UFO Cowboys

Watching this video I feel like either I need to lose intelligence to understand what they are doing, because every time they say we should not be out here at night, then the next scene is the next night, and of course they are out there by night. Is it because viewers will have an atavistic fear of what they can't see? Well they certainly dramatize the hell out of that with video that flashes from one scene to another, with lights flashing, and low frequency and high frequency sound effects worked into the sound track. Of course they are also doing that in the day time shoots, with limited camera angles and cuts from one chase scene to the next to get adrenaline worked up. If they were trying like heck to dramatizing nonsense so no-one could make heads or tails of what is happening then they achieved that, "With Bells On". They should be embarrassed.

UFO Cowboys presents itself as an unscripted reality style show that takes place somewhere in the American west. However, it doesn't take long for you to realize you've been hornswaggled. The show follows a group of "cowboys" who call themselves the UFO Skywatchers, area ranchers (and maybe farmers too) who work together to observe and investigate the many reported strange occurrences that happen in this mysterious part of the country. While it doesn't take long to realize someone's pullin' your leg, you have to admit UFO Cowboys provides some entertaining, silly, corny fun. There's mystery, suspense, and B-movie acting, and the production values are pretty darn good for a show you stumble across for free on the Roku channel. My recommendation is to set back, put your boots up on the coffee table, dial down your critical thinking to about 52 percent, and enjoy a little escapist adventure with these good ol' boys.

Fake AF, scripted AF, lame as hell. Everything about this show is fake. It's so obvious that they have people running around at night with lights, making noises, and planting fake tracks. And are they even real cowboys or did they just take a 30 day basic intro to cowboying course right before the show? They couldn't even recognize the squeal of a wild swine, and they left their horses totally alone at night tied to a small branch (of course one escaped). All these guys do is freak out, be scared of everything, and make bad decisions. This show is like ghost adventures x10 only not entertaining.

Where do I start? The shown has Hollywood filming and vibes thoughout. It seems highly scripted and seriously lacks credibility in an already questionable genre. These so called trackers and experts can't seem to make a single logical conclusion and immediately jump to the "aliens" narrative. This program is bad, even by reality tv standards. It's really sad to see that range riders can't distinguish the sound of a pig from something "alien." How can you be an expert in something you've never seen nor have a shred of proof that it's real. It's just a bunch of guys in cowboy hats getting scared by their own shadow. This might be the worst "alien" show yet.

Mountain Monsters is easily the best and most authentic Bigfoot/Alien/Cryptid/Ghost show ever made. Nothing about it was meant to be taken seriously and the boys seemed to be having a good time playing an adult version of hide and go seek out in the woods at night chasing fairy tales. Unfortunately, lead actor "Trapper" passed away and the show ended. This show attempts to recreate the magic of Mountain Monsters by relocating out west and changing the hunt from Cryptids to Aliens.

We're introduced to the cast the same way Mountain Mobsters did it: the Leader, the Rookie, etc. None have strong personalities and it's easy to confuse which guy playing cowboy dress up is which. And cowboy dress up they play: cowboys from the old west. We're talking ten gallon hats, chaps, the whole costume. They ride horses for some reason. They carry six shooters and lever action prop rifles. It's like they walked off the set of Cowboys vs Aliens. None of this is appropriate or necessary for what they do. It's only there to dupe you into believing these actors are cowboys.

Not that cowboys possess any special knowledge or skills useful for a UFO hunt. Quite the opposite I should think.

The plots are the usual debunked "mysteries": crop circles, cattle mutilations, alien possessions, etc. All appropriate for a fun guys-night-out in the woods trying to scare each other. Too bad what's missing from this show is the fun. Where the Mountain Mobsters crew were clearly enjoying themselves, this lot seems embarrassed to be there and just want to go home.

I have it five stars more for the memory of Mountain Monsters than for what this show actually is, which is not good. Five stars.