I Think I Saw Something…
Posted by: Loren Coleman on October 5th, 2007
“Colin, I think I saw something….over there.”
The “Sonia Uribe Files” website does seem to be active, but you can also read more about the forthcoming documentary at “Sexy Spokeswoman Comes Out For Nessies.”
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
Oh now I get it. She has her own show. I hope she got something on film.
Ok, so she’s using nightvision stuff. Ok. Why is this starting to remind me of some of the other recent shows where the host chews up the scenery about ‘did you see that’ or ‘I just saw something’ and ‘what was that?’. They had fun equipment like that too, but the audience still never quite saw or learned anything definite. Very theatrical, very dramatic. Well, I suppose we’ll see when it comes out for real.
“I think I Saw Something…over there! Look! THE BLAIR WITCH!!!”
I agree Ceroill. A lot of these so called documentaries on cryptids seem to go for the “ooohs” and “aahhs” and cheap thrills without actually getting to the heart of the mystery they are trying to document. I think a lot of the time we essentially come away from the program having learned really nothing at all. In my opinion, these sorts of documentaries should do away with the gimmicks, theatrics, and “mystery mongering” as I call it. I want to see someone try to get to the bottom of the mystery, not compound it or use scary, ultimately useless sounds out in the forest in order to put on a show. I am getting the feeling more and more that this show will be fluff that will do nothing to further the search for the truth of what’s out there. Sigh. Well, at least it might spur some young viewer to investigate the matter further or become interested in cryptozoology, so that’s a possible plus.
Well she is much better looking than any of the other documentary host, that’s for sure! Um, I’m pretty sure I think I’d watch her show.
mystery_man responds:
October 5th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I agree Ceroill. A lot of these so called documentaries on cryptids seem to go for the “ooohs” and “aahhs” and cheap thrills without actually getting to the heart of the mystery they are trying to document.
Maybe that’s because these show’s aren’t really about research. They are just about getting ranking’s for the station’s showing them. I mean, let’s get real here. How much research can one really do in the length of time it takes to film one of these show’s ? And I’m talking serious research. Not a week-end here or a week there. I mean take the ocean for instance. Man has been studying the ocean for hundreds of years in some way or another. And we don’t really know squat about what is down there. Ok, I guess I shouldn’t say we don’t know squat. But, come one, we know more about space than our own ocean’s.
And it’s the thing’s like: I think I saw something, or what was that. Actually are the thing’s that get people to watch these program’s. And let’s be honest, with a host like her, who wouldn’t want to whatch the show. If your a guy anyway. After all, that’s what it really comes down to. It’s just a show.
DARHOP- I don’t necessarily agree. I think a great deal of what research has been done can be successfully put into a program like this. Sure, the show might be short, but why does it have to be devoid of any research? Yes, we have been studying the oceans for hundreds of years and that knowledge can be put into a TV show that teaches the viewers about what has been learned. I have seen scores of documentaries that were very educational and not “just shows”. We do know a great deal about the natural world, and have learned fantastic things about places such as the ocean, so let’s not sell ourselves short. For instance, your ocean example. We have actually learned vast amounts about the oceans, discovered entire new ecosystems down there, and although we are far from knowing everything, I’d hardly say that we “don’t know squat”. That’s simply not true. What’s more is that there ARE educational docs about, say, the ocean that are entertaining without having to resort to cheap tactics like some of the cryptid “documentaries” seem to do. I think this kind of information CAN be conveyed into a TV program that isn’t condescending or vague. It CAN contribute to people’s scientific understanding of our world. I wonder why any show on cryptids has to be “just a show” made for ratings and solely for entertainment value? It can be entertaining without being condescending or gimmicky. Why shouldn’t they deserve the respect of any documentary on space, the oceans, or animals? Even if the cryptid doesn’t exist, there are things that can be covered beyond just those “oohhs” and “ahhs”.
Sonia Uribe’s so beautiful and by the sounds and looks of it has an interesting personality. I wouldn’t mind watching the Sonia Uribe Files. Their website’s got tons of hits. http://www.soniauribefiles.com
mystery_man responds: I’d hardly say that we “don’t know squat”.
DARHOP responds: Ok, I guess I shouldn’t say we don’t know squat.
Didn’t I correct myself ? I still say you can’t do much real research in the length of time it takes to film one of these episodes. That’s all I’m saying. Just my opinion.
DARHOP- Fair enough. Everyone getting their opinions out is what this site is all about.
Now if cryptids looked like ’em girls, I think many of us would be hardcore hunters 😉
No we wouldnt, shes too scary.