Spokane Coliseum

And then when we got the footage back, and it's this similar but not the same Bigfoot, not the same film, and we get information that it predates the very famous film by a year, then that's where my curiosity took over and started thinking, "Hmm, maybe there's a film idea to explore here."

Tell me about the screening at the old Spokane Coliseum, the Tide of Spokane.

Yeah, that to me is really fascinating.

We've got some great pictures of that that are in the film.

Um, that was a very early s- uh, screening of a documentary that Roger a- um, and a, and an associate, Al DeAtley, put together that showcased this famous film.

So it was like an hour-long documentary, and the way I understand it is the Spokane Coliseum was full.

Um, you know, it was advertised heavily in Spokane, and two people that were at that screening as, as young boys, probably both around 10 years old, were Clint Patterson, Roger's son, who is one of the main protagonists in, in my movie, Capturing Bigfoot, and then also, uh, Dr. Jeff Meldrum, who recently, he passed away last year.

Until then, he was, um, tenured faculty at Idaho State University, and really one of the only academics and scientists that put himself out there strongly for the belief of Bigfoot and the belief of the Patterson-Gimlin film.