Quote: Mugwump "The change in Discovery is very noticeable. Fifteen years ago it was all natural history, travel, wildlife programmes etc.
Now every third show seems to be about the occult - or Bigfoot.
And I won't even begin to talk about the ever-rising number of programmes which are a fabrication from start to finish. Unwatchable stuff.
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Mountain Monsters is my favourite of those. I don't class it as a documentary, but more of a comedy. You have a group of 'expert' hillbillies go out in a 'sidebyside' to find a legendary monster. At the start of the episode (After they've told you everything that is going to happen) they show them interview a shocked local resident. They then go into the nearest bushes and do a night investigation. This immediately prompts a frightening encounter with said beastie and the conclusion that the only way to proceed is to build a trap. Quite how this group, featuring two old men and two 'expert trackers' with 52 inch waists trampling through the bushes don't scare off these creatures is remarkable. They then build trap and spend the next night forcing them into the trap, always perfectly, then they mysteriously escape, either though smashing their way out or disappearing into the air.
Absolutely hilarious to watch, but not a disclaimer in sight about it's lack of reality. (Not) Finding Bigfoot is more respectable, they've somehow been going 6 series or so and haven't found one yet
and often admit to a complete bust on their trips out.
