from http://www.artistfirst.com -

9:00 PM EST LIVE

BIGFOOT CENTRAL

w/ Robert W. Morgan

Very Special Guest Tonight!

The one and only

BOB GIMLIN

ONLY SURVIVING WITNESS TO THE BEST DOCUMENTED BIGFOOT FOOTAGE EVER SHOT, THE PATTERSON/GIMLIN FILM!

Dammit, always on a night when I have to go to a basketball game.

Is there ANY way somebody can record this for me? Please, pretty please. I'm groveling here.

I'll do my best JayleeD - I have set my PC to record it, but it will be 5am here, so I can't guarantee that the link to the artist first stream will keep working all night.

I'm trying to record it too. Hey Paul and Tugboat, if you're up, I heard the DJ say that Gimlin might be on for two hours if he can handle it. Normally it's an hour show, but I would record for two just in case.

BB

Good show tonight.... Love Bob Gimlin would love to get him to one of our BBQ's feed him abunch of ribs and light the campfire...... the stories that man could tell I'm sure are worth a lifetime of listening....

Robert

OMG, that was so incredible! Had goosebumps several times and misty eyes a couple more. What an absolute PEACH of a man. You folks who went to the symposium are really, really fortunate people.

Now I REALLY can't wait for the symposium DVD!!

I got to sit and talk with Bob Gimlin one on one for 20 minutes during the symposium and it was the highlight of my weekend he even looked at the video of the foot print I found at louse camp. He is just a real stand up guy and it was a pleasure to meet him.

Bob Gimlin, interviewed from Yakima, WA, by Robert W. Morgan and Steve Jones.

The following is not a verbatim transcript, just the scribe's notes.

Robert puts way too much of himself into the show.

Gimlin said he didn't think it was anything special at the time.

"Before Labor Day, 1967, Roger (Patterson) and I went to the Mt. St. Helens area," giving up after the rain drenched their equipment. On their way out, Patterson got a message from Al Hodgson (Willow Creek, CA). A road crew had hauled a water tank (a fifth wheel) into the Bluff Creek and coming back after the holiday weekend, found three sets of tracks circling their heavy equipment.

Gimlin was able to get a couple of weeks off from his road construction job and Patterson took two horses and Gimlin took one.

"I was a non-believer, I have to see it to believe it. I hadn't even seen a good footprint yet. By the time we got down to Bluff Creek, all we could see was three sizes of mudholes."

We road the horses throughout the area and drove the roads at night (in order to avoid the construction going on during the day,) in my truck with Roger on the running board (with a flashlight) looking for tracks.

Getting a bit ahead of himself, Gimlin described Roger asking Gimlin not to go after "Patty" (my words, not his). "Don't leave me alone... there might be more then one," Gimlin recalled Patterson saying.

Gimlin: I had no idea that we were going to find anything. The day of the sighting we were very tired, from driving all night and riding all day.
It was a lazy-like, sunshiny, fall day - and we were planning to stay out all night. I think about that day all the time... we were on the east side of the creek, with Roger taking the film towards the north-northwest.

RM - What one thing could you have changed about that day?

Gimlin - "I probably wouldn't have been there... I've taken a lot of ridicule in this area (Yakima, WA) over the years. I would have tried to follow it up around the bend, but Roger wanted to cast the prints due to the lateness of the day. Things just happened so fast."

The "interview" lasted barly 50 minutes - with only time for four e-mail questions...

from Loren Coleman - Did you notice any noise or smell from the creature?

Gimlin - "No noises at all, not even when she turned, twice, to look - but I smelled what I thought similiar to a skunk's smell, while Roger said it was more like a wet dog rolling in cow manure."

from Tom Cousino - How did you feel, when you returned to the filmsite?

Gimlin - "I didn't even want to go to Willow Creek, until I heard Jane Goodall was going to be there. I really wanted to meet her. I really thought I could get out and walk right to the spot where the film was taken, but everything had changed so much in the 36 years!"

from Craig Woolheater - Listening to your account of the filming was worth the trip to Willow Creek. Craig then invited Bob to next year's Texas Bigfoot Conference.

Gimlin - wouldn't commit, except to say if he could he would. Gimlin did say he was already committed to events on May 5-6 and Chester Moore has invited him down to Texas on June 25th.

from Gene in Vermont - Did Roger ever even hint that the creature had been faked?

