And it just so happens that this cowboy HAD a super 8 movie camera. Now I owned a top of the line Canon super 8 at that time and it was very bulky and not at all easy to get out, focus and shoot. I seems pretty scripted along with the story.
What always gets me is this gorilla guy has HAIR everywhere except where his eyes and nose are. After all when you like strolling in the back country there are one hell of a lot of rocks and you need to be able to see where you're going. Now I'll be the first to say that whoever they got to wear this suit fit it pretty well but it looks to me like you can see a seam at the waist and a seam near the neck where they slid the hood over.
Just some thoughts.
My take is this, they shot it. They own it (or sold it to an interested party). Now the images and film float all over the internets without any cries from the Homeland Security Police crying about how this piece of intellectual property has been stolen and copied all over the place. Nope. Just using national security money to protect the corporate interests of libs in Hollywood who farm out production overseas where it is cheaper to make movies.