First up was Christopher Murphy, author of Meet the Sasquatch! and Know the Sasquatch/Bigfoot. As his presentation was similar to ones he had given in Bellingham, WA in 2005 and Pocatello, ID in 2007, instead of a recap of last Saturday's presentation, I will instead provide my report on Murphy's presentation at the Sasquatch Research Conference.
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Christopher Murphy author of three books, most notably, Meet the Sasquatch
He said the book was designed to accompany the Vancouver Museum exhibit last year.
As he knew many of the conference attendees hadn't made it the exhibit, I'll bring to you¦ with stuff left on the editing room floor, he added with a laugh.
[NOTE]: Open your copies of the book and follow along if you wish.
The entrance opened into a number of stone carvings (p. 10) and a stone carving of what may be a depiction of a Sasquatch hand (p. 12). Wooden carved masks can be divided into categories ā€“ painted, which Murphy believes are mythological in origin and unpainted, which may be inspired by Sasquatch (p. 17-18). He talked about First Nations petroglyphs and pictographs found in such far-dispersed places as BC, New Mexico, and central California (the infamous "Hairy Man" drawings p. 19-21).
He talked about what he termed the Sasquatch classics, showing Albert Ostman's original notebook where he first detailed his encounter (p. 30), the Ruby Creek incident (p. 35), William Roe experience (p. 36), and Jerry Crew & the Bluff Creek tracks (p. 37).
As he began to touch on the Patterson-Gimlin film, he said he had talked to a radio talk show host on Vancouver Island who told Murphy, Kal Korff and company are "shady characters."¯
He showed his tabletop filmsite model (p. 58-62) as well as the "wood fragment"¯ found years later at Bluff Creek (p. 68-69) and detailed the reasons he believes it is the genuine article.
When David Daegling asks Why not use the foot to determine the height of Patty? Murphy answered, "I did!"¯ And he used the head to determine height (p. 99).
He wanted to display a "Bone Clone"¯ cast of what might have be interpreted to be aboriginal in nature, but the museum balked because of the implication that aborigines might be related to Sasquatch.
He also displayed photos of the original Bourtsev statue of Patty (which was on display during the conference next to Murphy's "film site" model, Rene Dahinden's plaid coat, and what Rene claimed, before his death in 2002, to be a Sasquatch nest¦ carefully separated into three plastic bags, debris from the sticks up to 12¯ inches in length, and bear grass.
He attempted to show Daniden's Kokanee Beer commercials, for which Rene won an award. Unfortunately the computer wouldn't cooperate.
Murphy said in his opinion Bob Heironimus' arms are too short and his legs are too long to have been able to hoax the P/G film. As he noted, "You can make arms appear longer with extensions, but there is no way you can shorten your legs."
And he said he believes he can see eyes, lips and teeth in the P/G film.
He said the book was designed to accompany the Vancouver Museum exhibit last year.
As he knew many of the conference attendees hadn't made it the exhibit, I'll bring to you¦ with stuff left on the editing room floor, he added with a laugh.
[NOTE]: Open your copies of the book and follow along if you wish.
The entrance opened into a number of stone carvings (p. 10) and a stone carving of what may be a depiction of a Sasquatch hand (p. 12). Wooden carved masks can be divided into categories ā€“ painted, which Murphy believes are mythological in origin and unpainted, which may be inspired by Sasquatch (p. 17-18). He talked about First Nations petroglyphs and pictographs found in such far-dispersed places as BC, New Mexico, and central California (the infamous "Hairy Man" drawings p. 19-21).
He talked about what he termed the Sasquatch classics, showing Albert Ostman's original notebook where he first detailed his encounter (p. 30), the Ruby Creek incident (p. 35), William Roe experience (p. 36), and Jerry Crew & the Bluff Creek tracks (p. 37).
As he began to touch on the Patterson-Gimlin film, he said he had talked to a radio talk show host on Vancouver Island who told Murphy, Kal Korff and company are "shady characters."¯
He showed his tabletop filmsite model (p. 58-62) as well as the "wood fragment"¯ found years later at Bluff Creek (p. 68-69) and detailed the reasons he believes it is the genuine article.
When David Daegling asks Why not use the foot to determine the height of Patty? Murphy answered, "I did!"¯ And he used the head to determine height (p. 99).
He wanted to display a "Bone Clone"¯ cast of what might have be interpreted to be aboriginal in nature, but the museum balked because of the implication that aborigines might be related to Sasquatch.
He also displayed photos of the original Bourtsev statue of Patty (which was on display during the conference next to Murphy's "film site" model, Rene Dahinden's plaid coat, and what Rene claimed, before his death in 2002, to be a Sasquatch nest¦ carefully separated into three plastic bags, debris from the sticks up to 12¯ inches in length, and bear grass.
He attempted to show Daniden's Kokanee Beer commercials, for which Rene won an award. Unfortunately the computer wouldn't cooperate.
Murphy said in his opinion Bob Heironimus' arms are too short and his legs are too long to have been able to hoax the P/G film. As he noted, "You can make arms appear longer with extensions, but there is no way you can shorten your legs."
And he said he believes he can see eyes, lips and teeth in the P/G film.
cheating.
bill
Wow, talk about the gift that keeps on giving! 
