Bobo seems to fall over what he is saying quite a bit. Ranae is a good balance. I just wish the show would not discredit most of the witnesses, sorry i mean the HOSTS.

They keep saying that a Bigfoot would not do this or that. How do you know? Animals change with environment, and circumstances. Cows don’t always provide milk, same as a bigfoot, they don’t always act the same in every situation. The reports i find credible are the ones with families or groups involved who had something happen to them and they can not explain it.

River Monsters is by far the best show on Animal Planet and Jeremy Wade is a great host.

Great points about River Monsters. It is one of my favorite shows too, pity the production staff at Finding Bigfoot didn’t follow the formula and production value of Wade’s show. Finding Bigfoot would have been worlds better.

I keep recalling the episode about the Alaskan Lake monster, I was very impressed by his detective work.

I agree with you wholeheartedly about River Monsters, and I think Jeremy Wade is the sort of host that others should live up to. He is informative, engaging and respectful of the viewers and of the native populations that he mines for information and assistance. As he stands there fishing, which tends to be boring, we get to hear about other aspects of the trip. How they got there, where they are, local fauna, ecological impacts, the local population, their ideas, insights and other such nuggets that take it from dry documentary to educational entertainment.

Now I know from listening to Cliff they only get to spend 7-8 days filming each episode, I don’t know how much time they give Mr. Wade (I assume it varies due to difficult travels and how the fish are biting). That may be a key factor right there.

As for Mr. Wade always finding his fish, it honestly wouldn’t bother me if he didn’t. In the Japanese special he was searching for a giant catfish and a kappa. While I disagree with the giant salamander being the kappa, (I was raised on the hairy version of the kappa with the bowl-like head, not the scaly version) it was still an enlightening and entertaining show. And I would watch River Monsters and especially the ‘unhooked’ versions any night of the week. Not because he always delivers his fish (as I believe in 1 or 2 episodes he didn’t) but because as a host and as a show it is entertaining, educational and quite simply a pleasant experience to watch it.

If the other shows could produce specimens like this, I’d never leave the couch!

A few objective observers out there want us to put on our jammies and tell stories about the “evidence.” Unfortunately, we can close the book on the evidence from this show in 2 post or fewer.

Been thinking, of the Crypto/shows in the past few years; where would you rank “Finding Bigfoot”?

Me,

1. “River Monsters” – Jeremy Wade is rock solid. He is open minded, listens to natives and local fisherman, and uses a scientific approach while at the same time very entertaining.

2. “MonsterQuest” – The History Channel gave it credibility, and although they never found anything major, there were several episodes where they did find some credible evidence of cryptids.

3. “Destination Truth” – Josh Gates has a camera on him more often then what he is looking for, but all in all, he has done a few good shows. He takes a ton of risks, and Jael De Pardo…mmm….she can fake any evidence she wants to. The Yeti print and the hair samples from Bhutan I feel are of a real “unknown” animal.

4. “Fact or Faked” – Probably the most boring group put together in the history of television, but show uses good science…and now uses Jael De Pardo.

I suggested it to the show many times if they could do a Patterson/Gimlin film episode, but nothing I see coming. I happen to believe that the “ONE” solid piece of Bigfoot evidence is the Patterson/Gimlin film. No one has been able to duplicate that film in over 44 years so it still stands as solid evidence. It would be great to have them try and recreate that film with Bob Gimlin there to advise. I honestly don’t think they can duplicate it and it would make the P/G film even more extraordinary.

5. “Beast Hunter” – Short-lived, but liked the kid hosting, Pat Spain. I was rooting for him to find anything. He took stings from bullet ants as a right of passage within a tribe, so I give that kid a ton of credit.

6. “Lost Tapes” – Complete nonsense, but a few shows kept me awake waiting for Family Guy reruns at 2:30am.

7. “Finding Bigfoot” – Hey, what ever happened to Matt?

Anyway it’s just a question! There must be an underlying reason!