Alleged Suits & Morris Missteps

The shifting story of Philip Morris’ involvement in the supposed costume that “he made” for the Patterson-Gimlin film is remarkably silly.

First, the suit was made from horse hide, according to one author. But that story changed to then say it was a Morris costume. However, no one even claimed that until almost 40 years after the fact. This was followed by attempts to say so-and-so was in the suit or that the costume had disappeared or that Morris couldn’t seem to produce even the same kind of suit that matched the film.

Now, however, he has “created” a new one, supposedly that is a dead ringer for the creature in the Patterson-Gimlin footage. Who is he kidding?

Does Morris’ newly created costume, based entirely on his repeated viewings of the Patterson-Gimlin footage even look like a match for the original creature? Can anyone actually claim he created the alleged suit for 1967?

Loren Coleman 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.

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