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by lo_fye 2545 days ago
Maybe you should do some research before calling bullsh*t. Here’s part 1 of 6 of a 12 hour analysis of that film - https://overcast.fm/+DkjFY8nxA

The hosts go into it open minded, and come out believing it is real.

Along the way they speak to the surviving people who were actually there and involved, AND to a Hollywood film maker and creature FX person who was making high-end costumes in the 60s. He says the technology to make a costume that good at that time was not in existence. Furthermore, he says nobody has yet been able to produce a costume of similar quality.

Also, when you look into the proportions the human body, they don’t match those of the being in the film.

Also, there are many indications in the film itself that it was an impromptu shoot.

AND the guy who claimed to have been the man in the monkey suit had a beef (motive) with the man who shot the film, AND the costume he described wearing doesn’t match what appears on the film, AND the lengths of his limbs don’t match those of the creature in the film.

And the other guy who was present when the film was shot is known to be highly respected and full of integrity. A real straight shooter.

Lastly, check out BFRO.org to see the thousands of sightings that continue to occur every year across the USA. Sure, some are probably bears... but some are up close and personal, and involve police, forest rangers, military, etc.

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Fascinating how we still have yet to find a single carcass of a massive land mammal that lives close enough to civilization for there to be regular sightings.

Also strange that the video evidence is so spectacularly subpar that the most convincing of it requires significant anomaly hunting to persuade anyone.

The one argument I've heard to that is: how many dead bears or cougars are often stumbled upon? Turns out not a lot. Animals tend to find hidden placed to die and then nature can dispose and disperse of them pretty quickly. You will find dead deer but there are so many of them and they are heavily hunted. They're also kind of dumb and will die by running into a tree and things like that. The other thing that gives me pause to believe it's possible they're out there is that there have been times in recent history where we've apparently discovered entire large(ish) populations of gorillas when we had believed their numbers were lower.

I don't know. Not arguing bigfoot exists but I like the idea that even in modern times there's still stuff we can miss even though it feels like it would be impossible.

I actually stumbled upon a dead bear in Wisconsin a month ago, invalidating your thesis. I have pictures.
I didn't say nobody ever runs into dead bears. It's just not that common, even amongst folks who spend a lot of time in the bush.
One theory is that sasquatch live in family units, and they bury their dead. They’re much smarter than bears.
> And the other guy who was present when the film was shot is known to be highly respected and full of integrity. A real straight shooter.

You knew him personally? What is his name?

>Furthermore, he says nobody has yet been able to produce a costume of similar quality.

Really?

Bob Gimlin.

Yes, really. They can do it with computer graphics, but not costumes. Computer graphics didn’t exist when the film was made. Spandex didn’t even exist yet.

I was talking to my mother in law and she said - "Bob Gimlin that straight shooter!" this confirms everything.

Bear costumes in the 1970s is also quite hard to imagine.

6 parts AND 12 hours you say, on the “Astonishing Legends” podcast? Well colour me convinced.
It’s broken up into 6 parts because they dive so deep into every aspect of the film. The guys history. Feasibility of hoaxing. Etc. I’m not trying to convince you. I’m saying give it a listen and see what you think.
> housands of sightings that continue to occur every year across the USA.

Amazingly not a single one by people with phones to take pictures with. Huh.

Plenty of people have cell phones with them. They are either too shocked to take a picture, or they use their digital zoom and the pic comes out fuzzy and people call it a hoax. Or they get a decent pic and people call it a hoax anyway.