Comments on: Monster Quest ~ The Real Hobbit + DSD ~ Loch Ness

By: sschaper

sschaper — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:38:33 +0000

chunkyg,
Excellent idea. That works for getting close to elk, too. Probably more successful with herbivores and the OP appears to be an omnivore, just like us.

The show was about the Orang Pendek of Sumutra, not the hobbits of Isla Flores. The feet are very distinct, the only body part we can clearly compare.

The show gave me hope that they aren’t extinct yet. They’ve been seen in the last year or so by qualified observers - scientists and top-rank wildlife photographers.

I think next time they ought to come up around the mountain, in several groups, leave cameras (facing other cameras as has been suggested on this site) and come up that way. I suspect that the critters saw the expedition in their sampans, and left over the rim to the ouside of the cone. We need a lot more people, and more coorindation, and then I do think we will find them.

I haven’t caught all the episodes, but they made a real discovery with the squid episode.

Too much into an hour? Yep. They should publish a book for every season, with full details.

OP sounds like an orang utan offshoot with more bipedalism, e.g. the bonono compared to the chimpanzee, only more so. Apparently one flopped its hands over its head orangutan style at one point, which is a brachiator behavior. I sure hope they looked up into the trees. They might hvae been being watched the whole time.

By: semillama

semillama — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:46:03 +0000

I’m personally glad that they didn’t get into the H. floresiensis controversy. From the descriptions of Orang Pendek, I think it’s clear that we’re dealing with a different species than the fossil hominid. What OP probably is, if it exists, is an unknown primate that has evolved bipedalism independently, much like Dr. Meldrum thinks is the case with sasquatch. H. Floresiensis, in contrast, is a branch of our own family, and would probably look a lot more like us than OP - relatively hairless, similar feet, similar face (if it in fact did evolve from a population of H. erectus). OP sounds like it more closely resembles an Orang Utan.

By: maslo63

maslo63 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:33:19 +0000

As for the DSD episode I really wish they would have gone more in depth about that possable carcass. It annoyed be that they kept referring to the plesiosaur as a “dinosaur”. It was not a dinosaur. I will say this about the show though, it is the first to get me thinking about the possability of Nessy in a positive light. I still don’t believe that the animal exists but I’m a bit more open minded now.

By: maslo63

maslo63 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:27:39 +0000

Lestat; in the monster fish episode they went to South America but you’re right, the show does seem to be mostly restricted to the U.S. I would like to see them visit the UK in search for their big cats.

I have watched and recorded every episode thus far of MonsterQuest. IMO it is a good show for what it is. I don’t expect much when I watch it. If they actually did discover a sasquach, champ or a 14′ lake trout that show would not be the first place we heard about it. I was shocked that the squid video didn’t appear in the news. It is without a doubt the best cryptid series to ever appear on TV except perhaps for “Arthur C. Clark’s Mysterious World/Universe”. The upcoming werewolf episode should be interesting…laughable IMO but still interesting.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:26:49 +0000

I happen to like Monsterquest. Not perfect, but informative nevertheless.

The “hobbit” episode was interesting. Wish they would have gone more into the FLORES island controversy regarding the “hobbit” skeletons found there.

By: Lestat3407

Lestat3407 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:30:48 +0000

Regarding the DSD Loch Ness episode, does anyone have any idea of the status of the possible carcass? It would seem that something would be in the works by now.

By: Lestat3407

Lestat3407 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:28:45 +0000

For the most part I have enjoyed this series. There have been some new techniques and innovations used, resulting in new information such as the echo sounding theory brought about in Lake Champlain and the video of the giant squid in the sea of Mexico. There does seem to be an attempt to squeeze too much into an hour, re: the lack of investigation after the bigfoot attack. But overall I enjoy this show. I do wonder why in the ” Big Cats ” episode there was absolutely NO mention of the cryptid cats of England. I was starting to think that this show, although purporting to be interested in sightings around the world, was only focussing on the U.S. . Even the show about Russia’s apemen did not contain any field work. Last night’s show was the first to show some true international flavor.

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:39:49 +0000

I only caught the last few minutes of the show, unfortunately. From what I did see I wasn’t surprised with the outcome. I hope to see the whole episode one of these nights.

By: calash

calash — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:47:29 +0000

I enjoy Monsterquest. Keeping in mind that until a sasquatch is found or proved in some other way any serious searches will need to have profit as the motivating factor. At present the best we can hope for is a program such as Monsterquest that bring a high degree of authenticity to the search. Allegations of fakery or over sensationalism would doom any program like this.

By the way my “Fantasy” for proof of Sasquatch would be a National Geographic crew doing a story on Grizzlies and in the process catch a battle between the well known and the “Phantom” king of the forest.

Regards

By: jayman

jayman — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:39:32 +0000

Although, so far, I have only watched the “hairy hominid” segments of Monster Quest, I have found it to be the most fair and objective of series dealing with cryptozoology that I have seen to date. A refreshing change from the patronizing, we-all-know-this-is-really-nonsense narration of “Is It Real” and others.