Bigfoot (Sasquatch)
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▶ See the original: Patterson–Gimlin film (1967) ↗
Roger Patterson with Bob Gimlin, 20 Oct 1967, Bluff Creek, California. Copyrighted, so we link to a page showing the film frame rather than embed it.
A large, upright, hair-covered primate said to live in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.
Disputed Verdict: No physical specimen has ever been produced, and the best-known film is still argued over.
- Region
- North America · US West · United States / Canada
- First reports
- The name 'Bigfoot' dates from 1958 footprints at Bluff Creek, California; 'Sasquatch' comes from J. W. Burns's 1920s rendering of the Halkomelem word sásq'ets
Key sightings
- 1958: road crew foreman Jerry Crew's footprint casts at Bluff Creek; the family of Ray Wallace later said he faked them.
- 1967: the Patterson–Gimlin film at Bluff Creek.
Best evidence
The Patterson–Gimlin film is the centerpiece and remains disputed; no body, bone or confirmed DNA has been found.
Ledger cases
- The Patterson–Gimlin Film, 1967, and the Reel From the Safe
- Sasquatch: How a British Columbia Word Became Bigfoot
- The Grand Canyon Wild Man of 1903
- The Wild Man of the Woods: Arkansas, 1851, and How the Story Reached New Zealand