ABC Ridicules Bigfoot & Travel Channel Doesn’t
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 30th, 2006
Over the weekend and into today, you’ve probably continued to read and hear a great deal about the so-called "Bigfoot" activity in Malaysia. Most of the articles have been rehashed treatments. Some have been reasonable, especially the news items written closer to the core of the activities. A few have even contained new info, as already mentioned here.
But unfortunately, now that the Americans are more widely reporting on it, with increased frequently, the anchor people are laughing about it and saying things like the "family of the cameraman who filmed the Bigfoot with Roger Patterson," confessed it was all a hoax. See what ABC News broadcast, for example, via this link.
Since Roger Patterson filmed the Bigfoot at Bluff Creek, and Bob Gimlin stood by with a gun, the "cameraman" was Roger Patterson. Neither his family or Gimlin or anyone truly linked to the footage has said anything like that. Various people have come forward "claiming" they know more than they probably do, and have tried to debunk the film with stories about them being in the suit. Or that there was a zipper on it. Or that they know this or that. None of those claims (critically surveyed here) have panned out. But then, what do you expect from news anchors trying to joke about a story they only know about after a 30 second reading of a press release? Or the showing of a fifth generation doctored version of the Patterson-Gimlin footage?
The ridicule curtain backlash begins.
See also how the media treated the Ray Wallace story in a similar fashion, "Is Bigfoot Really Dead?".
On an upbeat note: Be sure to watch the Travel Channel’s "Weird Travels" today (Jan 30) for three programs on cryptozoology (check your local listings). The ones on "Bigfoot" and "Creepy Creatures" are new for this month. The one on "Lake Monsters" is also recent, from last fall.
It isn’t suprising. Mainstream Media likes to write off these kinds of stories and I have found that when one skeptical view rises (such as the idea that some in the Patterson family think it was fake.)Then that is the story they latch onto to write the whole thing off.
Cause to them, Bigfoot isn’t a real news story. Its a funny little bit of filler that needs to be tightly wrapped up in 45 seconds.
“Oh look at how silly some people are.” Lets chuckle and show everyone just how much fun news can be!
I would very much like to see the egg on the faces of the mainstream media folks who constantly ridicule Bigfoot when a real specimen is caught. I only hope I live long enough to see it.
The only thing I watch on ABC is football, if it wasn’t for that they could go off the air and I`d never miss it !
I actually fired off a nasty gram via email to ABC news. Got a reply that my comments were being forwarded to the appropriate parties… we’ll see