Happy 48th Patty!
Posted by: Ken Gerhard on October 20th, 2015
Happy Patty’s Day! We’ll never be able to completely rule out the possibility that it is one of the great hoaxes of all time. But, watch this stabilized version of the film (credit M.K. Davis) and note the natural movements of the subject despite its great mass… the proportions of various body parts compared to a human’s… its muscles seemingly flexing, etc.
Then factor in a number of corroborating footprints that were cast following the event, the unwavering testimony of witness Bob Gimlin and subsequent analysis by experts including Dr. Grover Krantz, Dr. Jeff Meldrum, Dr. Dmitri Donskoy and Bill Munns. Finally, watch Planet of the Apes movie from 1968 for comparison. Pretty compelling stuff!
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About Ken Gerhard
Ken has investigated reports of mysterious beasts around the world including Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabra, giant winged creatures and even werewolves. In addition to appearing in three episodes of the television series Monster Quest (History Channel), Ken is featured in the History Channel special The Real Wolfman, as well as Legend Hunters (Travel Channel/A&E), Paranatural (National Geographic), Ultimate Encounters (truTV) and William Shatner's Weird or What? (History Television). His credits include multiple appearances on Coast to Coast AM, major news broadcasts and Ireland’s Newstalk radio, as well as being featured in major books and in articles by the Associated Press, Houston Chronicle and Tampa Tribune. Ken is author of the books Big Bird: Modern Sightings of Flying Monsters and A Menagerie of Mysterious Beasts: Encounters with Cryptid Creatures, as well as the co-author of Monsters of Texas (with Nick Redfern) and has contributed to trade publications including Fate Magazine, Animals and Men, The Journal of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club and Bigfoot Times. He currently lectures and exhibits at events across America. Born on Friday the 13th of October, 1967 (exactly one week before the famous Patterson Bigfoot film was shot), Ken has traveled to twenty-six different countries on six continents and most of the United States. An avid adventurer, he has camped along the Amazon, explored the Galapagos, hiked the Australian Outback and has visited many ancient and mysterious sites, from Machu Pichu to Stonehenge.
As much as I like the Paul Freeman footage, this is still the best. The stabilized footage is spectacular. If you’re still out there, here’s to you with your walking stick, Patty!