OPB has a recent article on the Patterson-Gimlin which celebrated its 50th anniversary in October. It's titled "Film Introducing Bigfoot To World Still Mysterious 50 Years Later:"
"Although it's been decades since the Patterson-Gimlin film turned a Northwest legend, Bigfoot, into a household name, the footage and stories behind it still remain fascinating 50 years later.
"The filmmakers, and namesakes of the film, are two former rodeo been from Yakima County in Washington. One, Bob Gimlin, still lives there. Roger Patterson died in 1972. They shot the footage off the banks of Bluff Creek in Northern California.
"Bigfoot is seen on film for less than a minute, but one frame - 352 - has pretty much become the universal symbol for Sasquatch. And that famous giant walking ape is actually a she; her name is Patty.
"But what might be most surprising - after a half century of advancement in film and costume technology - is that this footage has yet to be officially debunked.
"Furthermore, it's concrete proof for bigfooters around the globe that the Sasquatch is in fact real.
"'At this point, I'm as confident as I can be short of standing on the sandbar with Roger and Bob, and witnessed it myself,' said Jeffrey Meldrum.
"Meldrum is a professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University, and he's known for being one of the few academics to openly study Sasquatch.
"'It's all so easy to say, 'Obviously that's a man in a fur suit.' Until you see it up against a man in a fur suit,' he said.
The rest of the article on the P-G Film can be found on OPB.com.
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