This photo (copyright 2006 Larry Lund, The "Sasquatch Sleuth") shows, from left to right, Roger Patterson, John Ballard, Jerry Merritt, Howard Heironimus, Bob Gimlin and Bob Heironimus. This photo was featured in Greg Long's book The Making of Bigfoot. This photo was in the possession of Merritt for many years, until he saw Larry Lund on television and called him. (Merritt had played guitar for Larry's brother-in-law, Gene Vincent ("Be-Bop-A-Lula") and said he had some items for Larry, including the photo you see here. That photo was taken sometime in 1967 as a publicity photo for Patterson's pending documentary on Bigfoot which he was going to use until he filmed a real Bigfoot (which of course, he did). Obviously, this is what started some people thinking that Bob Heironimus and Patterson were riding buddies (which they were not). Anyway, this is an interesting photo, and I thank Larry Lund for sending it to me.
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