Comments on: What Did You Think Of “Finding Bigfoot”?

By: DPRBOULDER

DPRBOULDER — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 20:33:14 +0000

I have a few questions regarding the show.

1. The police video: If I am seeing this correctly; If “Bobo” can cross the highway in 3 to 4 steps (approx), why does the BF need 3 to 4 steps to cross 1/2 the highway?

2. Finding the footprints: Was there any indications of a left footprint? Scuff marks etc. Did the location and ease of discovery raise concerns among the researchers?

3. Knocks, howls, thermal video etc,: There have been concerns raised that these events have been recreated by the producers. Is there a way to obtain the original recordings/videos even if they are of lesser quality?

By: Craig Woolheater

Craig Woolheater — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:48:37 +0000

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By: j stewart

j stewart — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:13:51 +0000

Larry everyone no matter who it is should be concerned with manners.

By: larrykat

larrykat — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:24:35 +0000

“… humility and manners go a long way when one is attempting to get a group behind his or her body of work.”

Those who care about the facts first should not be so concerned about “humility and manners.”

By: ETxArtist

ETxArtist — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:09:58 +0000

Very eloquently stated, much better than I could do.

By: j stewart

j stewart — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:18:56 +0000

Here’s the way I see it Loren. When a person puts themselves out there as the front man of a show claiming to be a documentary type show based on finding truth and fact you must expect a certain amount of backlash when it starts coming out that certain aspects are down right deceptions. Even if the people involved with the show have no control over it you have to handle it in certain ways. You don’t become angry at those pointing out the deception. You be a man, step up and say it straight up. That you had nothing to do with the deception and you are sorry that the show turned out this way but you had no control. You use humility and tact. I have seen none from MM. It is in my humble opinion that there is a chance MM had no clue about the deceptions but for a researcher to not be allowed any access to the data he gathered nor to be allowed any type of screening of his program about his life’s work should and would have thrown up red flags in anyone’s mind and prompted certain actions. MM comes off as a smart aleck and a bit shady, maybe through no fault of his own. His actions and comments on this website prove otherwise to myself and many others. He acts like we are supposed to assume he did certain things were done when we did not see nor were we told on the show that they were done. MM may be guilty of nothing more than poor judgment yet his attitude and actions on this site say otherwise. Honesty, humility and manners go a long way when one is attempting to get a group behind his or her body of work. A question I raise is why would a cryptozoologist go out of his way to offend the very group of people who would support them?

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:31:57 +0000

It is now conceivable that the thermal image shown on the program as coming from “Georgia of Georgia” was an inserted re-enactment, as well as the noises we hear in some segments. If the thermal read was real, I would have expected the “Finding Bigfoot” team to have been shown huddled around a television monitor at the end of the episode, trying to analyze it.

In some ways, we should not be surprised, but we should not, henceforth, call “Finding Bigfoot” a documentary television depiction presenting real evidence for Bigfoot. Despite the high critical acclaim that Michael Moore received for his movie Roger & Me, it should be recalled that it was denied submission for an Academy Award as a documentary for it exaggerated the social impact of GM’s closing of the plant and depicted the actual events of Flint’s troubles out of chronological order. If a production company inserts, for dramatic effect, sounds and wood knocks that viewers are encouraged to assume were made by Bigfoot, and actually did insert a thermal read of what is taken to be a cryptid, “Finding Bigfoot” has drifted from documentary, to reality television’s form of a docudrama. Re-creations not properly labeled as such become viewer manipulations.

I taught for 23 semesters a credit course at a four-year university in documentary film, and even by the standards of most documentary filmmakers, “Finding Bigfoot” is turning out to have been produced under a cloud, ethically, through no fault of Cliff Barackman’s, the BFRO’s or Matt Moneymaker’s, I hastened to add.

Loren Coleman

By: docbashford

docbashford — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:27:35 +0000

Hey Matt,

Come on up to Bigfoot Country. We will tell you how it really is! Here you will spend months – not some hollywood show tunes – contact real researchers – get over yourself – or stay home. Or keep up your play screeching. You have slandered real people. Real researchers are welcome to Oregon.

By: whooper209

whooper209 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:27:11 +0000

I correct myself, Cliff and Bobo. Rock on Dudes!

By: whooper209

whooper209 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:44:11 +0000

I have met Jim and Bobo before and will assure you that they are very passionate about their work. I would trust them 100%, Moneymaker on the other hand is a clown waiting for a handout. I agree with a few comments on this thread and hope this doesn’t turn into a show like Fact or Fact and Destination Truth. I agree, them show are taht and only that, “SHOWS”. Rock on Jim and Bobo!