It was probably only a matter of time before someone came up with a Bigfoot reality-TV show. And that time has apparently come.Next month in the woods outside Paris, a pilot will be filmed for the proposed series Capturing Bigfoot."You've got a hot spot out there in your back yard, a hot spot like no other," Bigfoot explorer Tom Biscardi, 58, said by telephone from Northern California.Biscardi, who retired from the insurance industry to pursue Bigfoot full time, has made the creature his life's work. On his Web site he sells Bigfoot DVDs, Bigfoot mugs, Bigfoot T-shirts and pewter Bigfoot belt buckles. He also hosts a weekly Internet radio show about all things Sasquatch.He believes a Bigfoot family is living in old World War II Army bunkers buried on an abandoned portion of Camp Maxey north of Paris, near the Oklahoma border."I think it's a family pod," Biscardi said. "What we found is baby footprints next to a mother. This is the first time that has ever happened."Not only is Biscardi participating in the TV pilot, but he is also inviting enthusiasts to go along.For $375, anyone interested in finding "America's King Kong" can join him on a 24-hour expedition as part of the team trying to capture the elusive beast.

The news that a Bigfoot family is roaming the woods north of town was a surprise to Lamar County Judge Chuck Superville.Nonetheless, the judge predicted that most residents in the predominantly rural county of 49,644 would welcome the attention, noting that Paris was abuzz recently over an episode of the CW Network's One Tree Hill being filmed in the area."It puts us on the map, which is good," Superville said. "I think Northeast Texas is a good place to live. It's a garden paradise."Biscardi describes the 16,000-acre area around Camp Maxey -- part of which is still used as a Texas National Guard training center -- in more dramatic terms."You've got to look at this place," Biscardi said. "It's prehistoric. It looks like something straight out of Jurassic Park."The producers will try to sell the show to cable television outlets. If it isn't picked up, the expedition could be turned into a DVD, said Robert Barrows, a spokesman for the project.

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That's only 30 minutes or so from me. I think Biscardi must not get out too much if he thinks camp Maxey or any place in Lamar county looks like something from Jurrasic Park.

Well, we have had several performance rallies on the grounds of Camp Maxey over the past several years. If there was a bigfoot family there once, I would think the sound of a turbo charged Subaru or a big V-8 Mustang (I know, we rally weird cars in the US) would have chased them out. We have seen all sorts of wild animals including bob cats and feral pigs, but no Bigfoot. Well, at 3 AM Mad Mike might be mistaken for Bigfoot.