The Patterson-Gimlin Footage.

[BeyondKnowledge]

So we believe the son of the suit maker and the evidence is a gorilla mask that looks nothing like Patty? 

I was hoping for something a little more definitive, nothing by claims no physical evidence they could make a suit like the one depicted in the video.

I read somewhere that the order was placed for the suit with custom modifications to the head and some extra fabric to be sent along with it.

The building technique, latex molding, is not long lasting. It would have rotted away within 20 years of making if cared properly. Skin oil actually degrades latex. You have to clean it and treat it with caster oil to get latex to last.

As the suit maker, the father, is no longer with us, he can't demonstrate how to make one himself. Also, that technique is commonly available as do it yourself instructions for making fursuits on the Internet now. It was not commonly available knowledge at the time it was made.


I have located an article from an interview with the maker of that suit.

https://www.theledger.com/story/news/200...114644007/