Finding Bigfoot: “1, 2, 3, 4, I Declare a Squatch War”
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on February 16th, 2014
“1, 2, 3, 4, I Declare a Squatch War”
The two hour season finale airs tonight at 9 PM E/P and again at 11 PM E/P.
The team travels back to the Pacific Northwest to determine the squatchiest state in the U.S. With the team evenly divided and a friendly wager made, Bobo and Cliff head to Oregon while Matt and Ranae head to Washington to see which state is squatchier.
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005.
I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films:
OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.
Someone please explain to me why I still insist on watching this show… Never mind. I do like the cast, I like the subject matter, but it still makes me nuts to see the total lack of logic or scientific curiosity exhibited week after week by these folks. And once again, WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF THE OVER-THE-SHOULDER IN-YOUR-FACE-CAM? They already have a camera crew and I fail to see the value in seeing someone’s bobbing kisser covering my screen whenever they take a hike.
I would prefer to see more of the town hall witnesses and something approaching a systematic search for the big guy. Every week we are treated to some silly idea that defies any and all reason when it comes to attracting wildlife. It kind of reminds me of Ghost Adventurers or some show like that…these film school graduates have learned how to make compelling TV out of hours and hours of footage of nothing. A good editor, some trippy sound effects and a boilerplate tried and true formula makes for fairly interesting viewing if you are the passive type that just lets the show wash over you, If one leaves one’s intellectual curiosity at the door, it can be somewhat entertaining….
mcw2112: feeling your pain… and couldn’t agree more.
How the heck are they determining “squatchiness” when so little about the putative animal has even been settled to anyone’s satisfaction yet, least of all actual confirmation of the animal?
Personally I feel silly even commenting on what is a straight push for TV ratings on a topic on which commercial interests don’t want to put too much on the line because they don’t know enough about it. But I would want anybody thinking cryptozoology is all woollyheadedness to see some serious commentary, because it’s the critiques of crypto that all too woolyheadedly lump the wheat in with the chaff when discussing the field.
The BFRO has about as good a data collection as exists. It’s a shame that this is what they’re doing with it. The time could be better spent. They may think any exposure is good exposure. I am very not sure I agree.
I’ve never watched the show because the ads and commentary I have seen and read tell me pretty much everything I need to know. I’d find it unwatchable. I watch little enough TV as it is; to do it ever requires a pretty good reason.
This isn’t one.