1968/04/01 - Magazine Article - Patterson's Polygraph Examination

[Trogluddite]

National Wildlife Magazine published a second article on Bigfoot in it's 1970 October/November issue.  While the attached article and clippings do not come straight from the National Wildlife archives, I'm confident that it is the actual article from 1970. 

 

Polygraph examinations do not prove that someone is lying or telling the truth; this is why they are inadmissible as evidence.  If done incorrectly, they can put innocent people through hell - a faulty polygraph examination in Germany convinced investigators that a soldier and his wife were responsible for the death of their six-year old daughter; only after much time and effort was it revealed that a faulty question had caused ambiguous results.  (During polygraphs, each admitted feeling responsible for their daughter's death because neither had checked to make sure that doors were locked before they went to bed.)  

 

If done correctly, they can provide leads for investigators.  This polygraph examination was likely done correctly and designed to identify indicia of lying.  National Wildlife did not want to stake its reputation on a bogus film shot by a con man, so the polygrapher probably did not include softball questions.  In essence, National Wildlife magazine and the polygrapher they hired were hostile parties vis-a-vis Roger Patterson.  

 

                                             

 

national_wildlife_article_pdf.pdf

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