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Capturing Bigfoot

2026 · 103 min

A slow-burn documentary that pulls you into a decades-old mystery, mixing archival footage with candid interviews to create a compelling, slightly unsettling portrait of obsession and belief.

Directed by
Marq Evans
Genres
Documentary, Mystery
Starring
Clint Patterson, Bob Heironimus, Bob Gimlin
Overview
On October 20, 1967, Roger Patterson captured 60 seconds of film showing a creature walking through the Northern California woods—footage that became the most analyzed and debated in history. Fifty-seven years later, a reel of 16mm film discovered in a safe changes everything, revealing the untold story behind the world's greatest mystery, told for the first time by Patterson's own son and the people who were there.

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Directed by
Marq Evans
Genres
Documentary, Mystery
Starring
Clint Patterson, Bob Heironimus, Bob Gimlin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • obsession
  • deception
  • family
  • memory
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary, mystery
Directed by
Marq Evans
Written by
Marq Evans, Michelle M. Witten
Starring
Clint Patterson, Bob Heironimus, Bob Gimlin, Vaile Thompson, Bill Munns, Jeffrey Meldrum, Teresa Brooks, Sandy Collier
Music
Jonathan Sadoff
Cinematography
Jason Roark
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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