305 E Austin St
Jefferson
Texas 75657
We are proud to announce that Bob Gimlin will be speaking at the 2018 Texas Bigfoot Conference October 19 & 20, 2018 in Jefferson, TX. Bob last attended the Texas Bigfoot Conference in 2009 & 2010. Registration for this event will not begin until spring of next year, but start planning now, as we are limited in attendee availability due to building size constraints.
Bob Gimlin was born October 18, 1931, in Missouri. Eventually he moved to Yakima, Washington, where he lives to this day. Gimlin was and still is a rancher who breaks in young horses–at the age of 86! He has lived an interesting life in and around the Yakima area.
Gimlin was there when Roger Patterson filmed the now famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film. Gimlin met Patterson between 1955 and 1959, and Patterson thrilled Gimlin with many stories and accounts of sightings. The two would go out on pre-expeditions in search of the creatures.
Patterson and Gimlin were in the Mount Saint Helens area in September 1967, when they received a message that there were Bigfoot tracks in the Six Rivers National Forest area in northwestern California. Patterson and Gimlin went down there, stayed for 3 weeks and filmed a Bigfoot. They also cast tracks of the creature.
A few years ago, he began to be invited to different conferences. He spoke briefly at the 2003 Willow Creek Bigfoot Symposium and was an honored guest there. He also spoke at the 2004 Crypto-Conference in Conroe, Texas. He appeared at the 2005 Bellingham conference and also the Seattle Museum of the Mysteries in June 2005. Bob attended and spoke at the 2009 and 2010 Texas Bigfoot Conferences. Bob continues to attend conferences to tell his story.
Recently Bob was honored at the 50th Anniversary of the Patterson Gimlin Film, held in October , 2017 in Willow Creek and Eureka, California. There was also a celebration of Bob’s 86th birthday, with many of his friends. We are very pleased and fortunate to welcome Bob to Texas once again!