FORTEAN MEDIA / ARCHIVAL CULTURE
The Patterson-Gimlin film turns 59—and the artifact is becoming clearer while the answer isn't October 20 marked 59 years since the Patterson-Gimlin film was shot at Bluff Creek. What's interesting now isn't another argument about whether “Patty” is Bigfoot. A new 4K scan/restoration ecosystem is developing around one of Fortean culture's most relentlessly examined pieces of analog film, alongside a new documentary release. � Dead of Night Dispatch Source quality: secondary Fortean source; the anniversary itself is historical fact, while claims about what the enhanced imagery demonstrates require separate evaluation. And that's the story I want. Technology keeps extracting more information from the artifact. Yet resolution and certainty are not the same thing. That connects beautifully to our recurring UFO-image problem. Sometimes an image gets clearer without the underlying question becoming clearer. FMPU angle: 59 YEARS OF ENHANCING THE WRONG QUESTION....