# Daegling 2004: Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America's Enduring Legend (chapter 5, The Patterson Film, pp. 105–156)

> David J. Daegling, 2004. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The fullest sceptical scholarly treatment of the film.

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# Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America's Enduring Legend (chapter 5, The Patterson Film, pp. 105–156)

David J. Daegling, 2004. _AltaMira Press_.

A biological anthropologist's book-length assessment of the Bigfoot evidence, with a 50-page chapter on the Patterson film, its measurement problems and the costume question.

**Patterson-Gimlin film** Bookdoi: **[10.5040/9798216417958](https://doi.org/10.5040/9798216417958)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The fullest sceptical scholarly treatment of the film.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[No specimen of the proposed animal exists.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/evidence/EVD0CZ2606J1MF1/no-specimen-of-the-proposed-animal-exists)

Evidence

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[David J. Daegling](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/people/FIG0CZ25R4R29M8/david-j-daegling)

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[The Patterson-Gimlin film](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

```
Daegling, D. J. (2004). Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America's Enduring Legend (chapter 5, The Patterson Film, pp. 105–156). AltaMira Press. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798216417958
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[Read it free at archive.org](https://archive.org/details/bigfootexposedan0000daeg_n9e1)

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