jameskrav Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago For those following the upcoming Capturing Bigfoot documentary, the name Norm Johnson is certainly front and center since he possessed the film reel that's at the heart of it all. What's perhaps less known is that Norm's brother Dave Johnson could play a huge role in this new footage, namely being in the suit that we are going to eventually see. To recap posting events on BFF from 15 years ago, a person referenced by Greg Long in his MOB book as the 'Chinook pressman' turns out to be none other than Dave Johnson. It's known he was a bigfoot hoaxer during that time based on Marq Evans interview on the Den of Geek podcast. So considering his brother had the camera original, and Dave was a hoaxer, its not surprising the obvious conclusion would be Norm filmed Dave in a mimicry of the PGF and this has nothing directly to do with Roger. Since Marq mentioned that, people have been trying to get info on Dave, who appears to be still alive (based on a single posting on a FB group). He's be mid 80's at least by now, similar to Bob H. Todd Prescott at Sasquatch Archives has said that a few people have tried to get info on Dave but have come up empty. So I was wondering if being local might have some benefits? Is he a 'known' character in this Yakima saga, like Bob H and others? It appears he and Norm kept a very low profile (never appearing by name in MOB or elsewhere, even here on BFF) so they've been successful staying out of the spotlight. Are any reporters at the Yakima herald republic still interested in the PGF, would they use their resources to try and track him down? Theresa Brooks (discoverer of the reel) has not responded to any emails about the topic, and Dave certainly hasn't made any efforts to confirm or deny anything. I suspect (and hope) he has been waiting 60 years for this film to be shown, so he's going to stay quiet till October at least. 1
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