Some corrections on my "40 Years Ago Today..." Post from Roger Knights (Thanks, Roger!!!)

Hi Henry,

Thanks for citing me as an authority! I liked your post, but there 
are a few things I didn't like about it, which I suggest you correct. 
You needn't credit me:

1. Pendulous breasts. This technically (I think) only applies to 
breasts that hang straight down--Patty's hang only 45 to 60 degrees. 
I'd call them "matronly" maybe.

2. Patty's look of scorn (see Perez, p. 10): This was given when RP 
had the camera off and was madly running after her. It wasn't caught 
on film, but instead caused him to stop in his tracks and get the 
camera going again. Both RP & Gimlin attest that the creature looked 
back at them twice--but the first look-back wasn't filmed. Many 
people don't realize this, so you should make a point of spelling it 
out.

3. (based on Perez, p. 11-12): After Gimlin returned when Patterson 
called him back, their next step was to chase down the horses (with 
RP presumably riding behind Gimlin--your comment that they both 
remounted their horses is incorrect), which had fled upstream.
Then they loaded a new roll and filmed the tracks.
Then they went back to the truck and got plaster.
Then they cast the tracks.
Then they followed the creature's footprints, eventually dismounting 
and going up a rough, steep hillside, at which point they abandoned 
the quest. (They had to get to town and get the film shipped.)
Then they went back and filmed RP holding the cured tracks.
Then they rode back to camp and drove to town.

4. Here is additional detail you might give: The rain started hard 
about midnight, and P&G left at about 6 AM, arriving in Yakima about 
14 hours later (confirmed to me by Gimlin), after dark, around 8 PM.

5. The third bigfooter present at the initial screening was Jim 
McClarin.

6. I wouldn't say that "many" anthropologists and specialists studied 
the film. Few would look at it. I'd change that "many" to "a few".

7. Lyle Laverty was interviewed by Jeff Meldrum and told him (it's in 
Perez's newsletter--and Laverty confirmed it to me by e-mail) that he 
photographed the tracks on Monday, the 23rd, which was his first 
workday. He took four photos, one of which has become famous.

Back to the start: You might mention that the tree-root system was 
"room-high"--Gimlin's words--and concealed their approach perfectly.

Roger