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...only quick glimpse preserved on film is a 20 foot, 16 mm color sequence made by Sasquatch stalker Roger Patterson in 1967. The first few seconds are blurred and shaky, as Patterson, thrown by his horse, runs toward the Sasquatch and tries to frame. Then there are a few dramatic seconds of clarity, as the Sasquatch strides along a river bed. At the end of the sequence she (the sex is suggested, by hairy, pendulous breasts) walks placidly back into the underbrush...
Experts have presented quite a few arguments against the film's authenticity, but have not been able to flatly discount it. John R. Napier, then director of the primate biology program at the Smithsonian Institution, examined the film some 30 times and wrote Patterson in May 1968, "There was nothing I could see that could conclusively indicate a hoax." In his 1973 book, Bigfoot: The Yeti and Sasquatch in Myth and Reality, Napier explained his having told Argosy magazine not to dismiss the film. "In effect," he wrote, "what I meant was that I could not see the zipper...
...Patterson's film might really show a Sasquatch. But footprints seem to be stronger evidence, though still at the level of unexplained events--not positive proof of anything. Here the Sasquatch comes off better than other legendary wild mountain men. Napier claims he can explain in terms of other animals all but one footprint attributed to the Himalayan yeti, the original Abominable Snowman. Most Bigfoot prints, on the other hand, are still a mystery...
Sophomores Kyle Patterson and Kris Krendl and junior Marie Roehm, however, put in outstanding performances and together pulled off a total of six first-place finishes. Patterson won the 50 and 100-meter freestyle events, and Krendl came away with firsts in the 100 individual medley and 100 backstroke competitions...
...detractors of Guinier's handling of Afro had high praise for Blassingame's scholarly abilities and both were receptive to the prospect of Blassingame's presence here. Orlando Patterson, professor of Sociology, said that Blassingame is a "superior scholar compared to the present members of the Afro Department and compared to Afro-American studies scholars in general." Azinna Nwafor, lecturer in Afro-American Studies, said Blassingame "would probably be a very good choice...