GHOST HUNTERS

They're back on Animal Planet tonight! You know, I live for F'ing Bigfoot fun. I love the interviews with witnesses, the locations, and the odd tools they use in the field. F'ing Bigfoot quiz - Which item have they NOT used to entice Bigfoot? Crying baby doll Mannequin Disco lights Menstruating woman Bunny Torches Bacon Babboon Fake Deer My favorite member, Cliff, is not only seriously enthusiastic about the subject and nature, but he spends an enormous amount of his own time outside of the show researching, hiking, camping, and trying to elucidate answers about the Tall Guys. He's a gosh-darn all around good guy. Ranae is smart, level-headed, honest, and won't tell them what they want to hear, but what they need to hear - a voice of reason. Sometimes, it falls on deaf ears. Other times, she is the one left baffled by something unexplainable. She holds her own up against the guys and is fearless and driven by a very logic-based, highly intelligent mind. Bobo may be...

I have a tendency to make loving fun at the shows I most enjoy. "F'ing Bigfoot" ( as I like to refer to it ) is my most beloved new show on TV. In this episode, we find the team searching for BF in the icy mountainous terrain of Colorado in search of the popularly termed "Snowbeast." Ranae: ( Lifts her pack over her shoulders and hikes through the snow ) Boys, if you are all done urinating your names into the fresh snow, could we please move on before nightfall? ( the men track in after her towards the treeline ) BoBo: So, I don't get it. Technically, if this is a Snowbeast, it should be white. That'd make it a Yeti, right? So, what's Yeti doing in Colorado? Does his coat change when he goes down in the off season to lower elevations. If he does that, wouldn't it make him like a mood ring? I once had this mood ring when I was a kid and the dang thing was always blue. Maybe he's related to a chameleon. You think that's possible, huh? Cau...

I adore the show "Finding Bigfoot." It's a total blast and, given my weird sense of humor, I can't help playing a loving tribute to the cast and their situations -

Last night was a 2-hour special from Australia in search of the Yowie, the Aussie equivalent to BF.  They found a good witness who is an expert on biology. Not a bad person to have witnessing a Yowie, but Ranae wasn't sold. Since it was the size of Bobo and the encounter wasn't all that clear, she said she thought the witness was awesome, but the encounter isn't necessarily a Yowie. BEST LINES Bobo:  Basically he was my size and my height, so you're saying he was built like a Greek god? Bobo:  I'm not sure what the Yowie was doing, but I'm pretty sure he was doing something to get some grub. Cliff:   I'm practically playing patty cake with two of them! Ranae:  I'm right here you big hairy fella. Matt: So you and me, birdie, we're camping here tonight. Bobo:  Ranae's horse is as a Prince fan, purple reins. Cliff:  This is a Yowie buffet. Ranae: This is a Yowie bite-sized portion. They did some nighttime wood knocking. They got a thump back. ...

New season of F'ing Bigfoot is officially underway with last night's season opener in Idaho. I really freaking missed these guys. It seems like forever since the last season ended and Animal Planet has been rather skimpy at reshowing old episodes in the interim. Come on folks at AP--get on that right now! It's gotta be one of the viewers' most loved shows. The hour before the new episode, they had an adorable heartwarming episode that was behind the scenes of the show. We got to know the characters better and things that go on we don't know about. A little bonus for those of us who waited forever for the new season.   The team went up to SE Utah in search of a BF supposedly filmed by some high school kids on an exploration for school. Not real promising when investigating it though. A local witness teen who saw one in a place that was quite open, showed it to Bobo who declared this Bigfoot was not a rocket scientist, one of the dumber squatches.  Ranae went camping ...

Another in my LAUGH series involving my favorite show, "Finding Bigfoot." Today, we find the F'ing Bigfoot team about to tackle woods that look totally squatchy. Having tried a fake deer, torches, fireworks, mannequins, doughnuts and a crying baby doll, the team lead by Matt Moneymaker decides they are ready to flush that stubborn squatch from the woods. ***If this episode reminds you of roadrunner cartoons, it's simply NOT coincidental.**  Cliff:  ( approaches Bobo ) What-are-you-doing? Bobo: ( chuckles as he continues to rub peanut butter all over a deer on a leash ) Ask the Boss Man. Matt: You see, Cliff, we're going to try a new technique I'm responsible for inventing. We're going to make this deer smell real inviting and then place this camera on its head ( hands camera to Bobo who fastens the strap around the deer's head ). Then, we'll release the deer into the woods where SAH-squatches will chase it down and we'll get them on film. I pl...

