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Old 1st May 2012, 03:10 PM   #8426
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Originally Posted by AttorneyTom View Post
So the PGF site was accessible by automobile then .. and now from what I am seeing. A dirt road that ran pretty much along the creek wash and as long as the weather wasnt too bad it was and is very doable. No horses necessary and really just a short trip from the road to the film location ?

That is interesting. Thanks guys !
Yeah. The horses were just props. There seems to be an iron law of bigfoot hunting. There has to be a gimmick deployed. Horses were Patterson's gimmick: his film is validated by using horses.

They were completely counterproductive in consideration of how they were deployed, unless their only role is a prop. If they are props then it is a staged production. (Choir preaching.)

- expensive to bring down, requiring a trailer and all, feed, etc.
-adds to logistics problems instead of solving them (eg camp; turning trailer around)
- broadcast your movements far and wide
- first thing Roger has to do is dismount so he can film.

The entire point of using horses in a legitimate hunt or expedition is because they go where the trucks can't go. So if you are trailering horses to a road, and filming yourself on that road, then you are either really stupid or a con-man about the purpose of the horses.

There are no pictures in existence of Roger Patterson on bona-fide wilderness trails on horseback. Because that would place him too far from a bar. The prime Roger Patterson footage or stills all satisfy the 20-minute rule: hunt for Bigfoot no more than twenty minutes distance from a bar.
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