The Patterson Gimlin Film
On 20 October 1967, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin filmed just under a minute of footage beside Bluff Creek in northern California. It shows a tall, hair covered figure walking away, then turning over its shoulder to look back at the camera. That single look back, frame 352, turned Bigfoot from folklore into a subject of serious debate.
The Patterson Gimlin case
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"I saw it walk away. It looked back at us. I know what I saw, and I have never changed my story.
"Bob Gimlin · recalling the day at Bluff Creek
Why frame 352 matters
Frame 352 is the moment the figure turns and looks directly into the lens. Researchers have argued for decades over the way it moves, the shift of weight in the hips, and whether a person in a suit could reproduce the walk. No analysis has ended the argument either way.
Sceptics point to a man who claimed he wore the suit, and to costume makers who say the look could be faked with 1967 materials.
Supporters cite the natural gait, the visible muscle movement, and the fact that no convincing recreation has ever matched the original footage.