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• The 59-second 1967 Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film, seen by billions of people over the decades, is often cited by proponents as proof that the giant, hairy creature exists
• A new documentary — Capturing Bigfoot — uses recently unearthed footage to prove that the 1967 film was an “incredible hoax,” says director Marq Evans

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"After her father’s death,” says Evans, 43, “she’d found a canister of 16mm film that had been sealed away for over half a century. She needed help getting it developed and wondered if I might be interested in doing something with it.”

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Not long after receiving Brooks’ email, Evans had the 16mm film developed and days later found himself looking at a 40-second clip set in a location similar to the one in the 1967 movie, showing what appeared to be a slightly skinnier-looking Bigfoot walking into the woods.

“It took me maybe nine months to realize what we really had,” says Evans, who was able to determine, by markings on the film, that the footage had been shot in 1966, roughly a year before the now-famous clip in the 59-second Bigfoot movie was allegedly shot. “What we eventually found out is that [this new footage] represented a trial run, a rehearsal that was never discarded.”

Realizing he had physical evidence that finally put to rest the question of whether Patterson’s creation was a hoax, Evans knew he had the makings for an explosive documentary. He quickly went to work, he says, “connecting the dots” behind the making of the 1967 film and interviewing the cast of characters in Patterson’s hometown of Yakima, Wash., who were involved with its creation, including 80-something-year-old Bob Heironimus, who confessed to being the individual wearing the fake Bigfoot suit in the film.

Does this prove bigfoot was a hoax or that we in fact have SEPARATE video confirmations of two different bigfeet in the same area a year apart?

The way that the Patterson-Gimlin film has evaded debunking for so many decades I could almost believe that you would be right and this proves nothing.

However, this guy here has seen the film and he is certain is is the same suit. And Bob Gimlin also appears in the documentary and finally admits it's a hoax. As does multiple other people close to him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBuWLe1MC_A

This film has been debunked for decades. It’s funny to see how it’s debunked even harder as time goes on.

Of course this won’t stop people from still truly believing it.

I mean, that’s a video of a dude in a costume, did someone didn’t know that? In a way it’s amusing how a shitty prank like this can live in the collective consciousness for 5 decades.

Lochness monster - am i a joke to you?

Bob Gimlin also appears in the documentary and finally admits it's a hoax.

Fuck! The bigfoots got to him, he's compromised!

Bob. We can see your wrist watch

This came out during an interesting time in history. We went to the moon just a couple years later! Technology was exciting, things were happening. Trying to put myself into the shoes of an average person back then, I'd say it's totally believable. We have the benefit of hindsight and a more digital world to easily see it's fake.