Ep 143: The Patterson-Gimlin Film Part 5
Above image: an enlarged section from one of Bill Munns’ PGF scans.
“[The] thing that mystifies me is that, given how incredible the Patterson film is, somewhere in the last 50-odd years, somebody else should have been taking some kind of footage that was at least close to it, but there's nothing even close. Everything else is almost junk by comparison.”
– Hollywood Special Makeup Effects artist, computer graphics expert and PGF archivist, William “Bill” Munns
Background:
There are a few researchers for whom the Patterson-Gimlin Film has sparked a life-long quest to analyze its mystery and the possibility of Sasquatch. Concerning the preservation of the actual film itself, no one has done more to secure its integrity than William “Bill” Munns. While the original 16mm Kodachrome Color-Reversal film shot by Roger Patterson has since gone missing, Munns built a mobile High Definition digital film scanner and with exclusive permission from Patterson’s widow Patricia, has painstakingly scanned every frame of her first generation copy at 5K resolution, even discovering an additional two frames at the beginning, making the total count 954 frames in total. Bill Munns has spent most of his long career in filmmaking and creating special makeup effects, starting as a makeup artist with Universal Studios in 1969. He created full body suits for fictional creatures such as “Swamp Thing” and “The Beastmaster,” and so he brings to the PGF controversy well-established expertise in the fabrication of various creature costumes. Munns also has spent the last 22 years doing computer graphics, which positioned him well to do the image analysis of the PGF film frames. So he is uniquely well-qualified to analyze evidence consisting of 16mm film, and showing what many suspect is just a human in a fur creature costume. Tonight we sit down with Bill Munns for an interview in which he discusses his process, analysis and his conclusions which lead him to believe the film to be authentic.
Location:
Researchers have re-located the site where Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin had their encounter with “Patty” the Sasquatch, on the banks of Bluff Creek around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 20, 1967. Bluff Creek is a tributary of the Klamath River, about 25 logging-road miles northwest of the town of Orleans, in Del Norte County California. GPS coordinates provided by BIGFOOT’S bLOG website.
Reference Links:
The Munns Report – William “Bill” Munns’ website with all of his documentation and analysis
Links from Munns’ website to his YouTube videos showing his process and analysis
“Best Bigfoot footage yet? Patterson-Gimlin 4K Neural Remaster” by Bigfoot Al
Search for Bigfoot stories on HowToHunt.com’s YouTube channel
Bob Heironimus demonstrating his “Patty walk” compared to her image in a video clip
“The Man, The Myth, and The Legend of Grover Krantz” By Krissy Eliot
“The Scientist Grover Krantz Risked It All…Chasing Bigfoot” on Smithsonian.com
Rediscovery of the PGF film site with GPS coordinates, from BIGFOOT’S bLOG website
“Still stalking Bigfoot 50 years after the beast went big” article from CNET
The 1968 Argosy Magazine article about the PGF from BIGFOOT’S bLOG website
Tribute to legendary costume maker Philip Morris from The Charlotte Observer
Arlee Bird describes meeting Philip Morris, in his blog Tossing It Out
“Bigfoot Investigators Hope DNA Test Will Confirm Existence Of Two Man-Beasts” with Jeffrey Gonzales
“Patterson Gimlin Bigfoot film 1967, the best stabilization of all 5 parts of the film” on YouTube
Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film – Bill Munns’ Analysis on YouTube
The 1963 Laird Meadow castings made by Patterson on Cliff Barackman’s website
M. K. Davis’ “The Davis Report” website on the PGF film analysis
M. K. Davis discusses “Cracking the Sasquatch Code” on YouTube
50th Anniversary of the Patterson-Gimlin film analysis by M. K. Davis
“This Footage Was Shot Weeks Before Patterson-Gimlin Filmed Bigfoot In 1967” on YouTube
The Kodak K-100 16mm camera – Patterson’s actual movie camera
“Possible Sasquatch Sighting outside Squamish, BC” on YouTube by helicopter snowboarders
Film Scans and Composites from Bill Munns
The following are scans of frames, composites and charts from Reels 1 and 2 of Roger Patterson’s footage, put together by Bill Munns, which can be found on his website here: http://www.themunnsreport.com/tmr_v2_design_005.htm All images copyrighted, for research purposes only.
A composite of #1 and #2 Panorama Composites, pieced together by Bill Munns
PGF Reel One Panorama #1
PGF Reel One Panorama #2
PGF Reel One Panoramas 3, 4 and 5
PGF Reel One Panorama #6
Head Shape Sequence Chart
Reference Chart #3 – Foot Walk Sequence
Composite scans of Jim McClarin walking Patty’s estimated path. Film copyright 1968 from John Green’s original footage, scans by Bill Munns, January 31, 2009. For research only.
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CREDITS:
Episode 143: The Patterson-Gimlin Film Part 5. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel; Sound Design by Ryan McCullough; Tess Pfeifle, Producer and Lead Researcher; Research Support from the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a.k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2019 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.