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of the film has shown some interesting details,
such as: the mouth opens and closes, there are
muscle movements in the arms and legs, and
the most shocking thing of all are breasts! It appears to be a lady Bigfoot! A convincing female
Bigfoot would be far more complex to fake than
a male version. It just doesn’t stand to reason
that in 1967 two complete amateurs could have
created a biophysically intricate costume that
has been kept secret for more than 40 years. 
“Planet of the Apes” was made that same year.
Remember what the professional Hollywood
costume designers came up with for that movie? They were nothing even remotely life-like. 
As tantalizing a clue the Patterson-Gimlin Film
is, one cannot prove the existence of Bigfoot
with a few yards of footage. There is, however, a much more intriguing piece of evidence:
footprint casts.  Footprints were the origination
of the modern moniker for Bigfoot and may be
some of the best evidence currently catalogued. 
Dr. Jeff Meldrum is a professor of Anatomy and
Anthropology at Idaho State University and is
an expert in foot morphology and primate locomotion. He also possesses the largest known
collection of Sasquatch footprint casts in the
world. He has analyzed hundreds of purported
Bigfoot prints and has found startling evidence
contained therein. Each of the footprint casts
he has collected shows evidence of a mid-tarsal break. To us lay-people, this means the foot
flexes roughly in the middle. This is dramatically different from the way human feet work; our
feet flex closer to the front where our toes begin.
Additionally, Dr. Meldrum has found evidence of
dermal ridges in some prints. These are akin to
human finger prints. These two characteristics
make faking these prints virtually impossible.
(The only way to do so would be to possess
very advanced physiological knowledge along
with an enormous budget to finance the recreation.) Logic steps in and we have no choice but
to acknowledge the significance of these finds. 

cussed, a picture begins to develop. Diverse
and regionally appropriate historical references to Bigfoot-like creatures exist in distinct and
isolated zones the world over. Modern photographic, videographic, and eyewitness’ hold
some legitimate evidence once we filter through
hoaxes and misidentification. Scientific analysis of footprints gives us solid and reproducible
evidence of a distinct undescribed species of
bi-pedal hominid. All these factors lead to the
conclusion that the existence of Bigfoot is far
more likely than unlikely. While only a DNA
sample or a specimen, living or dead, will prove
the “creature” to modern science, for this amateur, Bigfoot is the real deal. 

 For additional details on Dr. Meldrum’s research
go to http://www.isu.edu/~meldd/fxnlmorph.html

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Bio for Ben Ream:  
Ben Ram is 32 years old, married,
and an Atlanta, Georgia native. He
works as an Account Specialist
with Acceptance Rentals. Ben is
a former paranormal investigator
and now has become a Bigfoot
enthusiast and aspiring novelist.