Why is it most Bigfoot videos look fake?

I've been thinking of this ever since I started this blog, why is it most Bigfoot videos look fake? and how would I fake it better?.

This is part one of a two part post, in this part I'll talk about what I think makes a basic fake Bigfoot video up to something genuine, part two will be about how I'd fake it better.

Usually for me what gives a fake away is the costume and obvious attempt to hide that fact. For me the the first thing I look for in any new footage is for constant head dipping, even Batman has a hard time looking through a mask, other things I like to look for are your usual costume traits, loose fitting, gloves and sleeves. When trying to hide the fact it's a costume people seem the make the footage have a long lead up with a brief glimpse of the creature, shot from far away, behind trees or whatever, it's never that clear, well unless it's just some people having loads of fun.

On a slightly smaller scale you do get footage where you can see they actually thought about making the costume look real instead of just slapping on a gorilla suit. They've filled it out so it's not so loose, they made a cool looking mask and even made proportions different than a humans, say longer arms. In the end I feel it comes off looking odd and unnatural, just a little over the top.


Then you have the footage that keeps on keeping on, this is footage that is so inconclusive that you can't tell either way if it's fake or not, but there's a great story behind it and because of this it stays around for a long time getting discussed. Most of the time the subject looks real enough, though the footage is usually blurry, brief though good enough to keep everyone wondering.

And lastly you have footage like the Patterson-Gimlin film, unsurpassed for over 40 years as being the best footage of Bigfoot ever, I feel due to it being just amazing footage, it's still discussed in both camps with passion to this day.

If you're going to fake it make it as daring and as genuine as the Patterson-Gimlin film.



End of Part 1
Stay tuned for part 2, How I'd fake it better. Ew that sounds dirty.

Patterson Gimlin Enhancements

So what to do on those slow days, haven't posted in a few, well, share something I've been enjoying for quite awhile now and saved for a rainy day, I'm pretty sure I haven't posted this one yet and I'm sure every one's seen it and I did make a post about the Bigfoot Footage before and I think that video used the same material as the one below, but I like the way this one is edited together.

It's just a bunch of various enhancements of the Patterson Gimlin bigfoot footage, it keeps repeating and each one has been enhanced in various ways, kind of reminds me of the animated gif images you sometimes see.

You get to see some great details in this, muscle flexing, hair movement etc and one feature I've read some about which is that the subject appears to be female, most versions on youtube are so crappy that you don't really get to see this stuff.

Enjoy the hypnotizing feeling you'll get.

MK Davis PGF Enhancement -'Bigfootage' Variations

Top Five Bigfoot Videos Ever

This is a list of the top 5 Bigfoot videos that haven't been debunked, IMO, most of them have not been proven either way to be genuine or hoaxes though skeptics, believers and researchers all have their own evidence, opinions about them, will we ever know either way at all?

5. The Redwoods Bigfoot Film
Filmed August 28, 1995 in the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park by a film crew from Waterland Productions. Though the video is pretty dark you do get to see a very burly figure and supposedly you get to see it's dong. You can read the Redwoods Video here plus watch the original and enhanced videos as well, much better quality than the youtube version.

4. Manitoba Bigfoot Footage
Filmed April 16, 2005 by Bobby Clarke, on the Nelson River, Manitoba. Maybe this should be number 5 or not on the list? it's not the best footage ever, what I found interesting about the Manitoba Bigfoot story is that Bobby Clarke sold the rights of the video days after filming it, would I do that? probably, unless the evidence was good enough to convince people to go into the mountains with guns, then I'd probably think twice.

3. Memorial Day footage
Filmed in 1996 by Lori and Owen Pate, Chopaka Lake in north central Washington State. I'd have to say very similar to number 4 of this list, a lot clearer and was witnessed by multiple people, but to me doesn't seem very convincing, but what do I know I'm just an arm chair enthusiast. The Memorial Day Footage is on this list because it hasn't been proven either way fake or genuine, like the rest of them.

2. Paul Freeman Bigfoot Footage
Filmed 1994 by Paul Freeman, near Blue Mountains, Oregon. Probably one of the best Bigfoot videos ever, though there is a little controversy surrounding some of Freeman's other evidence. Here is some more footage of what is said to be of a dangling baby Bigfoot.

1. Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin, Bigfoot Footage
Filmed 1967 by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin, Bluff Creek in Northern California. Yeah you probably guessed this would be number one, in the 40 years since this film was shot I don't think any other video has come close to being as good as the PG film, the clarity of the video, the details of the figure it's still the best out there I think. There are a few other videos that may be a lot better than some of the ones above, maybe not in background story, but in video quality, some of which are already posted here. I have no conclusion, all I have to say is what would you take off of this list and what would you replace it with and why?

The Patterson Gimlin Bigfoot Video

The Bigfoot footage was shot by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin in 1967 in Bluff Creek, California and has got to be the most well known Sasquatch footage ever, I just read that it is said to be the second most viewed footage ever after the Zapruder footage.

The above version is stabilized and has some close-up shots of notable features.

There is to much debate over whether it is a hoax or if it is authentic, to much for me to cover anyway, I'm a nood on the matter, but let me point you to a few sources that explore the footage better. The first is from oregonbigfoot.com, it's a very long read and includes the history of the film along with popular articles about it from 1967 up until recent times.

Another place the check out is a sub forum on the bigfootforums.com that is dedicated to the Patterson and Gimlin Footage, you'll probably find a lot of links and such related to the footage there, anything of note is most likely, plus a lot of discussion about it's authenticity.

I made this post and will most likely make many more like it because frankly I haven't posted about most of the more famous paranormal videos out there. This stuff should be here, these videos are the back bone of the paranormal.