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MonsterQuest Season 1 Episode 2

Sasquatch Attack?

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AIRED: 11/7/07

It's the search for a Canadian Bigfoot.

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9.3

By dalt99, Nov 13, 2008

Of all the different myths and legends out there regarding "monsters", including Nessie, Chupacabra, live dinosaurs, man-bats, dragons and so on, to me, the one that seems the most likely is Bigfoot or Sasquatch. There have been SO MANY sightings all over the world and in different countries. There is footage that may show a bigfoot and many recorded sounds as well at foot prints found. While it's true that there has never been a body found, this episode is a good example of why I feel that this legend needs closer and stronger scientific investigation. Yes, it's possible that hikers or even someone from the crew was throwing rocks at the cabin, but sometimes you have to look at the possibility that maybe there was some creature out there. If it wasn't a human throwing the rocks, then what was it? There needs to be more episodes that hunt for bigfoot. Skeptics like to ask why has there not been more pictures taken. Well, I have a challenge to those that ask that question. For the rest of your life, try to get a picture of every cat that darts out in front of your car when you are driving or of every mountain lion you see while in the woods in California, Oregon and Washington. I bet that you may never get even ONE photo. Rememeber, a bigfoot would be more intelligent AND rarer than those animals and be only in the woodlands and forests of remote locations. It's not so easy. I too though am a skeptic. This was a very good episode to show how difficult it is to try to search for a sasquatch. Hopefully someday somebody will find one. Until then, shows like this one will keep me wondering!moreless
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This is a riveting, revealing look at the possibility of Sasquatch! I leaned towards disbelief before, but now I am not so sure!

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By MattRogina, Nov 27, 2007

Prior to my watching of this show, I was closer to being a skeptic than anything else. This show, from beginning to end, captivated me. The fact that there were no claw marks or teeth marks on the overturned refridgerator in the abandoned cabin. To me, this shows something other than a bear did the ransacking. It is easy for others to want to blame the easy culprits-- kids. I at first was leaning towards that myself. But then I realized the remoteness of the area. I think it was evidenced particularly well when the grouses were not even afraid of humans. My hypothesis? Because they never encountered them to know they should be afraid of us. That fact, coupled with the other fact that nobody could easily access that area shows that the liklihood of kids doing the damage is slim to none. Some reviewers pointed out the fact that the scientists cowered and ran and hid once a rock was thrown as proof that it was merely a show. They say this because just the night before one of the scientists braved the elements and camped out alone in the wilderness. They imply that if he were brave enough to do that, then he ought to be brave enough for the rock throwing incident. In my opinion, it is a big difference from campaing and being attacked. Notice, the reviewer never once refutes the fact that the rock throwing incident takes place or that all of the scientists were accounted for, together at the time of the incident. It seems the reviewer is simply grasping at straws to refute this. I think it speaks volumes of the fact that after a while, one of the scientists decided to throw a rock back int he original direction. The result was a rock being thrown back at him again. This time it landed on the roof. Then, we have the scientific data. The bear expert from Minnesota who said right off the bat that the hair was not a bears, but strongly resembled a humans. The only thing missing, that differentiated it between that of a human's hair was the fact that a substance was no longer presence that would have been there with a human hair. She also noted that the edge of the hair appeard tapered, lending credibility to the fact that it had never been cut.

After that, we see the evidence that was left on the nail board, where the scientists are able to retrieve some materials and bag them for collection. They then come up with a rough draft of the size of the foot, estimating it is 18 inches long and would be a size 16 EEE in human sizes.

Some argue that it is suspicious that the owner of the cabin at Lake Snowgrove waited two years to have these materials studied. But I ask, how many sane people would really rush into something like that? And even those who did, how many sane scientists and DNA experts would be willing to do the testing for him?

That brings me to the testing. The testing itself seems to be done by experts who know what they are doing. They reveal that these samples indeed have DNA for identification purposes and when they do the analysis, they show that they are distinctly different than that of any known species, and may very well be a link between man and the Great Ape.moreless
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They wanted to find Sasquatch - oh really?

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By MrShotShot, Nov 11, 2007

So our intrepid band of cryptoresearchers ventures into the Canadian North Country to investigate Sasquatch encounters around Snowgrove Lake.

In a nutshell, the episode could have been stronger. It hinged around an isolated fishing cabin on Snowgrove Lake that had been the epicenter of a number of sometimes violent encounters with an unknown creature over the past few years. There were several eyewitness accounts of strange noises, unusual sightings, and the cabin being physically shaken. All of this culminated in the cabin being ransacked during a period when it was unoccupied. Even though bears in the area have been known to do such things (not to mention teenagers out to have a little fun) our cabin owner was convinced the act was perpetrated by a Sasquatch, with little to no evidence other than "bears don't destroy things in this manner." OK, highly predictable bear behavior for the win it is.

To combat future occurrences, the cabin owner places a "screw board" (literally a board with rows of screws sticking up) in front of the door. Upon his return to the cabin, something has obviously impaled its foot on the board and has left a large amount of blood, hair, and tissue residue on the screws. What does the cabin owner do with this evidence? Well, nothing of course. So let's back up a minute. Let me get this straight. You are convinced that Sasquatch broke into your cabin and ransacked it. You make a board of screws to keep Sasquatch or whatever from doing it again. You come back. The thing is literally dripping in blood with tissue and hair all over it. Do you immediately take it to a lab and have it analyzed because you might have irrefutable proof of the existence of one of the greatest mysteries of mankind? No, apparently you leave it sitting out in the rain for two years for our cryptoresearchers to analyze at a much later time. Come on.

Now that our researchers are on site for five days, they proceed to put out camera traps, bang logs together, and generally make themselves stand out as much as possible to attract the alleged best. One researcher even goes so far as to travel to the other side of the lake and camp by himself for an evening. But alas, our cryptofriend is not taking the bait. On the final night, however, our researchers are suddenly knocked from their camp induced boredom by something throwing rocks at the cabin – as we know from watching countess hours of shows such as this, a sure sign of Sasquatch activity. Faced with the possibility of actual physical proof of their quarry standing mere feet from their current location, what does our fearless group of researches do – why they high tail it to the door and cower in the cabin for the next several hours of course. This decision is even more ludicrous given that one of the researchers had spent the previous night camped out by himself trying to attract the creature. Where exactly was he going to hide had Sasquatch made an appearance - in his little nylon tent? Our merry band spends a sleepless night in constant fear of death by Sasquatch. The next morning they pack up and head.

But apparently all was not lost. One of the hairs from the screw board that had been sitting outside for two years was determined to not be human or any known animal. And while the DNA was determined to be contaminated and untestable by the mohawked researcher (you know the guy if you've watched other crypto-related shows) at NYU, one of our cryptoresearchers was able to figure out a way to separate the contaminants and retrieve the actual DNA – of course, this will take up to a year to analyze. I will be waiting breathlessly for part two in, say, 12 months or so. Sorry, the show was enjoyable entertainment, but some of the stuff they did just didn't add up.moreless
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- Narrator: Canada is home to a centuries old legend. History supports the possibility of a monster called Sasquatch. At a remote fishing cabin in northern Ontario science examines the evidence in modern day search for proof. They become the target of the beast's rage.
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- Narrator: Throughout history the Canadian wilderness has been home to hunters, trappers and explorers. It may also be home to a monster.
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- Narrator: In the end, the creature of Snowgrove Lake may really roam the forests of Canada. Whether this creature is a genetically mutated man or a yet to be discovered animal, the Monster Quest search will return to Snowgrove Lake for a more extensive search. A search for a legend that might finally step our from the dark shadows and into the light of reality.
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