Shot on this day in 1967 along the Bluff Creek tributary of the Klamath River on a logging-road in near 
the California-Oregon border, the short film, under a minute, captures a few frames of purportedly a Sasquatch and has subsequently been subject to numerous attempts to both authenticate and debunk it as a hoax. The iconic image of the cryptid was the result of a years’ long expedition through Bigfoot territory in the Pacific Northwest, a docudrama that failed to garner much interest, several creative fund-raising attempts and trademarking the term, when Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin reportedly encountered an unknown figure, hairy and apelike and approximately two meters tall, they nicknamed “Patty,” who they tracked for some distance before loosing her trail and made plaster casts of her footprints. Scientist and consulted special effects artists concluded the footage was of a man in a hair suit.
synchronoptica
one year ago: jungle gyms of East Germany, more spectacular images from the JWST plus Liz Truss resigns
two years ago: St Artemis of Antioch, Play Misty for Me (1971) plus the dedication of the Sydney Opera House (1973)
three years ago: assorted links to revisit, the execution of Klaus Stรถrtebeker plus a remembrance of artist Enzo Mari
four years ago: synthwave Star Wars, documenting car crashes plus the end of grazing season
five years ago: the Saturday Night Massacre, artist Giacomo Balla plus more links to enjoy
