Penn Magazine November 2017

M.K. Davis and blow-up of Frame 362 of the Patterson-Gimlin film.
Believe It Or Not
Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, is the real deal, just ask M.K. Davis, who has
been working with the famous Patterson-Gimlin film for years
The Penn Magazine Interview
M.K.,
Here are a few questions. Thank you.
PENN: Why the interest in Sasquatch?
Did you have an encounter?
Or what?
M.K. DAVIS: My interest in Sasquatch
is directly related to my
interest in Astronomy and Astrophotography.
Much of my knowledge
of film and how to enhance which
was learned with the pursuit of astro-photography,
was turned on to the
Patterson film first with two frames
30/Penn Magazine/November 2017
and then later the entire film. It was
my assertion that if the film had its
defects corrected and then stabilized,
then it would tell its own story as to
whether it was genuine or not.
PENN: How long have you been at
this?
M.K. DAVIS: Particularly with the
Patterson film about twenty years.
PENN: What is the area around Benton
like? Do you have to go far to do
your research?
M.K. DAVIS: The area around Benton
is largely wooded with some broken
farmland. There are creeks and
rivers that all lead to the swamps of
the Mississippi delta. I have traveled
the length and breadth of this country
in pursuit of a solution to the Bigfoot/
Sasquatch problem.
I have no doubt, however that there
are examples of such in the countryside
around Benton. After twenty
years of investigations I have personally
seen the signs to look for that are
seen in more famous places.
PENN:What do you have left to do?
What would you like yet to do with