October 20, 1967Bluff Creek, CaliforniaRoger Patterson and Bob Gimlin film Bigfoot Patterson and Gimlin had been intrigued by the sightings of large, hairy people in Northern California. These included reports of the Sasquatch — believed to be the anglicized form of the Salish word Sasq’ets, meaning “wild man” or “hairy man” — as well as…