Possible Last Episode For MonsterQuest
Looks like it might be the end for the History Channel’s MonsterQuest series. I’ve been reading on various sources that the show might not be renewed for season 5. Although I’m generally saddened by this, I am not surprised.
To me it seems like the show lost its appeal when they started to do shows on creatures that were not interesting. like “The Real Cujo”, “Gigantic Killer Fish”, “Gigantic Killer Fish II”, “Killer Crocs”,”Monster Sharks” and “Killer Chimps in America”. It seems like they were stretching it. Don’t get me wrong, these all still fall under the Cryptozoological umbrella. Like tracking Pythons and their migrations through Florida; since the snakes are not native to the state, it is somewhat of a misplaced animal adapting to its habitat. It just seemed boring and redundant to me.
Loren Coleman over at Cryptomundo had commented on this. He urged the fans to write to History’s executives and voicing your opinion. There’s still time!!
Linda Godfrey post on her blog, that the season finale will be “MonsterQuest: America’s Wolfman”
Linda’s blog“>blog:
MONSTERQUEST EXAMINES NEW VIDEO AND HUNTS FOR THE WOLFMAN
March 24, 2010, “MonsterQuest: America’s Wolfman” 9pm/8pm CENTRAL on History.
On March 24, 2010, the MonsterQuest Season Finale examines one of the most controversial pieces of video evidence ever captured, as the team scours the Midwest for a seven-foot wolf-like monster that witnesses believe is a werewolf.
On Wednesday at 8 p.m. Central on History, the episode “MonsterQuest: America’s Wolfman” closes out the fourth season of the popular investigative cryptozoology series. An expedition team will try to uncover the truth about what is striking fear into witnesses, while the science team will expose the truth behind “The Gable Film,” an internet phenomenon that is possible evidence of a werewolf-like creature. The film, shot on grainy 1970s Super 8, captures a hairy creature running on all fours toward the camera in an apparent attack, prompting widespread debate over its identity and authenticity.
This episode of History’s highly acclaimed series features appearances by Wisconsin werewolf researcher Linda Godfrey and Michigan DJ Steve Cook, who first posted the Gable Film. There are frightening stories from witnesses including a former contractor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and a Deputy Sheriff, who all claim to have encountered this mystery creature that has been part of local legend for centuries.
MonsterQuest is produced by Whitewolf Entertainment; the episode “MonsterQuest: America’s Wolfman” is produced by Chicago’s Frank Haney Films.
For its (possible last) season finale, the MonsterQuest team will be reviewing the Gable Film and it’s web is mysteries and lies. The fist time the MQ team did an episode on the “American Werewolf” I was really impressed by the work, interviews and re-enactment they did. I think Linda Godfrey brought her ‘A game’ on that one. Can’t wait for March 24’s episode . Setting up my TiVo tonight!
Written by Javier Ortega - javier@ghosttheory.com
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Thanks Javier. This episode sounds like it’s going to be a good one.
I guarantee it.
IMO MQ was a poorly done show with amateurish escapades. It was very frustrating to watch. Plus the fact that the announcer would repeat the same things over and over again throughout the entire hour.
It would seem that they learned nothing. Their main subject was Bigfoot but instead of using one team they had a different group of hunters in almost every show. They used mostly the same techniques every time and came up empty every time.
I don’t mind at all that they failed to find, photograph or videotape Bigfoot. It’s just the way they did the show that was so terrible.
It would seem they had a perfectly good target at that cabin and should have kept going back or stationed someone there for at least a month or two. But they did a two episode deal on it and then we never heard from that again.
I’ve seen much better shows than MQ. I know something is bad when I dose off during the show and MQ was the perfect sleep aid for me.
I hate the fact when I started to really enjoy a show and the network snatches it off the air. Monster Quest was one of my favorite shows to watch, but I do agree, some of the monsters were really boring. I mainly watched it for the bigfoot adventures; furthermore, I hated all the crap about Giant rats, killer hogs, giant snakes, and (to top it off) werewolves. Why can’t we just have a series just on Bigfoot or better yet, have a channel dedicated to just Bigfoot. Every season could be filled with different hunters in different parts of the world searching for the legendary creature. I remember watching, I think descovery channel, where they put a camera somewhere in the world( mostly national parks), and you could watch the sunrise….me personally, I use to watch it to see if I could see a bigfoot, so i know the show could be huge.
I actually thought MQ was going to have a good show last night until 5 minutes in when they showed us the test flight of the glider. Why? In fact why even show any of the glider? It failed as so often does the aerial recon on MQ. It’s what I like to call “filler”. They could have easily said they tried aerial recon but it didn’t work but they need to fill an hour and don’t have anything relevant to fill it with.
They could have easily done that show in 30 minutes.
I did enjoy Jeff Meldrum’s being involved with the ground search. I also thought the tracker was really good. This is ironic since I mentioned getting a good tracker involved with hunting Bigfoot.
All in all MQ did the same things wrong and can’t seem to learn from mistakes. Also they really need to have one team that does the searching in every instance.
I can see plainly why this show will not survive.
Tazz, you read my mind. I mentioned over at cryptomundo this morning that I’d love a show dedicated to Sassy and would watch every week. If they did it right that is. Oh hell! I’d watch it anyway as I can’t get enough of Bigfoot.
@ JBondo
I seriously don’t know why I’m so fascinated with Bigfoot, but for some strange reason I just believe. I honestly don’t want them to find him, bc it would take away from the whole mystery. As for the bigfoot station, I would be a faithful viewer. Maybe this way we could watch real hunters or trackers doing the search for the legendary creature….with us as viewers, watching their every move.
Did you ever watch that nature show where they put the satellite cameras in exotic parts of the world and you just stare at nature watching sunsets? That to me, was the best show ever. J/k, it was a little boring, but nevertheless, it actually made me feel like I was there, in a secluded area somewhere in the world where I felt I had a good chance to see bigfoot. Now just imagine, a network station, dedicated to bigfoot, ghost, aliens, or what have you. Although, there was a station, Sci Fy, who use to be like that, but it just went in a totally different direction.
Unfortunately most all of the cable stations that are supposed to be dedicated to something end up going in a different direction. It’s all about the money.
I’d love to see that tracker that was with Jeff Meldrum team up with the Mantracker. That guy could find an white flag in a snow storm and I don’t even know what that means.
Finally had a chance to watch this episode (thank God for DVR) and I was severely disappointed in the episode. Mono Lake is pretty much in my backyard and was hoping for a good episode, especially if it’s the show’s last hurrah. But like jbondo said, the glider portion was just filler and the rest wasn’t that interesting either. I found myself resisting the urge to fast forward through certain parts. And the fact there were several teams left me baffled (though I love how the two guys trying to find the location of where the 1991 video was shot were wearing jackets that said “Forensics” on the back to add to their validity) and it seems none of the groups found much at all.
I’m not surprised the show is ending. It used to be one of my favorites, but when the show started to investigate mundane things like loose snakes in the Florida Everglades and sharks in freshwater rivers, I knew the show had ran out of options. That’s why I had such high hopes for this episode, but it left me flat. Doubt I’ll miss the show that much.
FYI,
I understand SyFy is planning on taking a crack at it. Maybe they’ll do better.
Destination Truth does a pretty good job with these type of shows.
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