Month: May 2021

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Who did Bigfoot’s Makeup?

This past weekend I binged on some classic movies like Planet of the Apes and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Which sent me off on a rabbit hole of research on the ape makeup effects done in both movies. I learned some interesting things by reading this book:

Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece

And then I watched this documentary:

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film [Blu-ray]

And what I learned was very interesting. The biggest laugh is that Kubrick is accused of not only faking the moon landing but also doing the effects for the Patterson-Gimlin film. But wait there’s more: The Kubrick effects team accuses the Planet of the Apes team of stealing their special effects techniques. The Planet guys seems to think they invented everything and Rick Baker is standing at the sidelines not saying anything.

And don’t forget that Disney was accused of doing Bigfoot special effects as well.

My vote is for the Kubrick team as their work looks the best by far.

But Rick Baker is still the King.

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Bigfoot Alerts

I saw this Sasquatch Alert from the Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations of British Columbia posted to local area Facebook groups recently. I can’t confirm nor deny it’s legitimacy but it made me think to go googling for other Bigfoot alerts to see how many are out there.

I made sure to not include any obvious joke ones but can’t confirm these that I did include. News reports are plenty but actual alerts from government or municipal authorities seems to be few and far between.

The PG Film stance that Bigfoot is portrayed as is all the rage though isn’t it?

And I don’t know what the hell the barcode one is all about.

I think Bigfoot needs a new Public Relations person.

  • Bigfoot 3D Image with Instruction- Imaage for Web Display
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Partial Print from Sasquatch Park

Well my hard work is starting to pay off. To be honest it’s the work of other’s that I am benefiting from. As I’ve mentioned on here before, I have a deal with local nature photographers who are out and about in the wild every single day around here. The deal is that they give me a heads up on any possible prints they find and I give them free tech support and websites. They send me their photo with GPS location and I hit the road right away. If I can I’ll meet them at the site. Yesterday I got there after she left and found a suspected print and a partial print. This was in Sasquatch Park (yes, it’s really called that). These are the best signs of Bigfoot I’ve found so far. I was able to take a plaster casting of the partial print and it turned out pretty nice if I say so myself. I’m thinking I might submit these to Jeff Meldrum for review.

  • Suspected Hair
  • Suspected Hair
  • Faint Full Print
  • Faint Full Print
  • Partial Print
  • Partial Print
  • Partial Print Casting
  • Partial Print Casting

PS – Ya, I think that’s dog hair too but it looked interesting. Not sure.

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Casting Bigfoot prints in Plaster

I’ve been trying to do some of my first plaster casting of possible Bigfoot prints that I’ve found. This video was a good start for me. Some things I’ve learned and some things I still question:

  • Use bamboo skewers set into the back of the wet plaster to give more strength
  • Don’t fill very far past the edge of the print and don’t use that barrier he does. Seems to me to be a waste of plaster and makes it too heavy.
  • Mix in a ziplock bag for easy transportation of the mix to the site and easy cleanup.
  • Add a hanger wire into the wet plaster for easy wall mounting later.
  • Write your initials and date into the wet plaster. Using sharpee later is easy to read but can be sanded off or fade.
  • Does the hairspray trick work?
  • Does the talc powder trick work?
  • What about wet prints? What to do?
  • Do people actually wash the print after with water? Why? I just use a stiff brush to clean.