. >> i talked with phil morris about this in retrospect seeing how entrenched this film has become, ande feels he probably should have come forward. >> we set out to verify morris' story and found bob heironimus who says he was in the costume. they have since become friends. >> he said patterson told him to walk like a gorilla. bob had no idea how it would walk. he walked like a normal person walking down the street and kind of waved his arms back and forth and thought that was real show business. >> bob has the size, the gait to be bigfoot and give it life. and i think this is important, there are people still living who remember seeing a bigfoot suit in the trunk of bob's mother's car. when it comes down to it, it's hard to improve upon phil morris as the source of the costume. bob heironimus as the guy in the bigfoot suit. and roger patterson as producer, director, and whatever else of this film. >> just as patterson stood by his story, so, too, does morris. >> rick baker who is academy award winner eight times said to me one time, he said, phil, that was the worst gorilla suit i've