Comments on: Alaskan Monster Hunt: Hillstranded Premieres Tonight

By: gorilin

gorilin — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:15:03 +0000

The Discovery Channel has fallen down completely. Even the History Channel can do a better job. What are they doing, trying to exterminate a white sturgeon in the lake? What does this have to do with the so-called footage of fifteen Caddies in Alaska? What is Paul Leblond, the highest eminence in the study of the sea serpent, doing with these two madmen? No way. No words, just a touch of madness. I wanted to see 15 Caddies. Not an animal that looks like a whale.

By: praetorian

praetorian — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:18:59 +0000

Note to self: after obtaining game changing video of an unknown creature, do not sell to either Discovery Channel or Animal Planet.

What a farce. I can only hope they do something responsible with the complete footage. Not holding my breath.

By: Insanity

Insanity — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:17:59 +0000

I would have to agree that the clip that was posted here prior to the show was for all purposes the same as what was shown on the show.

Frankly, we had to know that nothing of significance was to be discovered during this show, as it was all done last June? I believe I saw a date on the depth finder on the small boat of June 20, 2010. Given that that’s when they were out looking for the monster, if any was truly found then, we would have, I hope, heard about it by now.

Most of the hype was for the footage, which we got to see prior to show here.

By: sasquatch

sasquatch — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:12:49 +0000

Well, I don’t think these “two clowns” have ever fancied themselves Monster Hunters. They’re just a couple guys that catch deadly crabs or something…
It’s just another example of how network suits don’t
know how to deal with the subject matter.
If they really do want to put out a DVD just on the footage of the Caddy thing…and do an analysis of the WHOLE THING…I’d buy it. But, for some reason-prolly $, they just dove tailed that in with this stuff about Ilimniana monster-which has pretty much been established as a large fish-either sturgeon or catfish a long time ago. Wierd. It was sort of a slap in the face and an under-estimation of the knowledge of at least some of the audience. I bet that show is their highest rated by far. So why not pay more respect to those who make it that way?

By: larrykat

larrykat — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:26:36 +0000

Johnathan Hillstrand pulls so hard on a large snagged hook that he falls over backwards in the boat. The hook dislodges from the rocks, they pull it in, and it is bent – straightened out a little. “What could bend a hook like that!” the other brother exclaims, wide-eyed. Oh my god – this was really bad.

By: flame821

flame821 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:39:11 +0000

1] Please don’t be ‘too’ hard on this show. Remember it was never meant to be a Caddy show, it was originally called Hillstranded and had to change names and style when they got sued. This is a last minute pull together to salvage something from the ashes.

2] I’m hoping they just threw the 30-40 seconds of footage in here to fluff up this show and actually have another, more informative, show with ALL the footage in post production or something……anything.

3] As for Discovery Channel and their subsidiaries – are you kidding me? Did you pay attention to the commercials they were airing? “Did God create the Universe?” (fine for religious stations, not so much for ‘science’ – religion cannot be proven or dis-proven by science) “Ghost Adventure Challenge” – or whatever bile they are recycling…with effing Zak Bagans.

Crypto and Paranormal are the latest ‘cool’ trend. We’ll see a lot more shows about these topics but I doubt any of them will be any good. History Channel putting up odd things for a while. Obviously these shows must be pulling in some sort of ratings/profits or they wouldn’t bother.

By: jtorres39

jtorres39 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:10:12 +0000

Extremely disappointing. It is clear to me that the Discovery Network (that includes Animal Planet) is only interested in ratings and not in the existence of a possible unknown sea creature. Or any other cryptid, e.g. “Finding Bigfoot”. As a result, a video of a (possible) sea creature was utilized to give a couple of rednecks a one-hour segment of “this is how you catch a sea-monster”. The only input that the Hillstrand brothers should’ve had was to ask them if they have seen such anomalies in the past. Because of all their years as fishermen and exposure to the sea; that should’ve been it. It also seems that the show was produced more as a mockery than an investigation. That’s just another slap in the face for those people who dedicate their life to such anomalies.

They also did not show the video in it’s entirety. Considering they had the video in their possession for about a year. The least they could have done was provide the entire video with image stabilization and let the viewers make their own opinion. Even the crew of “Destination Truth” would have done a more thorough investigation than these two clowns.

In my opinion, the show should have been presented along the lines of “Bigfoot: The Definitive Guide”, or something with a similar approach.

It’s safe to say that the Discovery Network cannot be trusted with such valuable information. We should keep this in mind and probably go to Nat Geo next time someone captures possible video evidence. Heck, might as well just go to CNN, they might actually take this more seriously than the Discovery channel has at this point. What really sucks is that this video will remain in their vaults for a while before any further analysis.

By: machismo

machismo — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:14:46 +0000

The Hillbillys did not hook a caddy, obviously it was just a sturgeon that they were unable to land.

By: machismo

machismo — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:09:28 +0000

This was almost as big a let down as bigfoot in freezer. I knew this was going to be BS after seeing the first 2 minutes of the show. Tip my hat to discovery channel for putting out this marketing promo out a year ago. How many of us would not have tuned in if it wasn’t for this sneaky promo?

Unfortunately, this new show is the first of a series. I would not be surprised if Discovery decides to string us along with more promises of more clearer footage , at least by the season finally…

By: Demian66

Demian66 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:46:53 +0000

I did not watch the show. To judge from the comments so far on the internet we – like always – do not have a scientific solution or an exciting discovery, but rather new disillusions and probably a new conspiracy theory (why did they not show..)..it is a shame…