’ve forgotten, namely that British Columbia is a prime area for searching, yet due to it’s remoteness and lack of population it’s not mentioned much. Which is probably just how Bigfoot wants it.
Classic bigfoot fare:
Creature from Black Lake
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074356/
Go Jack Elam!