Comments on: Yeti Yes, Corwin Hardly Bearable

By: PD Horton

PD Horton — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:46:48 +0000

I for one,found Jeff Corwins’ Special very entertaining,informative and educational.In my opinion,it was far better then most of the crap that is on TV now a days.I guess if a show doesn’t have sex,somebody getting shot at or getting killed,showing boobs sticking out,wearing clothes that are tight fitting,etc. then nobody really wants to watch it,the show seems so boring without all of the above mentioned~~no wonder the world is like it is today.Society lets TV be too much of a inspiration for the wrong reasons so much of the time.It was so nice to be able to watch a program that enabled the entire family to watch and parents did not have to worry about its’ contents. Maybe the Yeti is real,maybe it isn’t,maybe the Yeti is some kind of animal or maybe it is some kind of man,who knows.There are many,many things in this world today that can be debated over and over again to try and decide if they are actually real or just imagination,or a spiritual belief,or some strange wisdom in a culture.For those of you who bash what Jeff Corwin does,then why don’t you get off your a** and go out and just try to do what he does,I would be willing to make a bet then more then half of you would not be able to last more then just a few days out in the wilderness,away from all the luxuries of home.I am proud to be a Jeff Corwin fan and I will support him in all of his endeavors.I strongly believe that Jeff is trying his damnest to teach us about conservation and how the wilderness has got to be saved.He truly cares about the enviroment in a way that very few people do~~~~~~

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 23:50:30 +0000

Watched part of it, about as much as I could stand, and am in total agreement with just about everyone here, with the possible admission of the dirty little secret that I kinda like Steve Irwin. Corwin is just an insipid, American copycat of that very, very strange little Aussie. Oh, and they show Irwin getting chomped by things fairly frequently. At least he admits that it’s his fault, not the animal’s.

By: Josh Harris

Josh Harris — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:12:28 +0000

Corwin attracts younger viewers. When I was around 10 or 11 (6 or 7 years ago), he had a show on the Disney Channel that I watched a lot. That’s probably why his show seems meaningless and less informative. He’s used to pleasing children.

By: mike2k1

mike2k1 — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:39:33 +0000

I actually watched both shows with Joe Rohde. Corwin’s and the one about the imagineers trip to Nepal. Rohde seemed to me, much more researched and open to the idea that the yeti is a biological animal. What was more fascinating to me than Corwin’s quest was the program that came on after, that showed close filming of a snow leopard.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:26:39 +0000

Let’s not get distracted by talking about the Snow Walker footage and its mechanics. Furthermore, Meldrum is the one who pursued the Snow Walker information to the end and established that it was a hoax. Today that is a ten year old documentary that remains edited to make Meldrum fixed in time saying something that seems supportive of the footage. But, naturally, events keep evolving in which his opinions change. That is exactly what happened.

The Paranormal Borderline footage is a hoax, but it lives on in that old program.

The Corwin documentary is current, and now re-invents the “Yeti scalp” as an “unknown,” even though it definitely is not. Documentaries have influence and impact, beyond the realities and falsehoods contained within them

By: shovethenos

shovethenos — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:59:58 +0000

Eh, I’m not convinced by a lot of these “it’s too clumsy” arguments when analyzing footage or encounters. A cryptid primate is an animal, not a supernatural entity – it would be as likely to get caught in big snowdrifts, slip, lose their balance, etc. as any other animal. Especially under winter conditions – ice, snow drifts, etc. Granted, a man in an ape suit would be much clumsier than an animal that spends its life in the wild, but a slip or clumsiness are not convincing in and of themselves.

By: Senor Chubba

Senor Chubba — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:59:02 +0000

–Didn’t know the “Snow Walker” footage had been found to be a hoax, thanks for posting that.

Someone needs to tell Dr. Meldrum. He was shown after it talking about how much it looked like a primate which to my untrained eye it did- except it appeared to be unable to climb the snow- it was sort of floundering around. For a creature- at least by the accounts of Bigfoot- which is known to be so fluid and agile- that seemed like a big red flag.

By: Jeremy_Wells

Jeremy_Wells — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:50:49 +0000

I don’t have a TV, so I didn’t watch this, but I think it’s pretty darn exciting to find new species, be they frogs, bugs or otherwise. It’s a shame that for Joe and Jane TV viewer, the discovery of new frogs, (not to mention the striped rabbits, mini deer and other new birds and mammals discovered throughout Asia over the last couple years) isn’t enough to build a program around.
I know I’d love to see a documentary that focuses just on the new species discovered over the last decade.

By: shovethenos

shovethenos — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:35:07 +0000

Didn’t know the “Snow Walker” footage had been found to be a hoax, thanks for posting that.

By: Bennymac

Bennymac — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:53:24 +0000

After watching this program it made me realize something, if Bigfoot, Yeti, the Johor or any unknown bipedal primate is ever discovered it would be devastating for that creature. Every network hungry for ratings and money would all but ruin these animals hopes of continued survival. They are already making Disney rides out of the “myth”. As much as I would personally love to learn more about these animals, we would be doing a huge disservice by bringing them into the light. In some ways I hope they all remain hidden from our distructive eyes, for it is the only way they can continue to live.

If I ever meet Steve Corwin I’m going to ask him to give me back the two hours of my life that he wasted.