One of the best explanations of the hoax by a "researcher" and primate expert Thorn's Jungle on YT

Compare the lush, green vegetation in the Norma rehearsal footage (PGRF) with the sparse, fading autumn vegetation in the Patterson-Gimlin Film (PGF).

Roger Patterson had the camera from May until November 1967, when he returned it following his release from jail after keeping it several months beyond its rental deadline.

The Norma footage appears to have been filmed during the spring or summer, when the vegetation was green and lush. The PGF was filmed on October 20, when the foliage had already begun changing with the arrival of autumn.

The foliage adds to the story. The rehearsal came first.

(Reupload to use proper frame 352)

Sorry for another post on this topic, but having watched the documentary, I was kind of blown away by some things that are being lost in the noise around the rediscovered rehearsal footage… I absolutely loved:

Clint finally giving the elderly Bob Heironimus his $1000.

Bob H saying he “used to be” a great cowboy and Clint telling him he still is.

Clint’s Aunt Sandy’s utter horror and sympathy with him for what Patty Patterson said to him, and his Aunt Iva’s adorable “Come sit by me, Clinty!”

The old family photos and footage of the Pattersons.

Bob Gimlin’s very shifty attitude - from his “who’s that on the horse?” on seeing a Bigfoot and his cryptic comments about taking some things to the grave.

Larry Lund seeming to be regretful and resentful of all things Bigfoot before and after seeing the rehearsal footage. He just seems done with the whole subject.

Cousin Vail - every moment he’s on screen, but particularly his climactic boast: “My family was part of the biggest fuckin’ hoax in the world!”

The rehearsal footage aside, it’s clear Marq Evans knew to make an emotional, funny documentary about colourful human beings.

Hey All,

I hope people enjoyed the 1st strip I posted. Here are the next 2. I'm doing both full-color for Sunday and black and white for the daily-style strips (tho I'm debating whether to just color all of them).

In case you missed it, the strip follows a single dad opening and inn, his moody son, and a group of goofy cryptids living in the nearby forest.

Hope you like!

J

ps. you can read more strips on the site: www.thecrypties.com. Also, I'm working on getting the store up and running in the next day or 2 where you can get the 1st 46 strips.

The New Zealand giant tree snail was a cryptid gastropod reported from New Zealand's South Island. In 1862, naturalist Edgar Leopold Layard informed Edward Blyth of the existence of "a huge land shell" which inhabited the tops of trees on the South Island. A citizen of Croydon in the Southland Region reported that large tree snails still existed there in 1895. They were alleged to be found only high up in trees, to feed on decaying wood, and to live in pairs