In 2002, Philip Morris, owner of Morris Costumes (a North Carolina-based company offering costumes, props and stage products) claimed that he made a gorilla costume that was used in the Patterson film.
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Morris said that he sold an ape suit to Patterson via mail order in 1967, thinking it was going to be used in what Patterson described as a "prank".
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Bob Heironimus claims to have been the figure depicted in the Patterson film.
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Heironimus's relatives (his mother Opal and nephew John Miller) claim to have seen an ape suit in Heironimus' car. Opal said she saw the suit two days after the film was shot.[289]
Russ Bohannon, a longtime friend, says that Heironimus revealed the hoax privately in 1968 or 1969.
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This landmark radio program will irrefutably prove that the Patterson/Gimlin film was perpetrated upon the public as a hoax for monetary benefit.
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bigfoot-finally-proved-false-300262926.html
The sheer lack of physical evidence despite 50 years of die-hard looking is a big indicator of hoax/mythology. Every animal leaves something behind besides foot prints. There is just too many people looking and not finding anything at all. People that are experts at tracking and discovery. Zip, Nada, Zilch.
