An icon of cryptozoology (and anomalies research in general) turns 40 today – the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film. Over at Cryptomundo, Loren Coleman has posted a bit of a tribute to the famous piece of footage:
The history of cryptozoology and hominology has never been the same since then. Advances in technology give us a better view of the footage today, but the film is set in stone; indeed, it is a milestone.
As opposed to folks nowadays trying to fit the square peg into the round hole to explain every aspect of why the Bigfoot looks the way it does on that film, step back for a moment. Step back in time. Step back forty years.
The Bigfoot in the October 20th footage looks the way it does because that’s the way they appear.
Loren has also posted a follow-up on ‘Patty’ today. Note that our favourite cryptozoologist also has contributed a fascinating piece to Darklore Volume 1 (coming in the next week or so) on this very topic, and how skeptics have been too quick to announce it as a hoax. Considering we’ve also got Clive Prince and Lynn Picknett discussing new Templar revelations (hot on the heels of the 700th anniversary, and recent Vatican-Templar news), and John Higgs on Tim Leary and Aleister Crowley (with Crowleymas just passed), our anthology certainly seems to be topical!
