Mountain Monsters is a show with professional hillbilly hunters that search for mysterious creatures that people have claimed to have seen in West Virginia.Mountain Monsters is a show with professional hillbilly hunters that search for mysterious creatures that people have claimed to have seen in West Virginia.Mountain Monsters is a show with professional hillbilly hunters that search for mysterious creatures that people have claimed to have seen in West Virginia.
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...is the title of a real movie. This program is not far removed.
I often find myself defending Appalachians. Most descend from Scots/Irish settlers, so one can reasonably assume they're intelligent. (If you ignore the twang, you'll hear that most use good grammar, pronounce words correctly, and have a solid vocabulary.) This program, unfortunately, makes me think I should abandon my defense.
Even allowing for the fact that humans are, in general, irrationally credulous, how much of this are we supposed to believe? The Devil Dog episode is plausible (though I question the existence of coyote packs -- coyotes are generally solitary). The Wolf-Man episode is maybe, kinda, sorta believable -- if one accepts the possibility of a wolf with an excess of growth hormone.
The Moth Man and Lizard Demon episodes are beyond ludicrous. Thinking you saw something doesn't mean you saw what you thought you saw. I'm particularly bothered by the Lizard Demon's footprint, which looks fake. //All// the footprints look fake -- as if they'd been carefully crafted and pressed //just so// into the dirt.
As with "Porter Ridge", the best part of the show is the cast -- some of whom are drop-dead handsome (Willy, especially).
To summarize, I can only say... "Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a thermal-imaging camera, and he'll turn it into a profitable TV series."
I often find myself defending Appalachians. Most descend from Scots/Irish settlers, so one can reasonably assume they're intelligent. (If you ignore the twang, you'll hear that most use good grammar, pronounce words correctly, and have a solid vocabulary.) This program, unfortunately, makes me think I should abandon my defense.
Even allowing for the fact that humans are, in general, irrationally credulous, how much of this are we supposed to believe? The Devil Dog episode is plausible (though I question the existence of coyote packs -- coyotes are generally solitary). The Wolf-Man episode is maybe, kinda, sorta believable -- if one accepts the possibility of a wolf with an excess of growth hormone.
The Moth Man and Lizard Demon episodes are beyond ludicrous. Thinking you saw something doesn't mean you saw what you thought you saw. I'm particularly bothered by the Lizard Demon's footprint, which looks fake. //All// the footprints look fake -- as if they'd been carefully crafted and pressed //just so// into the dirt.
As with "Porter Ridge", the best part of the show is the cast -- some of whom are drop-dead handsome (Willy, especially).
To summarize, I can only say... "Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a thermal-imaging camera, and he'll turn it into a profitable TV series."
This show is absolutely fantastic in that it never fails to keep me entertained. Granted I am usually howling with laughter, it is still fairly funny if you don't buy in to it (which I'm sure some poor souls do). I would love to be a producer or editor of the footage because it has to be great to go through all of it. Well put together that's for sure. At least it makes me laugh, unlike all the other "reality" but not reality shows out there. This season (dedicated to Bigfoot) has started off on the right foot. It's a bit like those wrestling programs on TV that have been around for decades or a good soap opera. At least they don't pretend to be trying to get scientific evidence. They walk off without one sample of that Sasquatch skat! Keep at it boys, we'll be watching.
I do get a kick out of this show and enjoy it more than any of the other Bigfoot shows on TV. Even though the cast is a cultural stereotype of people from West Virgina. In one episode the actually did catch the giant wild boar. The whole business of trapping Bigfoot is silly and they never even get any decent video. If they ever did it would be the science discovery of the century. Why they never shoot it is beyond me. Favorite hunt was when they went after the Grassman in Perry County Ohio. At least this monster, or some of their crew, threw stuff at them.
The worst episode was when they went after the Indian Legend Bigfoot in North Carolina. This one could even take over your mind which it did to two of the cast members. This time Mountain Monsters "Jumped the Shark" as they say.
I went to college in South Eastern, Ohio and there were plenty of stories about the monsters, the Moth Man and others that were told around the camp fire. In many ways this show brings back happy memories of those days.
The worst episode was when they went after the Indian Legend Bigfoot in North Carolina. This one could even take over your mind which it did to two of the cast members. This time Mountain Monsters "Jumped the Shark" as they say.
I went to college in South Eastern, Ohio and there were plenty of stories about the monsters, the Moth Man and others that were told around the camp fire. In many ways this show brings back happy memories of those days.
It is really funny - watching these good old boys out hunting the monsters - of course they never seem to get them on video or catch one - but they are the best at looking scared - It is really pretty funny the technical terms or better yet the faces they make when they are chasing the monsters and get scared. Frankly I would be carrying bigger firepower if I was them - instead of shotguns - can't do much withe them. But I have to say they do make for a funny show - Science ?? What's that - just mindless entertainment. Any one them would be just as much fun in a show called "people of Walmart" but then that's all too real !
This is just a fun show. The AIMS team are lovable, funny, crazy and each one a character. I really don't care if it's fake. I love Wild Bill's crazy, Trapper's 'putting the heat on it' and Huckleberry's 'gonna get it's a$$". Jeff's $10 words (bipedal)and Willie's traps are imaginative and downright cool. In this world of crime and war and bad things on just about every channel, it's nice to just sit back, suspend reality and smile for an hour. As far as I'm concerned, These guys can run around the woods looking for critters for years to come and I'll watch. Not everything has to be so serious...if it bugs you, change the channel.
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- TriviaSeries was the Number 1 ranked show on Discovery's Destination America. In 2019 the show was picked up by Travel Channel.
- ConnectionsReferenced in WatchMojo: Top 10 Famous Real Life Monsters Caught on Camera (2021)
- SoundtracksMountain Man Town
Performed by Last American Cowboys
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