Today we're going to have a close look at the true history behind one of the most influential

pieces of evidence in the history of all urban legends, the famous Patterson-Gimlin

Bigfoot film, showing the alleged creature striding across a meadow, convincing millions

that it's a real animal.

Well it turns out that we do know a whole lot about how this film came to be, and it's

probably not what you've heard.

The truth behind the Patterson-Gimlin film is coming up unskeptoid.

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The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film.

You've seen it a hundred times, the iconic picture of Bigfoot striding heavily through

the clearing, arms swinging, head and shoulders turn slightly toward the camera.

This famous image is frame 352 of a 16mm silent color film shot in 1967 in Northern California

by Rancher Roger Patterson, accompanied by his friend Bob Gimlin.

The impact that this film has had on Bigfoot mythology is inestimable, and correspondingly,

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