# A person in a fur costume, filmed by Patterson.

> Most likely: A person in a fur costume, filmed by Patterson.

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# A person in a fur costume, filmed by Patterson.

A person in a fur costume, filmed by Patterson.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: four pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Height, proportions and gait fall within the human range once the frame rate and site geometry are fixed.
- Costume artefacts (seams, fabric folds, rigid features) appear in the best restored frames.
- Contemporaneous records or physical remains of a suit exist.

## What would rule it out

- A fixed frame rate and site survey that put the subject's dimensions or gait outside any human range, with no suit or record of one ever found.

## Evidence 4 for · 1 against

[A reel of a costumed walker staged much like the 1967 film exists on 16 mm Kodachrome with a 1966 date code.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/evidence/EVD0CZ25YFW20QE/a-reel-of-a-costumed-walker-staged-much-like-the-1967-film)

Suggestive

FOR

[Bob Heironimus says he wore the suit; Philip Morris says he sold Patterson a gorilla costume.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/evidence/EVD0CZ25Y085A2K/bob-heironimus-says-he-wore-the-suit-philip-morris-says-he)

Suggestive

FOR

[Estimates of height and gait carry large uncertainties from the unknown frame rate, distance and lens.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/evidence/EVD0CZ25YQP5P83/estimates-of-height-and-gait-carry-large-uncertainties-from)

Supported

FOR

[Patterson's widow and son are reported to say they know or believe the film was hoaxed; the son reports…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/evidence/EVD0CZ25Y8238VP/pattersons-widow-and-son-are-reported-to-say-they-know-or)

Suggestive

FOR

[Surface features attributed to costume flaws occur in real ageing human and ape bodies.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/evidence/EVD0CZ25YZG50K2/surface-features-attributed-to-costume-flaws-occur-in-real)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What does the Patterson-Gimlin film show?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/questions/QST0CZ25WS63QQ8/what-does-the-patterson-gimlin-film-show)

Most likelyA person in a fur costume, filmed by Patterson

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