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Where is the camera original?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by ·Part of What does the Patterson-Gimlin film show?·2 answers·0·0 following
Most likely: it was lost after Rene Dahinden checked it out of storage in 1980 and may survive in a private collectionAhead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

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Two answers have been proposed. It was lost after Rene Dahinden checked it out of storage in 1980 and may survive in a private collection. leads, with evidence 1 for: partly supported by its tests. One is still possible.

Why it matters

All analysis works from copies; the original would give the highest resolution, the true first and last frames and physical evidence of editing or its absence⁠[1].

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  1. Munns & Meldrum puts forward: it was lost after Rene Dahinden checked it out of storage in 1980 and may survive in a private collection.
  2. Munns & Meldrum: there is no record of the film being returned after Dahinden checked it out in 1980.For: It was lost after Rene Dahinden checked it out of storage in 1980 and may survive in a private collection.
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