This is another in my series poking loving fun at the paranormal-reality shows. This time, the focus is my favorite show, “Finding Bigfoot” and most especially the team leader, Matt Moneymaker who, well, gives me a lot of material to work with and his nemesis, Ranae (the skeptic). In the dark forest, Matt and Ranae are teamed on a hillside, sitting it out for the night. Ranae: ( comes to a stop ) Look, it's a dead deer. Matt: Don't move! There's a squatch around here. ( searching around them in the dark forest ) This kill is new. Squatches kill deer for food. Ranae: But, Matt, this deer hasn't been touched. Matt: ( snarls ) It would have eaten it, but we scared him away. Ranae: This thing has rigor mortis. It died long ago. It doesn't have any cuts or bleeding. It might have fallen off that rock ledge up there and broken its neck. Matt: I'm telling you, it's part of a master plan by the squatch. ( points a finger in the air ) He kills a deer and leaves...

I love them and mockery is the best form of flattery. Here's some The Soup and Chelsea Lately mocking the team and here's a few of my own lines from Live Blogging the show on Bigfoot Evidence on Sunday nights.  Matt is ready to buy an acme rocket and jet pack himself to drop an anvil on Ranae's head. I can hear the beep beep of the roadrunner right now.  With Bobo drunk and dancing and Matt buzzed and smiling, I think tonight might be a little bit of Deliverance.  Ranae gives her thumbs up on the baby crying technique. I'm surprised because she does work with Matt and I'm sure she hears that entirely too much of the time . Age old connundrum: If a tree moves in the forest and there is nobody there to hear it but Matt, does that mean it's a squatch?

This picture (above) is why "F'ing Bigfoot" works. A team of 4 characters; a skeptical scientist, a life-long BF hunter, BF's best future buddy, and a child-like enthusiast who wonders at nature. I hear people bellyache about the show, " it's not real Bigfoot hunting ," " I can't believe they thought that was a squatch ," " that witness was totally bogus ." Here's what those viewers need to know: This is a show. A show is a way to present information in a way that is expedient and entertaining. We wouldn't watch grass grow on TV. We would not expect a cure for cancer while filming a lab. Let's use the musical as an example.... We don't believe that people break out into song while chopping wood. That's preposterous and it loses credibility if we take it literally. It's actually representing the process going on in the character's psyches and emotions for us to get inside their heads. F'ing Bigfoot r...

In honor of tonight's wicked awesome 2-hour special of Animal Planet's "Finding Bigfoot" episode, I'm making a new installment of my LAUGH series. Other installments can be found above on the "LAUGH" tab. I have a tendency to make loving fun at the shows I most love. "F'ing Bigfoot" ( as I like to refer to it ) is my most beloved new show on TV. In this episode, we find the team searching for BF in the icy mountainous terrain of Colorado in search of the popularly termed "Snowbeast." Ranae: ( Lifts her pack over her shoulders and hikes through the snow ) Boys, if you are all done urinating your names into the fresh snow, could we please move on before nightfall? ( the men track in after her towards the treeline ) BoBo: So, I don't get it. Technically, if this is a Snowbeast, it should be white. That'd make it a Yeti, right? So, what's Yeti doing in Colorado? Does his coat change when he goes down in the off season to...

Some of y'all are new to my LAUGH series. See the tab at the top that says "LAUGH Comedy Series." I make loving fun of all the paranormal shows. Today, I decided that I am so in love with the show "Finding Bigfoot" that it begs to be poked fun at by an adoring fan. ( In the woods in the Cascades in Washington State, the team gathers in the darkened forest to look for the elusive Bigfoot creature reported by locals on the mountainside ) RANAE: Man, I'm really glad to be here in my home state on what might be a really awesome hunt. Matt: ( Turning to Cliff ) Did you hear something? Cliff: You mean Ranae speaking? Matt: ( frowns ) Ranae? Cliff: ( prompts ) You know, the female on the team. ( seeing Matt's blank stare, he adds ) The skeptic. Matt: ( bristles ) Oh, her. Bobo: What do you want us to do, huh? Ranae: If these people said that the creature was as tall as that row of branches down the hillside, perhaps we should have Bobo go down there and...

