TV-Reviewed

The newest Bigfoot episode aired with interesting timing. There was a story from Georgia about men who claim to have found a Bigfoot body. They did a press conference and sent samples of DNA to a lab. But I learned the other day that after the body had been sold, it was realized that it was another hoax. The story seemed great, but it’s too bad people are still behaving in this irresponsible manner.

Anyway, the episode put a focus on the town of Whitehall in the state of New York which has a long history of Bigfoot sightings. Although I am not a Bigfoot researcher, I don’t recall hearing about Whitehall, NY before. When you think of Bigfoot, you tend to think of the Pacific Northwest.

There was a fair amount of opinion thrown into this episode — scientists debating whether or not a creature like Bigfoot could really exist (today or ever). I liked seeing some footprints, though I don’t consider prints to be that reliable now that some people have the ability and sadly the desire to create false prints.

The biggest problem I had with this episode of MonsterQuest was the polygraph test. We’ve seen them performed in the past and as far as I’m concerned, it’s pointless. People who saw something twenty years ago are pretty sure that they weren’t hallucinating or what have you, so when you question them, I’m doubtful they would have difficulty passing a polygraph test. Save the polygraph for criminal investigations and keep it out of this field of research, please.

The Bigfoot hunt featured in this episode was exciting and funny. Exciting because there were moments when it appeared as though there may have been something in the woods with them that night, but it’s hard to say for sure. I say it was funny because the people doing the searching looked like they were ready to do some sort of special forces operation with all of their camo, pockets, etc. It just looked silly to me.

One thing I didn’t see them try to do is knocking wood. Hitting one piece of wood with another is something only primates tend to do and is something many Bigfoot eyewitnesses claim to hear.

I’m still waiting for a Bigfoot episode as good as the one in the last season… the one from Canada which showed rocks being thrown and wood knocking by something in the woods. But I thought this was a pretty good installment nevertheless.

Rating: 7.7