Gimlin - No. He did apologize to me, as he was dying, for he and his brother cutting me out of any proceeds from the film. Patterson said that after he got better "he and Bob would go back down to California and take some more film, then shove it down the doubter's throats."

Gimlin was on for only an hour, but will return as a guest, with at least 60 more e-mails to answer. Got to ask him about the shower question.

Excellent work, scribe!

You didn't have to listen to Robert W. Morgan for an hour.

Yeesh...Sorry Tug...You want some excedrin ?

Just finished watching A Mighty Wind...

an appropriate wind-down from tonight's artistfirst host.

I feel much better now.

Never fails, I missed the show once again.

missed it

yet another one of those times when work interferes with my life. dammit

g

Tug, thanks once again for the play by play (or your notes as you say). Sorry you had to listen to RM for so long. That's gotta leave a mark.

I've always wished that Mr. Gimlin would write some sort of paper or book with the details (and I mean FINE details) of the events of those few days before, during and after he and Patterson's encounter. I have to think he could make a hefty hunk of change with it.

I guess it might just interfer with the fees he gets for speaking engagements, but it seems like he'd still get the gigs, he would just have books to sell at them. Oh well, maybe before he leaves this planet he will do a book deal.

Arrghh! Missed it again!
Did anyone manage to record the show? I kinda gave up listening a couple months back mainly because of all the RM blabble...but I'm kicking myself for not checking in on the board last night

I missed it. So did anyone get it recorded? Ugh!!! I was cleaning the garage. Oh well.

I'm afraid I set my PC to record it, went to bed and suffered a power cut during the night (the house, not me).

Great notes, Tug. Glad I heard it. Bob Gimlin is so down-to-earth and was very approachable at the symposium. I can't imagine what he went through personally, but he seemed genuinely pleased to be back and I think he mentioned how much better the "acceptance level" is now compared to the years after 10/20/67.

His recollection of the events of that day during the pioneer panel discussion was the highlight of the symposium for me. And getting a picture with him.

That was quite a moment for "Bigfoot Central" and ArtistFirst. Great show!

How about that part where they brought up how Bob wished he had tracked it further. Then, they cast the tracks and the weather got bad. Later, after the weather cleared, Bob Titmus returned and tracked "her" trail up the steep embankment. Then, last night, they broought up the point that Bob Titmus had found a spot where it seemed "Patty" sat in the brush and observed them casting the footprints. Ever heard this before? Just thought it was funny, because I imagined that scenario happens from time to time and wrote it into verse 1 of my song.
"I'm nearby but you don't get the hint,
'Cause you're busy pouring plaster in my big footprints!"

I know Robert M. brought up the point, and Bob seemed to agree with him. And I suppose it was Bob Titmus' tracking and scouting for sign that pointed this out.

-- Tom

Just out of curiosity, how do you record streaming audio like the artist first program? There are some programs I would love to have recorded.

Question please. Does anyone know if Bob Gimlin has ever mentioned if he and Roger Patterson exchanged any words during the actual sighting? Was Gimlin just standing there with the gun at ready while Patterson was following and filming? I just wonder if one said anything to the other while this was taking place.

Heyyyyy, good question J. I never thought about that before, don't remember ever seeing or hearing it brought up. I'd love to know that answer to that one!

Thanks Stacy. I can picture the event in my mind and I always see Gimlin looking down the barrel of the gun saying to Patterson something like, "Well, you wanted to see one, now there it is." Or, "if it heads this way, I'm gonna blast it."

From what I've read, and what Bob Gimlin said at the symposium, the only thing Roger Patterson said to him after getting the camera out of the saddle bag was "Cover me!" and then he ran off stumbling and filming. I don't think Bob said anything. I guess a situation like that'll leave you speechless!

They apparently had discussed only shooting if one were to act in a threatening manner before heading out or while riding that day.
-Tom

On the Mac, there's an app called WireTap that'll record any sound your computer makes, including streaming audio...

For the PC, you need Total Recorder.

A demo version can be downloaded here http://www.highcriteria.com/productfr_tr.htm

It only costs $12, and is well worth it.

I did get it recorded. I use WMRecorder(http://www.wmrecorder.com/index.php). I got a free download of it a while back. Works just fine. Looks like they have new version and allow you to download a free demo. They charge $29.95 for the product.

If anyone wants a copy of the show, PM me. I'd be happy to burn a CD with the show and get it to you.

BB

Forgot to mention, WireTap is FREE.

Which is good, 'cause the computer it runs on cost 50% more...