posted on Sep, 1 2013 @ 09:13 PM
I like shows looking for unknown or unusual animals. Monster Quest has a few good episodes and River Monsters rocks. So I am not a hater from the
I have been watching a few episodes of Mountain Monsters.
If you haven't seen it, a group of West Virginians tries to hunt down and trap every spooky critter said to be roaming the hills. The Mothman, Wampus
Beast, Wolfman, etc. They build traps and try to drive the elusive creatures into it at night. Daytime will not work for some reason. Apparently where
these guys live is Cryptid Central as there is no shortage of monsters stalking the poor hill folk.
Yeah, it is entertainment and the American public must love stereotypical hillbillies running a-muck in the wilderness at night chasing beasties. The
show has been signed for a second season and is very popular. Zeke and Cletus building Scooby-Doo traps must resonate with the audience. Of course the
crafty antagonists never get caught (although I think they did catch some Devil Dogs - whatever they are - at least they had their feet on film).
I do not want to call the show an outright fake as that might burst some bubbles and that is not what this is about.
My question is: Why? If there are so many unknown animals out there (science discovers them all the time), why does the public spoon up this nonsense?
Did this show idea focus-group better? Are "real" monsters boring? Does it simply feel better to feed the notion that those who think there is
still something unknown must be a knuckle-dragging mouth breather?
Am I on my own on this one? Is my bar too high?