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Man inside Patterson film's Bigfoot suit steps forward...

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37009-2004Mar6.html


The Reliable Source

By Richard Leiby
Sunday, March 7, 2004; Page D03


Sasquatch Speaks: The Truth Is Out There

Now it can be told: Bigfoot isn't real!
So says Bob Heironimus, a retired Pepsi bottler from Yakima, Wash., who reveals to the Reliable Source that he donned a gorilla costume and appeared in the famous grainy film clip that helped fuel the Bigfoot craze in 1967 and is studied by Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti investigators to this day.
 
JSFolk said:
Now it can be told: Bigfoot isn't real!
So says Bob Heironimus, a retired Pepsi bottler from Yakima, Wash., who reveals to the Reliable Source that he donned a gorilla costume and appeared in the famous grainy film clip that helped fuel the Bigfoot craze in 1967 and is studied by Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti investigators to this day.
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All that proves is that one particular film was faked. You still haven't explained this guy: :p

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The Patterson film has been debunked long ago, but I still maintain my cheerful sentiment: A fun little hoax while it lasted :)
 
<h1>PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SEND THIS STORY TO WINSTON WU, AND ASK HIS "OPINION"!!</h1>

I would really just LOVE to hear what he has to say in reply, if anything. {hugs self in anticipation}
 
WildCat said:
Oh yeah? Explain this! ;)
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Sidetrack: This report is from a town called Minot, which is in...South Dakota? North Dakota? Florida? Tierra Del Fuego?

Give the foreigners a break and put a dot on the map! Thanks! :)
 
The sad thing is that even if he's telling the truth, the Bigfoot believers will never believe it. They'll just say he's lying to sell a book and will continue to treat the film as legitimate evidence. These kinds of stories are a lot easier to create than to kill.
 
Zep said:
Sidetrack: This report is from a town called Minot, which is in...South Dakota? North Dakota? Florida? Tierra Del Fuego?

Give the foreigners a break and put a dot on the map! Thanks! :)
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North Dakota, you had 1 right guess! I think I'd go nuts and start seeing things if I lived in N. Dakota also. I drove across S. Dakota last week, 410 miles (at least the speed limit is 75 mph, so I just set the cruise control at 80) of sheer boredom I assure you. But then, I didn't stop at the Corn Palace or the home of Laura Ingalls Wilder which would surely have been sheer excitement! :p
 
I think this artist's conception of a hunter's encounter w/ a Bigfoot on a Georgia military base will convince even the most hardcore skeptics:

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Pretty convincing, huh?
 
The Central Scrutinizer said:
I know Rouser2 believes in Bigfoot. So I doubt he will believe this guy.
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To play devils advocate for a second, why couldnt this guy be lying (thats not to say he is)?

He didnt seem to have any details that couldnt have been made up, especially in light of the fact that (IIRC) the guy who took the film is now dead.

Is it possible that bigfoot exists? yes, but if it does there should be some physical evidence especially in light of the close encounters.

Is it likely? no, the lack of physical evidence does show a likelihood of there not being a large bipedal ape in North America (other than N.B.A. players that is)
 
But, Heironimus says, "I was never paid a dime for that, no sir," and adds, "Sure I want to make some money. I feel that after 36 years I should get some of it."
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Uh-huh.

I'm with Archangel. There is a fame and fortune (of sorts) to be had from claiming to be behind celebrated 'paranormal' phenomena, just as there is to claim to have experienced it.

In the absence of any proof of these claims, it would behoove us to be as wary of this testimony as I'm sure we would be if he was claiming that Bigfoot is real. None of which is to say that there is a large hominid wandering North America, or that the Patterson film is genuine, but these counter-claims don't become any more reliable just because it happens to agree with our prejudices.
 
AHA!

A bigfoot encounter at a millitary base!

This makes sense, explains and prooves it all!

Bigfeet are either aliens or genetically-enginneered creatures built for war!!! :jaw:
 
Correa Neto said:
Bigfeet are either aliens or genetically-enginneered creatures built for war!!!
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In UFO reports at the more 'high strangeness' end of the scale, there are accounts where bigfoot-style creatures appear prominently.
 
WildCat said:
Oh yeah? Explain this! ;)
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My wife worked for the Minot Daily News back in 97-98. The most exciting thing she got to write a story on was farm that got destroyed by a tornado. After living there for a short time, I'm not suprised that someone would see bigfoot in Minot. It's boring there even by North Dakota standards. My hometown of Devils Lake, ND has a monster a'la Nessie rumored to be living in the lake. It capsized some canoes around 1900.
 
I have a co-worker who entertains us from time to time with his Bigfoot claims. My favorite is his claim of the secret Bigfoot skeleton stash in the basement of the zoology building at Humboldt State University.:D I'm not kidding. He swears it's true!:D :D
 
Zep said:
Sidetrack: This report is from a town called Minot, which is in...South Dakota? North Dakota? Florida? Tierra Del Fuego?

Give the foreigners a break and put a dot on the map! Thanks! :)
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North Dakota.

But the real question is whether Magilla Gorilla is Jewish. :p
 
WildCat said:
Pretty convincing, huh?
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Seriously, can the existence or otherwise of gorilla sapiens sasquatchii be considered a paranormal claim? Likely he doesn't exist, but the claim of his existence is a very normal claim.

Yeah I know The Skeptical Inquirer shed much ink on the subject back in the day.
 
It's like that guy who said that he had proof that aliens from another galaxy had landed on Earth, therefore Randi had to give him the million bucks.

And intelligent alien life on another planet or even another galaxy is paranormal, or "having superpowers", exactly how?

Rolfe.
 
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