Bob Gimlin's Firsthand Account of the 1967 Bigfoot Encounter

A recently resurfaced interview with Bob Gimlin, who along with Roger Patterson, captured the infamous Patterson-Gimlin film in 1967, offers a fascinating look into the events leading up to the encounter. The interview, conducted by John Green in 1992, provides Gimlin's account of the days leading up to the now-iconic footage. Gimlin, a field researcher and two-time witness with over 40 years of experience, recounts his friendship with Patterson, which began in the late 1950s. At the time, Patterson had not yet shown an interest in Bigfoot. However, after hearing reports of tracks in the Bluff Creek area of California, the two set out on a three-week expedition in October 1967. The pair had received a tip from Al Hogenson, a local who had reported seeing tracks in the area. Gimlin and Hogenson had previously investigated a sighting near Ciche Canyon, about 20 miles from Gimlin's home. The interview reveals that Gimlin and Patterson had heard of three different sets of tracks in the Bluff Creek area before their arrival. However, they were unable to obtain any plaster casts of the tracks. On the day of the encounter, Gimlin and Patterson had ridden their horses into a desolate area, where they spotted the creature by the creek. Patterson quickly grabbed his camera from his saddlebag and began filming the creature as it walked away. The now-famous Patterson-Gimlin film, which lasts only a few seconds, captured the creature in motion, providing what many believe to be the best evidence of Bigfoot's existence. This interview offers valuable insight into the events leading up to the Patterson-Gimlin film, which remains one of the most controversial and debated pieces of evidence in the search for Bigfoot. Watch the full interview on the Creek Devil YouTube channel and decide for yourself if the encounter was genuine.