The Bigfoot Inquiry: Chimp Civil War

About this episode

The episode discusses the authenticity of the Patterson-Gimlin Film and the implications of a new documentary clip featuring Bigfoot.

This is another installment of The Bigfoot Inquiry with Brian and Dr. Hogan Sherrow, and the guys open with the recent follow-up email from Bill Munns regarding the Patterson-Gimlin Film and the upcoming Capturing Bigfoot documentary before moving on to other topics. Brian narrated Bill's open letter in full on a recent Sasquatch Odyssey episode, and on this episode he and Hogan break down what Bill actually said and what it might mean. Bill doubles down on his position that the PGF is one hundred percent authentic, but in doing so he may have painted himself into a corner. If the forty-second clip in the new documentary turns out to look identical to Patty, then by Bill's own reasoning that clip has to be a man in a suit, which raises serious questions about the original film. Brian also pushes back on Bill's claim that the new clip was shot on 1966 Kodak film stock but possibly not used until 1970 or later, arguing that filmmakers are creatures of habit who use their film within a reasonable window of purchase.Hogan brings the scientific perspective and pushes back on Bill's use of absolute language, explaining that science does not prove anything to one hundred percent and…

People in this episode

Host: Brian

Guest: Dr. Hogan Sherrow

Topics covered

• Bigfoot
• Patterson-Gimlin Film
• documentary
• scientific perspective
• authenticity
• film analysis

Keywords

• Bigfoot
• Patterson-Gimlin Film
• Bill Munns
• documentary
• authenticity
• scientific analysis
• chimp civil war

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Patterson-Gimlin Film, Capturing Bigfoot, Sasquatch Odyssey

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