[gnarledmaw]

I once saw some "expert" talking about how the bigfoot in the footage had to be real because the mechanics of the movement werent human. I laughed through the whole interview because from a distance that thing looks and moves, especially from the perspective of "impossible mechanics", exactly like my step-grandfather did.

[Xenophon450]

For that same reason I laughed at the video the first and second time and 3rd time I saw it. I said to myself, "What the hell, this is CLEARLY FAKE!!!" I don't really know though now. The costume is VERY lifelike, a skin tight leotard on a HUGE body builder, they pinpointed the creatures size to that of 6'3 - 6'2. Its lower body seems to be larger than its upper body (female figure),(it's thighs alone were as large as a mans waist) something uncommon among body builders, well at all the gyms I've worked out in and seen on TV. Patterson and his partner were on horseback that day and something they said spooked the horses badly when they saw it the horses would not pursue. The thing that really intrigues me is that if Patterson did fake this one...why didn't he make another video when he was dying of cancer to raise funds for his treatment, why go to China to investigate a Yeti capture? I think if it was a hoax he did not perpetrate it or his partner although if they did not then it is highly probable it is real. No one has yet produced the exact costume if it was one. Costumes are loose fitting and would not allow visible muscle movement and clear cut features and if it was fake, who would think to fake it as a female. /rant