Mountain Monsters
| Mountain Monsters | |
|---|---|
 Season 3 intertitle | |
| Genre | Documentary, Reality |
| Starring |
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| Narrated by | William Berger[1] |
| Theme music composer | Last American Cowboys |
| Opening theme | "Mountain Man Town" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 42 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
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| Producer(s) | American Chainsaws |
| Running time | 42-60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Destination America |
| Original release | June 22, 2013 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Mountain Monsters is a documentary television series on Destination America. It premiered on June 22, 2013, and began its fourth season on January 23, 2016. The series follows the "Appalachian Investigators of Mysterious Sightings (A.I.M.S) Team", a band of six native West Virginian hunters and trappers, as they research and find of evidence of unknown creatures in the Appalachian Mountains.
The series was renewed for a 5th season on September 14, 2016[2]
Premise
The A.I.M.S. team are a cryptozoology research team founded by West Virginians John "Trapper" Tice, Jeff Headlee, and Willy McQuillian. Their goal is to prove the existence of mysterious creatures such as Bigfoot, Werewolf, Hellhound, Lizard Man, and Mothman. The episodes usually begin with Trapper, Jeff, Huckleberry, and Buck discussing the particular creature they are hunting on the way to a location where the creature was spotted. They then meet with an eyewitness who has encountered the creature and gives the team an area to do a night investigation to find evidence of it being in the area.
The next day, Willy and Wild Bill begin work on traps to contain the creature while the rest of team looks for more evidence, before meeting another eyewitness who has either photographic, video, or audio evidence of the creature. They then test the trap and begin the final night hunt.
The creatures are never clearly shown on screen except for a digital rendering that appears before and after commercial breaks and brief glimpses. The team usually fails to capture the creature (with the exception of hogzilla and 3 of the devil dogs) as it evades or occasionally escapes from their trap, and they promise to go capture it next time. The recurring Rogue team also spies on and sabotages the A.I.M.S.'s investigations.
Episodes
Season 1 (2013)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Wolfe County Wolfman" | June 22, 2013 | N/A |
| 2 | 2 | "Grassman of Perry County" | June 29, 2013 | N/A |
| 3 | 3 | "Devil Dog of Logan County" | July 6, 2013 | N/A |
| 4 | 4 | "Wampus Beast of Pleasants County" | July 13, 2013 | N/A |
| 5 | 5 | "Mothman of Mason County" | July 20, 2013 | N/A |
| 6 | 6 | "Lizard Demon of Wood County" | July 27, 2013 | N/A |
Season 2 (2014)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | "Kentucky Hellhound of Pike County" | April 4, 2014 | N/A |
| 8 | 2 | "Grafton Monster of Taylor County" | April 11, 2014 | N/A |
| 9 | 3 | "Yahoo of Nicholas County" | April 18, 2014 | N/A |
| 10 | 4 | "Werewolf of Webster County" | April 25, 2014 | N/A |
| 11 | 5 | "Fire Dragon of Pocahontas County" | May 2, 2014 | N/A |
| 12 | 6 | "Sheepsquatch of Boone County" | May 9, 2014 | N/A |
| 13 | 7 | "Shadow Creature of Braxton County" | May 30, 2014 | N/A |
| 14 | 8 | "Wild Bill's Bear Beast" | June 6, 2014 | N/A |
| 15 | 9 | "Death Cat of Cherokee County" | June 13, 2014 | N/A |
| 16 | 10 | "Snallygaster of Preston County" | June 27, 2014 | N/A |
| 17 | 11 | "Cave Creature of Greenbrier County" | July 11, 2014 | N/A |
| 18 | 12 | "Hogzilla of Hocking Hills" | July 18, 2014 | N/A |
| 19 | 13 | "Bloodless Howler of Harrison County" | July 25, 2014 | N/A |
| 20 | 14 | "Grassman's Revengeance" | July 25, 2014 | N/A |
Season 3 (2015)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | "Bigfoot of Central Kentucky: Midnight Whistler" | March 7, 2015 | N/A |
| 23 | 2 | "Chupacabras of Putnam County" | March 14, 2015 | N/A |
| 24 | 3 | "Bigfoot of Eastern Kentucky: The Wildman" | March 21, 2015 | N/A |
| 25 | 4 | "Hellhound of Lincoln County" | March 28, 2015 | N/A |
| 26 | 5 | "Bigfoot of Clay County: The Yahoo" | April 4, 2015 | N/A |
| 27 | 6 | "Bigfoot of Washington County: The Dustman" | April 11, 2015 | N/A |
| 28 | 7 | "Bigfoot of Ashe County: The Cherokee Devil" | April 18, 2015 | N/A |
| 29 | 8 | "Bigfoot of Ashe County: AIMS Explodes" | April 25, 2015 | N/A |
Season 4 (2016)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 1 | "Bigfoot of Harrison County: Stonish Giant" | January 23, 2016 | 0.511[3] |
| 31 | 2 | "Bigfoot of Central Kentucky: Squalling Savage" | January 30, 2016 | 0.525[4] |
| 32 | 3 | "Bigfoot of Blair County: Lightning Man" | February 6, 2016 | 0.535[5] |
| 33 | 4 | "Bigfoot of Blair County: Thunder Brothers" | February 13, 2016 | 0.463[6] |
| 34 | 5 | "Scariest Moments" | February 20, 2016 | 0.344[7] |
| 35 | 6 | "Bigfoot of Pendleton County: Great Fire Ape" | February 27, 2016 | 0.460[8] |
| 36 | 7 | "Bigfoot of Wirt County: The Ash Man" | March 5, 2016 | 0.464[9] |
| 37 | 8 | "Bigfoot of Lee County: Raven Mocker" | March 12, 2016 | 0.411[10] |
| 38 | 9 | "Best of Bigfoot" | March 19, 2016 | 0.410[11] |
| 39 | 10 | "Raven Mocker: Back to Trapper" | March 26, 2016 | 0.468[12] |
| 40 | 11 | "Bigfoot of Wood County: The Phantom of the Forest" | April 2, 2016 | 0.442[13] |
| 41 | 12 | "Ohio Grassman: Return of the Rogue Team" | April 9, 2016 | 0.536[14] |
| 42 | 13 | "AIMS vs The Rogue Team" | April 16, 2016 | 0.659[15] |
References
- ↑ "Mountain Monsters | 2013".
- ↑ | 2016 http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/destination-america-orders-fifth-season-bigfoot-series-mountain-monsters/159606 | 2016 Check
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