Post edited 10:36 am – February 22, 2011 by Oubliette

Please excuse me if someone has mentioned this already.

While watching NatGeo last night, I saw promos for a new series called "Beast Hunter", premiering March 4 at 9 pm.

http://channel.nationalgeograp…..l/Overview

This series appears to be going over a lot of ground that was covered by Josh & company.  First up is the Beast Man of Sumatra (Orang Pendek, covered by DT and also being seriously investigated by researchers).  The Mongolian Death Worm, familiar to DT watchers, will also be investigated.  Other subjects are:

Nightmare of the Amazon (a one-eyed monster!)

Swamp Monster of the Congo (Mokele-mbembe, a creature I believe Josh concluded does not exist)

Sea Serpent of the North (another water monster, this time off the coast of British Columbia)

According to the series web page:

"Beast Hunter is hosted by Pat Spain, a biologist and explorer who

travels the globe in search of mythical creatures, immersing himself

amongst the tribes, people and cultures on his quest to find the truth

between fact and fiction."

http://channel.nationalgeograp…..harlesfort

The series looks interesting, and is an obvious offshoot of DT.  I've always said that DT would have been better off if that show was on NatGeo.  It will be interesting to see how a similar production is produced by NatGeo minus the SyFy treatment.

Pat Spain