Editing Bigfoot (section)

===Patterson-Gimlin film===
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[[File:Patterson Gimlin Bigfoot Film Unedited.webm|thumb|left|The Patterson-Gimlin film.]]
On October 20, 1967, Bigfoot enthusiast Roger Patterson and his partner Robert "Bob" Gimlin were filming a Bigfoot [[docudrama]] in an area called Bluff Creek in Northern California. The pair claimed they came upon a Bigfoot and filmed the encounter. The 59.5-second-long video, dubbed the ''Patterson-Gimlin film'' (PGF), has become iconic in popular culture and Bigfoot-related history and lore. The PGF continues to be a highly scrutinized, analyzed, and debated subject.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rosman |first1=John |title=Film Introducing Bigfoot To World Still Mysterious 50 Years Later |url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/bigfoot-patterson-gimlin-sasquatch/ |website=opb.org |publisher=[[Oregon Public Broadcasting]] |access-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-date=May 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518145245/https://www.opb.org/news/article/bigfoot-patterson-gimlin-sasquatch/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Academic experts from related fields have typically judged the film as providing no supportive data of any scientific value,<ref name="Daegling2004">{{cite book |last1=Daegling |first1=David J. |title=Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America's Enduring Legend |date=2004 |publisher=Rowman Altamira |isbn=978-0-7591-1523-1 |page=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WfCxAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212002435/https://books.google.com/books?id=WfCxAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 |url-status=live }}</ref> with perhaps the most common proposed explanation being that it was a hoax.<ref name="Buhs2009190">{{cite book |last1=Buhs |first1=Joshua Blu |title=Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend |year=2009 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-50215-1 |page=75 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RI4SlHwH7h0C&pg=PA190 |access-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212002644/https://books.google.com/books/?id=RI4SlHwH7h0C&pg=PA190 |url-status=live }}</ref>