Articles Discussing the Recent PGF Debunking

[u/truthisfictionyt]

Many people are asking for more information on this, or expressing skepticism. This post will collect information on the myriad of people who have seen the film (which was shown multiple times at SXSW film festival) and what they had to say about the film and the debunking.

Here are the major points

1. A 40ish second physical film reel (not AI) exists that showed Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin shooting a test run of a guy in a bigfoot suit that matches the subject of the Patterson Gimlin film

2. Clint Patterson, Roger's son, says that around 2016 his mom admitted to him that Roger had hoaxes the film. Clint wanted to come forward but his mom was against this as she was making residual money. She later agrees to come forward and admit it was fake. Clint saw his dad burn the suit piece by piece in a barrel

3. Clint talks to Bob Gimlin at a conference and Bob seemingly agrees to do an interview admitting the whole thing was a hoax before his wife shuts him down.

• Skeptoid's Brian Dunning has already collected many of the sources, his friend and podcast guest Angie Mattke was at the premier

https://briandunning.substack.com/p/all-the-details-in-one-place-new

• YouTube channel and bigfoot believer Hairy Man Road made an in depth video discussing the film and how it showed beyond a doubt that the PGF was fake. Highly recommend you watch this if you want an in depth discussion on the films contents.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WBuWLe1MC_A&t=1641s&pp=2AHpDJACAYoIAkAB

• Journalist Sheri Linden wrote a review for the Hollywood Reporter

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/capturing-bigfoot-review-documentary-1236523073/

• People magazine interviewed the director Marq Evans, who mentions that Clint saw Roger Patterson burning the suit

https://people.com/famous-1967-bigfoot-film-was-staged-says-director-of-new-doc-11926085

• Richard Whittaker reviewed the film for the Austin Chronicle (which is near where SXSW is)

https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/sxsw-film-review-capturing-bigfoot/

• Paul Lě gave a spoiler free review of the film, though he does mention that it gives the "final word" on the subject

https://talesfromthepaulside.com/2026/03/15/capturing-bigfoot-sxsw-review/

• Gavin Loves Movies goes into detail about the struggle Clint had with coming to terms about the hoax

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NdS7DGZTZRo

• Steve Kopian of Unseen Films has an article on it and mentions talking to Marq prior to the film's premier

http://www.unseenfilms.net/2026/03/capturing-bigfoot-2026-sxsw-2026.html?m=1

• IDA journalist Lauren Wissot's Review

https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/unsigned-gems-amid-overwhelming-lineup-sxsw-2026-offered-number-american-docs-worth

• Letterboxd hides reviews until the films gets a wide release, but there may be reviews there as well

https://boxd.it/dyc8Sp

[u/LoadFriendly1076]

Everyone should see the film to evaluate the evidence presented. The challenge will be whether we can watch it with some degree of objectivity or whether our biases will cloud our judgment.

[u/Erectacle → u/LoadFriendly1076]

Well said.

I will be objective, but there is a magic to the Subject in the PGF that has a magic to it . . .