Lost Monster Files

This new scientific approach to locating zoological specimens that have yet to be identified or have been previously unknown to science is refreshing. From the opening of the show, it's was fast paced and covered a lot of ground. The researchers involved each bring different skills to the table to apply Ivan Sanderson's files in the hunt for these unidentified specimens. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the interaction between the researchers and the discussions that bring them to their conclusions. The eye witnesses definitely experienced something that is unexplainable to them. The research ties their stories together and brought a coherent conclusion to the evidence. Bravo. Well done.

To be honest, I was super excited for this, I love lore and myths so I thought to give it a go.

However, it felt flat for me really quick. I didn't buy the "actors" behaviors, it felt way to fake for me which annoyed me from the get go. I continued watching mainly for the stories, but just to realise that it's a show like most others where they talk about these "monsters", find eccentric personalities to go out and search for them just to find absolutely nothing at all. For me this show only works as a background noise when I have nothing else to watch, I'm quite disappointed and hopefully something better shows up in the future.

Like most shows of this kind, they go around the country investigating some of the creatures from folklore. Unlike other shows they use the library of research from Sanderson to Jumpstart their investigations. Most of the hosts appear to keep open minds during these searches. They interview witnesses, look for evidence, and delve into some of the lore of the creatures. While open to possibilities the cast mostly keep a practical and scientific eye, except one. Brittany, the cryptozoologist, constantly argues no matter what the evidence says that it could be a cryptid. While it is good to not write off other explanations, she consistently writes off everything and assumes all things are true and everything is really just a cryptid and they just didn't find it this time. She's obnoxious and you can tell at times the other investigators are quite annoyed by her. She's the only one who constantly seems like the dumb one and entirely out of place.

This show is not real!

Everything is hearsay and fake!

They are just trying to scare you to get more viewers!!

The dead animals in the show are manipulated!!

It doesn't match reality at all!! They also don't have any licensed experts!!!! Dont watch this program if you are easy to manipulate!!

It's all fake and not true!!!

This show is not real!

Everything is hearsay and fake!

They are just trying to scare you to get more viewers!!

The dead animals in the show are manipulated!!

It doesn't match reality at all!! They also don't have any licensed experts!!!! Dont watch this program if you are easy to manipulate!!

It's all fake and not true!!!

I enjoy the exploration aspect, but the pretend scientific nature is ridiculous.

There is no such field as "zoo-ology", no such practitioner as a "zoo-ologist", and the fact that that they use those terms kills off any pretense of professionalism.

The term's origin is the Greek word "zoe" (in English characters), which is pronounced "zo-ay" not "zoo-ay". The study of life, zoology, is therefore pronounced "zo-ology", and not "zoo-ology", and a person who works in the field, a zoologist, is pronounced as "zo-ologist", and not "zoo-ologist". A person who is not simply an actor, who actually works in the field would know that. They would have learned that even if they took a zoology (zo-ology) course as a college freshman, much less someone who claims to be a professional "zoo-ologist".

I love history and find the legends interesting, but as a person with a graduate degree who works in a STEM field, the unprofessionalism is like nails on a blackboard to me.