Comments on: Monster Quest I vs MonsterQuest II

By: crgintx

crgintx — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:23:12 +0000

In terms of finding a ‘real monster’, this was the best episode so far. The horse tumble was just one of the many dangers/hazards facing hunters, game management and other outdoorsmen in the field on a daily basis. These are man-made monsters and even smaller boars in the 300-400 lbs range are extremely dangerous. Herbivores and omnivores like hogs have always proven to be far more dangerous to humans that even the most aggressive predators in terms of the folks killed and maimed every year by them annually. The radio tagged boar quickly outdistanced the researcher’s ability to follow it. There are deep dense thickets of brush, temperate rain forests, boggy swamps and desert areas that no human has even set foot in the US including Native Americans. We have tons better technology than our ancestors did but some of these areas are just to far off the beaten path for even the best equipped expeditions to reach and return from safely. Unless a scientist is willing to dedicate life and limb to get to the evidence of mega-hogs, Bigfoot or many of the other cryptids lurking on the fringes of the unknown, these cryptids are going to be scoffed at as legends or tall tales. Our current regime of biologists and zoologists are far more concerned with preserving know species than discovering new ones to me.

By: Artist

Artist — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:49:14 +0000

Comments on this post – actually, the entire Blog! – run the gamut from flame (“Take what you can get and be happy with it.”- maslo63) to fatalism (It isn’t going to happen.”- moosemlh) to filosophy (“If there wasn’t a Monsterquest, what would there be to watch?”- size 13) to frustration (“It’s sensationalism for $ and what I’m looking for is honest exploration for knowledge.”- TheBlessedBlogger) to fun (“I must say the part of the show where they allowed the hog to run around with the camera on top was fun.”- cryptidsrus) to the fantasy that any one TV Series can be everything to everybody.

What a great Blog – (“Fascinating!”- Spock)

(Alliterative apologies to eireman)

By: moosemlh

moosemlh — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:14:00 +0000

Being a hunter and having some experience with trail cameras I find it interesting watching the people use trail cameras on some of the TV shows (MonsterQuest etc.). It is kind of funny for me to watch these TV Cryptid hunters thrashing about in the woods not using any sent control, not even wearing gloves, and leaving their smell everywhere. And then they expect to have something on their cameras after only leaving it out at the site a week. It isn’t going to happen.

Most hunters understand that the cameras need to be in place for a while before you will get a picture of your more elusive game (big buck, large bear, etc.). They also understand that sent control is the number one concern around that camera site. If those larger more elusive animals can smell that a human was at that site recently they will stay away. Now these TV Cryptid hunters are stalking very elusive, very timid, and they seem to be somewhat intelligent animals. What these people need to do is:
• Invest in a scent control system
• (Clothing, gloves, soaps, sprays).
• Take less people to the site to set up the cameras.
• 1 guy and the TV cameraman.
• Leave the camera out there for 2 months before you go back.

What they really need to do is add a world class outdoors man and a trail camera expert to these expeditions. I think this would greatly up the odds of actually getting something worth while on camera.

By: Jersey Devil

Jersey Devil — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:05:06 +0000

What about a show on Yetis or Yowies? Surely they would be better than a show on ghosts.

By: Matt_J

Matt_J — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:46:38 +0000

As for the ghosts…they do go up against Ghost Hunters on Sci-Fi in their Wednesday time slot. Maybe that’s why they got the thumbs up for doing a ghost-oriented show.

By: SOCALcryptid

SOCALcryptid — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:19:14 +0000

I really enjoyed watching Sasquatch Attack from season one. I hope there is a follow up on the DNA that was analyzed. Hopefully on season two they will go back to Snelgrove Lake and do more field research.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:22:51 +0000

You have to remember that MonsterQuest and all of the other programs like it are NOT aimed primarily at people like the members of this list, who have been following various topics of cryptozoology for any time. Rather they are aimed at the general public, and especially those for whom the video of Patty and other similar information, some of it decades old, are new material. If we continue to watch MQ much longer, eventually they are going to run out of previously prepared information and clips. So they are going to have to decide whether they will spend the $$$ on their own “quests” or taper off, like so many former series have done. And no, I don’t think the Lizzie Borden house is part of the show–I wasn’t even aware that it was haunted.

By: maslo63

maslo63 — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:09:46 +0000

“Giganto: The Real King Kong” was not an episode of MonsterQuest.

By: maslo63

maslo63 — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:36:15 +0000

I don’t know why people talk so much grief about MQ. I guess ya can’t please everyone. Its the only cryptozoology show we have. They examine all the best evidence out there and actually try to seek out these creatures that likely (lets be honest here) do not exist. What more could you want? Some of you seem to want some groundbreaking sasquatch footage or something. I can promise you that if it turns up MQ won’t be the first to show it. And keep in mind that this is a show made for entertainment purposes. Its bound to be sensational and flashy. Know one whats to watch a bunch of guys measure sasquatch tracks all day or dig through old local newspapers. If the show wasn’t sensational people wouldn’t watch it, it would make no show on cryptozoology would even exist. Take what you can get and be happy with it.

By: super_samus56

super_samus56 — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:01:30 +0000

This season is shaping up to be terrible. Hopefully the Vampire Beast episode will be better than the Mega Hog episode. But ghosts? What the heck!?!?! Maybe the episodes after that one will be better.