Any Bigfoot believers here? i guess this would not be good new, but from what I've seen here, evidence or the lack of same is not a barrier to stubborn belief.
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A new documentary doesn't disprove Bigfoot — he or she could still be out there! — but it aims to upend the biggest piece of evidence that Bigfoot believers have held onto for 60 years.
Now, some of those true believers are becoming skeptics, bringing modern "fake news"-type arguments to social media, or suggesting newly discovered evidence could be an AI-generated hoax.
The Patterson-Gimlin film is instantly recognizable. Under a minute long, the grainy 1967 film shows a tall, furry creature walking on two legs through the Northern California woods. The creature turns slightly, looking over its shoulder, and then walks on. This is the most iconic footage of Bigfoot, and for decades has been the best "proof" that a large, undiscovered hominid species roams the Pacific Northwest, partly because the film has been stubbornly complicated to fully disprove (unless, of course, you simply assume Bigfoot isn't real to begin with).
"Capturing Bigfoot," which premiered at SXSW this month, has unearthed a piece of long-lost footage — an apparent "dry run" rehearsal of the famous film where it's more clearly a man in a furry suit. This new footage strongly suggests that the famous Patterson-Gimlin film was a hoax.
For the Bigfoot online community, the documentary is hitting like a nuclear bomb.
A Bigfoot documentary premiered at SXSW. Was it 'fake news?' An online community is tearing itself apart.
Bigfoot believers are struggling to accept their gold standard evidence may be a hoax.
www.businessinsider.com
A new documentary doesn't disprove Bigfoot — he or she could still be out there! — but it aims to upend the biggest piece of evidence that Bigfoot believers have held onto for 60 years.
Now, some of those true believers are becoming skeptics, bringing modern "fake news"-type arguments to social media, or suggesting newly discovered evidence could be an AI-generated hoax.
The Patterson-Gimlin film is instantly recognizable. Under a minute long, the grainy 1967 film shows a tall, furry creature walking on two legs through the Northern California woods. The creature turns slightly, looking over its shoulder, and then walks on. This is the most iconic footage of Bigfoot, and for decades has been the best "proof" that a large, undiscovered hominid species roams the Pacific Northwest, partly because the film has been stubbornly complicated to fully disprove (unless, of course, you simply assume Bigfoot isn't real to begin with).
"Capturing Bigfoot," which premiered at SXSW this month, has unearthed a piece of long-lost footage — an apparent "dry run" rehearsal of the famous film where it's more clearly a man in a furry suit. This new footage strongly suggests that the famous Patterson-Gimlin film was a hoax.
For the Bigfoot online community, the documentary is hitting like a nuclear bomb.
