S2 E02 | Portal Files: The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Footage
October 1967, Bluff Creek, California: Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin capture 59 seconds of shaky 16mm film showing a large, hairy, bipedal figure striding across a sandbar before glancing back at the camera and disappearing into the trees. For nearly six decades, this iconic footage—known as the Patterson-Gimlin film—has divided the world: undeniable proof of Bigfoot for believers, and the most famous (or elaborate) hoax in cryptozoology for sceptics. Den and Luke break down the backstory, the suit claims, the biomechanical analyses, and why it still refuses to be definitively debunked.
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