Comments on: Destination Truth: What For Year 3?

By: crossrose80

crossrose80 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:42:28 +0000

I look forward to this show simply because I enjoy Josh Gates sharp wit and courage in his search for the unknown. I think he’s amazing and makes the show whether something is found or not. I do agree they should return to some of the more promising locations. Ryder can get on my nerves at times and should maybe stay at base camp more often than running through the jungles and such. I think it is a well thought out show that viewers may not understand how dangerous and uncomfortable these trips can be. I give all the cast and crew credit for doing thier jobs to entertain those of us who wish we could be there to experience it for ourselves. I would really like to see future shows that include some locations Ghost Hunters got amazing hits at for some more ghostly phenomena. The castle ruins in Scotland where they got what they thought was a picture of an elf and heard strange noises would be a nice camp site for the Destination Truth crew to set up camp. I do like the idea of an hour long show but if they have a good one it should concentrate on a single phenomena instead of two.

By: FunkyBunky

FunkyBunky — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:52:18 +0000

Going to 60 minutes only helps if they stay at a place more than one night. Never saw a team travel 3000 miles for a one-night stand. I love the show and locations chosen. What I don’t like is that they don’t spend more than one night looking for something. Like anything, sometimes you just have to wait.

By: slick1ru2

slick1ru2 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:37:42 +0000

DT is one of the best shows of its type I have seen. Josh and his wit (as well as his interaction s with his crew-Ryder, Jarrod etc) make it very enjoyable to watch and he always finds something interesting to hunt down. Many of the cyptids he goes after I have never heard of, but of course I would have if I had spent more time on Cryptomundo.

I would love to see his team discover something! I would like to see them go back to the places they had solid unexplainable physical evidence and build on what they found. Bring in different equipment and try different things. The Monster Quest teams have some great ideas to add to the great ones Josh and crew use. The ropen episode comes to mind as well as the area he got his famous castings from. As with all these type shows its maddening how relatively little time they spend there before time runs out. So…return trips to the places with the strongest evidence from previous shows. And I would love to have them to go to Oz and chase the Thylacine. One thought though, on many of the shows, the crew is isolated in dangerous conditions. I do pray they stay safe no matter what they chase after!

By: corrick

corrick — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:40:26 +0000

Rhode Island is small. Makes finding something in Lake Iliamna all the easier.

About the Queensland tiger-cat, or yarri. A few years ago I saw a documentary about the introduction of cane toads to north-eastern Australia. A total ecological disaster.

Cropper and Healy speculated that poisoned bait left out for dingos may have spelled the end for the yarri. Well, cane toads certainly didn’t help either. If they’re still around they are one tough bunch of survivors.

By: wisaaka

wisaaka — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:29:39 +0000

I’m all for one hour episode per subject. As for destinations, I’d like to see them go (back) to the Congo and spend more time investigating there, for many reasons including Mokele-mbembe, but particularly Giant Spiders. West Virgina for (the) Mothman. Megalania in New Guinea. Almas in the Caucasus and/or Mongolia. And to round out the list, Mono Grande (and/or De Loys’ Ape) in South America, although De Loys’ Ape has been widely discredited it is still interesting enough to investigate the possibility of another primate species in the Americas.

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:14:43 +0000

Definitely the hour format. I prefer when they spend a decent amount of time somewhere.

As for locations, there’s a supposed water critter in Venezuela. Also Pteranodons in Mexico, and Central America. Yowie in Australia. Go squiding off New Zealand. Mammoths in Alaska. Also giant cuttlefish off of Jamaica. Tazelwurm in Switzerland. and something local. Murray Monster in the Carolinas. Giant Sharks off the West Coast of Africa….there you go.

By: jackell18

jackell18 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:06:24 +0000

transylvania

By: MattBille

MattBille — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:32:38 +0000

Chris, you’re quoting me on the comparison to the state of Connecticut. I meant to say “Rhode Island,” and have been disowning “Connecticut” ever since I typed in in my last book. Nobody’s perfect.

A lake the size of Rhode Island (about a thousand square miles) is still a heck of a big lake, and it’s downright weird that Iliamna does not even appear on some lists of America’s largest lakes. That’s about as remote as you can get. If I had to bet serious cash on just one “lake monster” being a real creature, this would be it.

Alternate idea: if the DT guys don’t feel like being eaten alive by the insects of Alaska, I’d like to see a show put serious money and effort into the Queensland tiger-cat, or yarri. I don’t think that show has been done, and a good-sized predator with a tantalizing chance of existing (either today or until a few decades ago) always makes for a great TV subject.

By: corrick

corrick — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:00:16 +0000

Not only that, but the University of Washington has had two research facilities on the lake for a number of years, which means lots of inexpensive interviews with pointy heads for any US west-coast based TV crew.

DT/MonsterQuest, this is one cryptid that begs for examination in that it could actually end with some immediate resolution depending on the technology used. And take Matt with you because of his expertise, and me too, because I pushed the idea first.

Btw, for those not familiar, Lake Iliamna is the largest lake in Alaska, covering an area about the same size as the entire state of Connecticut. It’s really big. The most popular opinion is the sightings are of of unusually large land-locked white stugeon. Except there are no records of sturgeon ever being caught in the lake, so naturally, there are many other theories.

By: MattBille

MattBille — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:09:21 +0000

Amen to Chris Orrick!

If MonsterQuest doesn’t pick up on the Lake Iliamna idea, DT should do it. You have everything you could want for a documentary: Native legends and reports going back centuries, a good record of modern sightings, an “original” monster (that is, a fish or fishlike beast that seems unrelated to other “lake monster” stories), and spectacular scenery. The environmental controversy over the development of this remote area for a gold mine adds interest and urgency.