Comments on: New York Times Reviews Finding Bigfoot

By: DWA

DWA — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:17:44 +0000

dogu4: I’m with you, I guess.

Like you, I wince at the treatment this subject gets most of the time it’s on TV. But I can’t help but notice something lately when I review the most recent reports on the BFRO website: the proportion of encounters that are being reported within months, weeks or even days of their actual occurrence has risen markedly.

In the past, reports tended to be years, even decades, after the encounter, and were frequently prompted by a television program the witness watched that provided the a-ha moment. That so many are coming in now with the same or previous calendar year, and sometimes even the previous calendar month, is a possible indication that the TV programs may be increasing awareness.

Maybe, although the jury’s still out on this, there really is no such thing as bad publicity.

By: dogu4

dogu4 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:55:14 +0000

Re: questionable narration; the questionable part is not so much in the voice’s talent, but how the narration is presumably written/composed/designed to lead the audience on. I realize that is intentional to make the production more entertaining and even valuable on certain levels, but for me it is valid criticism when the entertainment value exceeds the more objective info. Note that my criticism is intended to be constructive and that I generally encourage the further production of these types of shows even if I personally would wish for something else, because they do engage some people and brings the subject into the public awareness, and that is where I think it belongs. Cheers.

By: thatvoiceguy

thatvoiceguy — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:27:29 +0000

I can’t speak for Matt… except to defend the shows overall production value, which I believe is excellent. I think Matt does a fine job of his off camera narration… I, of course, am the standard narrator that does the show set up, trivia question and some of the teasers…

By: Craig Woolheater

Craig Woolheater — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:09:21 +0000

Ken Scott, thatvoiceguy, is the narrator for Finding Bigfoot. Source Matt Moneymaker also narrates the series. I'm not sure if dogu4 was calling Ken Scott's or Matt Moneymaker's narration questionable. Care to clarify dogu4?

By: thatvoiceguy

thatvoiceguy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:10:33 +0000

@dogu4…. “questionable narration”??? Sorry I don’t impress you, pal.

By: dogu4

dogu4 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:07:49 +0000

I haven’t followed the program, having seen most of one episode was enough. It’s pretty lame, and some of it because of the participants and in part due to the way the program is edited for effect rather than its potential informative content, naturally…it’s not produced by the Peabody Museum for students in the field, in case the shake cam, night vision images of the Moneymaker gang banging and starting about didn’t say as much, and of course the ancillary features of the program: spooky music, questionable narration, etc…but in its defense, I will say that it does reach an audience who might one day come across the very evidence that is so sorely lacking and bring it into the light for examination, so I say, good luck and have fun.

By: Steve Golden via Facebook

Steve Golden via Facebook — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:24:41 +0000

A fish wrapper known for dishonesty doing a hit job on bigfoot hunters. Approve of the show or not, the author’s bias is showing. Is the pen name for Tom Biscardi?

By: muircertach

muircertach — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:22:38 +0000

I love this show. I really hope it is on for years to come.

By: Aaron Buda via Facebook

Aaron Buda via Facebook — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:07:06 +0000

you can say this or that about the show, but this reporter is not being a good reporter. he’s just using fancy language to poke fun at the topic as a whole.

By: CDC

CDC — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:52:47 +0000

Very nice tongue in cheek review.

I hope the team members of the show read it…maybe they can see how “seriously” people take this show:)

But I have to give Animal Planet credit, 1.6 million viewers is very impressive…only 1.2 million viewers less than 2.8 million viewers the “The Cleveland Show” had, which puts things in perspective for me.

Still, many will watch all season, and I hope Matt, BoBo, Cliff, and Ranae, stay safe all season long…with all these Bigfoot running all over the country, they will be bumping into them all season long.