Spike TV’s 10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty

I am excited about this show for a couple of reasons. First there will be some legit people with credentials and real incentive to prove to us all the existence of Sasquatch. With ten million dollars on the line, backed by Lloyds of London, this is no “Finding Bigfoot” tree knocking waste of time. Secondly and I think even more important is that everyone should learn what real proof should look like. No blobsquatch will pass here and a team of experts will make sure that anything offered as proof is irrefutable or be given a thumbs down.
This show plans on taking itself seriously and will have its own traveling DNA lab that can confirm in less than 24 hours. The minimum proof required to walk away with the 10 million will be photographic and a conclusive DNA sample. In this case, the proof is in the poo.
The show’s producers are actually hoping, unlike most shows that this one only lasts a single season and they really aren’t messing around when it comes to who will be allowed to participate and who will judge the evidence. All contestants must be “fully credible” and vetted, which means there definitely won’t be anyone competing like Mr. Unmentionable, and Car Wrap Guy will have to sit this one out as one of the judges.
All in all they are hopeful to have a living specimen by the end of the season and the word is still out on if a kill is a dis-qualifier. They are leaving some of the tougher decisions up to Lloyds since they are the clout and there are laws in many states with exception of Texas that prohibit harming the big dude.
An excellent ending would be a catch and release sort of thing with hours of footage that we all can drool over.
If the show succeeds at what it setting out to do, it may be bitter sweet in some ways, which just occurred to me as I was writing this piece. On the one hand, we would have the indisputable proof we have all wanted, but on a sadder note, which we may not have pondered much, we would lose a beloved monster and a mystery in folklore. Because once confirmed, unless it has many tricks up its sleeve, it will be relegated to being just another known animal and taken out of the fringe category, just like what happened to the great apes when they were discovered to be real a hundred years ago. Funny how we can have a change of heart (or maybe its just me) in the few minutes it took to write this, to all of a sudden have reservations on gaining irrefutable proof. Ah well, Bigfoot has done pretty well keeping himself hidden up to now, so that sentiment may just be a waste of a sigh, but it has inspired me for what I will write tomorrow.
So until then.....


Ready,set…Bigfoot!

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The one-hour reality series is set to premiere January 2014 on Spike TV.