Monsterquest on the History channel, and other shows like that old Animal X that used to show on Animal Planet. Sure they're interesting and are part of a subject that some of us swear our lives by, but are they realy worth our time? These shows never accomplish anything from what I see, I've watched alot of cypto-hunter shows in my time and not a single one has ever found any solid proof. It's always maybe a broken twig with some hair on it, an unidentafieable track, a bump in the night. The motion-sensitive cameras they leave out never catch anything but squirrels and deer, the experts they consult are either foggy on thier results or just say "fake" or "Escaped Zoo Animal." All the while recounting sightings and facts about the creature that anyone with a remote interest who has done any outside research would already know, same old same old.

And the one thing that is unavoidable at the end of every episode and the one that annoys me to no end is when the researchers turn to the camera and say: "Well, we havn't found anything this time, but there still just miiiight be something out there...." Thats right, keep watching the skies, true believers.

Honestly, I'm hoping these shows are run by idiots and dolts because if the way they go about it is actually the sensible way, and they still don't find anything, then I'd begin to doubt the existance of these creatures as well, which I realy don't want to do.

And I suspect that if they ever do find anything big, they won't tell us, because then they'd be out of a job, they may keep us in the dark to keep us guessing, keep us watching and giving them ratings.

The only upside to these shows is that they would help increase interest and bring attention to these subjects.

I used to watch these paranormal documentaries on discovery science I think, and the conclusion was always the same: inconclusive, we don't know for sure, need further evidence, probably your mind playing games... You could feel towards the end of the show that they WANT to end the show with convincing the viewers that the phenomenon is not real. Then I stopped watching them. It's like listening to a skeptic saying "yeah, it all looks like there is sg out there but it can't be sg genuinely real/what it looks like, just an illusion or your mind... If we all listened to the skeptics, this world would never develop anywhere, let alone human spirituality. Would be disgraceful and I feel skeptics are a shame on mankind trying to hinder development, and they can't even say they do it for their personal benefit, cause there is none, it's all about hurting other ppl's feelings, at the MOST. It's like letting a sadistic instinct control you. Animals are controlled by instincts. Humans can overcome them. SOME humans can.

Thats funny. If we were depending on pie in the sky believers, we would still be in caves believing in the sun god.

Oh for god's sake lets not go on a witch-hunt for skeptics...

Skeptics aren't there to be a hinderance, theres many-a-time when skeptics are the voice of reason in cases. Without people being skeptical and disproving the frauds and we'd be believing in the craziest things. Sure, some skeptics can be close-minded and just deny everything. But they all aren't the imagination-crushing, close-minded monsters folks make them out to be.
At least the majority of them aren't...

I myself am a believer in many supernatural and unidentified creatures and phenomena, but when a skeptic makes a counter-statement in a mature and intelegent way, I respect his opinion and take it into consideration. Now the folks that put in one-liners that try to try to leave no room for debate like its the final word, and they don't elaborate to support thier ideas, then those guys are the trouble.

Let there be peace between our two peoples, we may even find a way to help one another to create a better tommorrow!