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One fact which complicates discussion of the Patterson film is that Patterson says he normally filmed at 24 frames per second, but in his haste to capture the Bigfoot on film, he did not note the camera's setting.

His Cine-Kodak K-100 camera had markings on its continuously variable dial of 16, 24, 32, 48, and 64 frames per second and was capable of filming at any frame speed within this range.

The speed of the film is important because, as Napier writes, " if the movie was filmed at 24 frame / s then the creature's walk cannot be distinguished from a normal human walk.

If it was filmed at 16 or 18 frame / s, there are a number of important respects in which it is quite unlike man's gait.

" Unfortunately, the film is so shaky that it is difficult to be certain which speed is correct.