Editing Patterson–Gimlin film (section)

===Filmmaker-related===
Patterson's expensive ($369)<ref>Murphy, 63</ref> [[16 mm film|16 mm]] camera had been rented on May 13 from photographer Harold Mattson<ref name=":0" /> at Sheppard's Camera Shop in Yakima, but he had kept it longer than the contract had stipulated, and an [[arrest warrant]] had been issued for him on October 17;<ref>Long, 167</ref> he was arrested within weeks of his return from Bluff Creek.<ref>McLeod, 112</ref> After Patterson returned the camera in working order, this charge was dismissed, in 1969.<ref>Long, 167, 169</ref>

While Patterson sought publicity, Gimlin was conspicuous by his absence. He only briefly helped to promote the film<ref name="Long, 265">Long, 265</ref> and avoided discussing his Bigfoot encounter publicly for many subsequent years; he turned down requests for interviews.<ref>Coleman, 83</ref> He later reported that he had avoided publicity after Patterson and promoter Al DeAtley had broken their agreement to pay him a one-third share of any profits generated by the film.<ref>Long, 159–160</ref> Another factor was that his wife objected to publicity.

Daegling wrote, "Bigfoot advocates emphasize that Patterson remained an active Bigfoot hunter up until his death."<ref>Daegling, 114</ref><ref>Long, 182, quoting [[John Willison Green|John Green]]</ref><ref>Long, 269–70, quoting Al DeAtley</ref><ref>Regal, 129, writes: "For all his personal flaws and dubious behavior, Patterson seems to have genuinely believed in Bigfoot."</ref> For instance, in 1969, he hired a pair of brothers to travel around in a truck chasing down leads to Bigfoot witnesses and interviewing them.<ref>Long, 406</ref> Later, in December of that year, he was one of those present in [[Bossburg, Washington]], in the aftermath of the [[cripplefoot]] tracks found there.<ref>McLeod, 119–21</ref><ref>Hunter & Dahinden, 152, 154–55, 158</ref><ref>Coleman (2003), 125</ref> [[Grover Krantz|Krantz]] reports that "[a] few years after the film was made, Patterson received a letter from a man ["a US airman stationed in Thailand"<ref>McLeod, 121</ref>] who assured him a Sasquatch was being held in a [[Buddhist monastery]]. Patterson spent most of his remaining money preparing an expedition to retrieve this creature"<ref name="Krantz, 120">Krantz, 120</ref> only to learn it was a hoax. He learned this only after having sent Dennis Jenson fruitlessly to [[Thailand]] (where he concluded that the airman was "mentally unbalanced") and then, after receiving a second untrue letter from the man, going himself to Thailand with Jenson.<ref name="Green (1978), 129">Green (1978), 129</ref><ref name="McLeod, 121–22">McLeod, 121–22</ref>

To obtain money to travel to Thailand, "Patterson called Ron, who had returned to ANE, and sold the company the theatrical rights to the clip for what Olson described as a pretty good sum of money."<ref name="McLeod, 121–22"/>

Patterson died of [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Darling|first1=Dylan|title=Big day for Bigfoot believers|url=http://www.redding.com/news/big-day-for-bigfoot-believers|access-date=May 20, 2015|work=[[Redding Record Searchlight]]|date=October 20, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521054015/http://www.redding.com/news/big-day-for-bigfoot-believers|archive-date=May 21, 2015}}</ref> According to [[Michael McLeod (author)|Michael McLeod]],<ref>McLeod, 128</ref> Greg Long,<ref name="Long, 188">Long, 188</ref> and Bill Munns,<ref>Munns, 19</ref> "A few days before Roger died, he told [Bigfoot-book author Peter] [[Pangboche Hand|Byrne]] that in retrospect, ... he [wished he] would have shot the thing [ie killed it] and brought out a body instead of a reel of film." According to [[Grover Krantz]]<ref name="Krantz, 87"/> and [[Robert Michael Pyle|Robert Pyle]],<ref>Pyle, 269</ref> years later, Patterson and Gimlin both agreed they should have tried to kill the creature, both for financial gain and to silence naysayers.

In 1995,<ref>Long, 29</ref> almost three decades after the Patterson–Gimlin filming, Greg Long,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Greg Long – The Making of Bigfoot|url=http://www.pointofinquiry.org/greg_long_the_making_of_bigfoot/|website=[[Point of Inquiry]]|publisher=[[Center for Inquiry]]|access-date=March 17, 2015|date=September 26, 2008|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134803/http://www.pointofinquiry.org/greg_long_the_making_of_bigfoot/|url-status=dead}}</ref> a technical writer for a technology firm who had a hobby of investigating and writing about Northwest mysteries, started years of interviewing people who knew Patterson, some of whom described him as a liar and a [[conman]].
* "Marvin" (pseudonym),<ref>Long, 96–97</ref> Jerry Lee Merritt,<ref>Long, 105, 116, 120, 125, 127, 132</ref> Pat Mason,<ref>Long, 139–44</ref> Glen Koelling,<ref>Long, 198–202, 205, 215</ref> and Bob Swanson<ref>Long, 221–24</ref> suffered financially from their dealings with him, as well as 21 small local creditors who sued Patterson via a [[collection agency]].<ref>Long, 308, 315–17</ref>
* Vilma Radford<ref>Long, 299–313, 317–18</ref> claimed Patterson never repaid a loan made to him for a Bigfoot movie Roger was planning. Radford had corroborative evidence: a $700 [[promissory note]] "for expenses in connection with filming of 'Bigfoot: America's Abominable Snowman.{{'"}}<ref>Long, 300</ref> Patterson had agreed to repay her $850, plus 5 percent of any profits from the movie.
* In 1974, Bob Gimlin, with [[René Dahinden]]'s financial assistance, sued DeAtley and Patterson's widow, Patricia, claiming he had not received his one-third share of the film's proceeds. He won his case in 1976.<ref>Long, 318–21</ref><ref>McLeod, 136–37</ref>