About this
photo:
Here at PattersonFilm.com, we try to deal exclusively with
the 1967 Patterson Gimlin film. However I did receive an
interesting photo and a series of emails from Patrick R.
The below content is taken from the actual emails from
Patrick to myself, and they provide the background
information of this photo . I would like to hear your
opinion on this photo, you may vote below. This photo is
published with permission by Patrick R. please do not
republish it, you may link to this page if you wish.
Thank you,
Jeff
......this
was taken on my friend's sister-in-law's ranch (several
hundred acres) in SE Oklahoma (near Colgate,) by a motion
sensitive camera. The clock hanging on the tree is
between 8 and 9 feet off of the ground. They had set
the camera up because something had been taking the top off
of their 8-foot tall deer feeder and eating out of
it.
Right after the time this was taken, some oil rig workers
on their land reluctantly admitted they saw an enormous
creature near where they were drilling in the
daytime. The workers didn't know where this deer
feeder was, that there was a camera there, or have access
to the property after dark. The family hadn't told
anyone about this picture at the time.
Roughly a month after these two encounters, the
sister-in-law's father was driving a work truck on a back
road on the property during the day and an enormous bipedal
creature walked across the road in front of him, stopped,
looked at him, then continued on it's way. I'm told
that although he's a tough old man, this experience "scared
the *%@! out of him."
I asked my friend to ask his sister-in-law if we could go
camping down there and see if we could record something and
she declined. Apparently, she doesn't want a lot of
"Bigfoot hunters" knocking on her door.
-Patrick R.
1. To the best of my knowledge, I don't think that it
has been posted anywhere before. When I first saw it,
my friend had posted it on his FaceBook page because it was
so surreal. It's entirely possible someone copied it
and sent it somewhere. When I asked him if I could
send it some enthusiasts, he said he didn't
mind.
2.
The stamp on the photo says Feb. 28th, 2009, and he let me
know about it a week later.
3.
I have no idea what that is in the upper center. Very
odd. If you look a certain way, it looks like the
form of a small creature (small compared to the alleged
bigfoot) sittin in the branches. I asked about that
too, and no one had an answer.
4.
I would guess the owner of the photo is the owner of the
property, my friend's wife's sister and her
husband.
To be
honest, I know not having access to the property owners
limits you a great deal, but if it is real, that's about
the clearest facial photograph I may have seen. I
thought someone might like to see it. The reflection
of the eyes says a lot; it would take a lot of effort to
make a mask like that, where the eyes could reflect light,
then show a couple family members and tell them not to show
any friends. (My friend had already shown me and
posted it when his in-laws had found out. Actually, I
think it wasn't until he asked them if we could go camping
on their property when they found out he had shown anyone
at all. They weren't upset, but told him not to tell
anyone else.- For what it's worth.)
-Patrick
R.