# The reel was shot before the 1967 film, as a rehearsal.

> Still possible: The reel was shot before the 1967 film, as a rehearsal.

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# The reel was shot before the 1967 film, as a rehearsal.

The reel was shot before the 1967 film, as a rehearsal.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Lab processing marks or records date the reel's development to before 20 October 1967.
- Costume details differ in ways a rehearsal would correct and a copy would not.

## What would rule it out

- Processing marks or records dating development after October 1967.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The stock carries a 1966 manufacturing date code, earlier than the 1967 code on the Patterson film.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/evidence/EVD0CZ262CW48HS/the-stock-carries-a-1966-manufacturing-date-code-earlier)

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## The questions it answers

[Is the costume reel shown in Capturing Bigfoot a rehearsal for the 1967 film or a later replica?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/questions/QST0CZ25X8T2VC4/is-the-costume-reel-shown-in-capturing-bigfoot-a-rehearsal)

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

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The reel was shot before the 1967 film, as a rehearsal. [Answer ANS0CZ262520X6X]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CZ262520X6X
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