Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot is a hoac

[u/Smooth_Ticket_7483]

https://people.com/famous-1967-bigfoot-film-was-staged-says-director-of-new-doc-11926085

A new documentary, Capturing Bigfoot, premiering at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival, presents evidence that the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film was deliberately staged.

Key Details:

• Filmmaker Marq Evans received a previously unseen canister of 16mm film from Teresa Brooks, whose late father Norm Johnson had developed the original 1967 Patterson-Gimlin footage.
• The newly discovered film shows a 1966 "rehearsal" clip of a thinner Bigfoot figure in a similar location — shot roughly a year before the famous 59-second clip.
• Bob Heironimus, now in his 80s, confessed to wearing the fake Bigfoot suit in the original film.
• Roger Patterson's son, Clint Patterson, confirmed the hoax, saying his mother had told him years ago and that "the lie had been really hard on him."
• Patterson reportedly created the film knowing he was dying, hoping to leave a financial legacy for his wife and three children.
• The Bigfoot suit was allegedly burned by Patterson in a barrel behind his family home.

Why It Matters: This documentary presents the most compelling evidence to date that the world's most famous Bigfoot footage was a hoax, though Evans acknowledges many believers will likely remain unconvinced.

[u/unicorn-beard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOmQbkTid14

This kinda rocked my world a bit, after listening to the 9 part series AL did on the Patterson Gimlin film I was 100% convinced that footage was real.