Hairy Beast Photographer Faces Charge

December 2, 1967, Lethbridge, Canada

The Lethbridge Herald

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- Roger Patterson,34, the man who said he photographed an abominable snowwoman in the mountains of northern California this fall, has been charged with grand larceny involving a 16 MM movie camera.

Patterson pleaded not guilty to the charge in Yakima County Superior Court and was released on his personal recognizance.

Harold Mattson, general manager of a Yakima Camera shop, said Paitterson rented the camera May13 and was to return it two days later.

Patterson showed a 20-second film of a large, hairy animal to a group of scientists and reporters in Vancouver, Oct. 26. He said it showed a Sasquatch he had seen about 100 miles northeast of Eureka, Calif.

The viewers remained largely unconvinced.