( This is JAAG, my new Bigfoot buddy ) " Maybe it was a dumb squatch ." (Best line of the episode) Well, we reached the final episode ( crying like a baby ) and hopefully if the Animal Planet is smart they bring them back in the fall for another 6 episodes and cut the season into 2 six-episode runs. So far, the feedback from people on the blog has been extremely positive. We still haven't won people over on Fact or Faked, but this show caught your attention and was compelling to watch. The episode was great and the interview with the kid was shivery, but the time in the woods was limited and I seriously wanted to see more time in the woods for an episode that had this much promise. After hearing that kid's encounter, I just wanted to see at least a half hour in the forest, but it was more like 8 minutes or something like that. ( frown ) I'd seriously like to remove Matt and put in a professional tracker, some rough around the edges rustic dude who's like a sav...

(Check out Julie's awesome post on our desert Bigfoot ) Tonight on Animal Planet is the final episode of this season's "Finding Bigfoot" and they're going to Alaska! Tomorrow will be a review. I am soooooo sad! What will I do without my favorite new show? ( pout ) By now, my readers know that you don't leave Autumnforest without her distractions of she gets into mischief. I booked the cabin for our Bigfoot hunt in September. It's sort of my birthday gift for myself and has been on my bucket list since I was about 7 or 8 years old. Oh, you know I'll be all over it with video and pics and you will be thoroughly entertained, no doubt. And, yes, I am still threatening to make hemp brownies and see if he takes the bait. ( smile ) So, I thought you might be entertained where BF has been whoring himself up lately. If we were to pay the dude, he'd make as much royalties as Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods on all the product contracts. Oh, and here's the b...

Best quote: " That sounds squatchy! " Seriously, I really needed this Sunday off and knowing that at night, I could turn out the lights, turn up the air-conditioning, hide under a woobie ( blanket ) and watch "Finding Bigfoot" go some place snowy and cold to search for my furry cousin, I was quite delighted. In fact, if you tried to call me last evening, I did not answer. Nothing gets in the way of me and searches for Bigfoot. I like the variety of ways they go about things. I appreciate that as an investigator because I don't like to go in and do the same thing over and over again. Each location, each situation is different and you need to adapt. I simply love to see these guys in the woods. I'd love to see an extended one where they maybe do a 2-hour special or a 2-part special of an expedition of hiking and camping. I'd even have them throw in perhaps two more members for an episode like that ( I'm not saying one of them should be a sassy redhead...

" That's a squatch !" The new buzzword. I must take it to my ghost hunts and freak out my partners. If I say it just right, maybe follow it with a mock Bigfoot call, I might raise the dead, huh? Last night's episode of "Finding Bigfoot" was in my favorite state in the Union-- Oregon! If there is nirvana, it is Oregon! It has it has it all, it's magnificent every inch of it, the people are artists, open-minded, organic, intelligent, and real. I need to quit trying to sell the state or everyone will rush there and ruin the beautiful countryside and beaches. One creature, however, is brilliant in choosing it for his home--Bigfoot. Oh, another brilliant creature, Cliff, calls it home, as well. Hey, Cliff, shopping for a Bigfoot hunting girlfriend??? McKenzie River footage captured what might be Sasquatch on the shores of the river or perhaps a fisherman? That is what the team went to figure out. They found the environment to be suitable and even took a raft...

( Bigfoot and his bia-tches ) The team went looking for BF in North Carolina last night. This time, I decided to not pick on them for editing issues. I am tired of complaining about the way things are portrayed when the production company wants to run willy nilly with their storytelling. I decided instead to focus on the team members and the way they handle things. It says a lot about an investigator, how he deals with things as they happen and more importantly where his mind is. I've hunted with way too many people for whom everything is a ghost. So, let's break down these team members and their attitudes. Matt: Okay, the bloom is off the rose. He's really shown himself as a "everything is a squatch" mentality. Now, he is absolutely the worst witness in the entire universe. Remember Brian in TAPS doing the "Ghost Hunters" show? Do you remember him thinking everything was a ghost? Well, Matt is the Brian of this team. Even when they are able to recreate...