Pithy remarks/description about each 'Finding Bigfoot' team member


If you go onto the Animal Planet's website, each of the team members on 'Finding Bigfoot' has their own one page biography. In the bio, it lists their credentials and where they were born and raised. It's really good information if you're doing a little research about the team.

However, if all you care about is what their roles are on the TV show, Laura Merwin at MassLive.com posted some pithy remarks about each of the crew members.

Matt Moneymaker: The self-proclaimed leader, Matt Moneymaker is the founder of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) which has been looking for bigfoot since 1995. Moneymaker is best known perhaps though for his prolific use of the word ‘squatchy.’ As in “These woods certainly feel squatchy.” And “Who would have thought that Rhode Island was so … squatchy.” While he proclaims himself the leader of the group, the group has other ideas and not one of them is in agreement but the term ‘arrogant’ and ‘He’s not my leader.’ has been thrown around in some episodes.

James ‘Bobo’ Fay: I kid you not, Mr. Fay’s nickname is in fact ‘Bobo.’ I’m just going to sit here while you make up your own jokes on that one. I’m sure you can come up with at least 3 good ones and you haven’t even seen his hair yet. Bobo’s bio has him as a California surfer turned commercial fisherman. On the show Bobo is the resident ‘Bigfoot stand in.’ Whenever the team wants to get an estimate of how big the creature was in a witnesses sighting they invariable send in Bobo to play the part of the creature, you know, mainly because they’ve never captured a Bigfoot and been able to get him to stand in for himself.

Ranae Holland: Ranae is the group skeptic. A research biologist, Ranae is the one member of the team that actually has some real credentials and she’s not afraid to use them. Various episodes have shown Ranae calling out suspect witnesses on camera but to her credit she doesn’t just laugh at their stories and walk off, she sticks around and investigates, even though she knows that it’s futile and dons the obligatory ghillie suit and spends hours sitting in a tree with nothing but a bunch of squirrels for company. That is dedication.

Cliff Barackman: Cliff is perhaps the oddest team member. On the Animal Planet website, Cliff is described as a former member of the BFRO, complete with italics even. What that story is I’ve not really cared enough to dig into as yet. Cliff is the one team member, besides skeptic Ranae, that takes a scientific approach to gathering evidence. Indeed, in a team of ‘squatch chasers’ Cliff seems to be the level headed one that is more likely to say ‘That’s a really cool barred owl screech, not a squatch.’

[via www.masslive.com]

Comments

  1. You gotta love `em. They are quirky and as much as I hate big egos and guys who have to resort to name-calling like Matt tends to do, I'm getting fond of the sullen demeanor and party-pooper feel of him. He is a nice sobering yin to the excited team's yang.

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  2. I've really come to like this show over the others that have been done..wish I was out there with them sometimes to be honest but either way its a good group of people doing what they love that happened to get A planets attention.. pretty sweet

    Iowa Dane

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  3. Any show needs diverse talent to keep it interesting.If everyone agreed on things it would be no fun.
    Matt does use "squatch" way too much.
    Bobo is likeable and happy go lucky.
    Ranae is also likeable and is smart enough to find alternate explanations.
    Cliff is my favourite. Enthusiastic,articulate and intelligent.

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  4. Autumn apparently is the new Melissa...

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  5. Yes, I'm here with Mr. Matt Moneymaker,
    the founder and president of the BFRO,
    the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization,
    and star the of the hit Animal Planet series Finding Bigfoot.
    Matt, you've spent 25 years in pursuit of Bigfoot, Sasquatch,
    you have talked to countless eyewitnesses,
    your organization has taken in thousands of various reports,
    and you have led many, many so-called expeditions
    in determined, dogged and relentless pursuit of this creature.
    Matt, have you ever seen a bigfoot?

    Uh... no.

    Or lie...

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  6. Where did you hear this at??? MM has deff interacted with these creatures after all he was Working with Erickson and first on site then something fishy happened that no one can ever give me a straight answer about, MoneyMaker got kicked off the project and they claim to be working with Bigfoot families yadie yadie yadie! My thoughts and this is not to piss anyone off I think he sold himself out and knows there out there so he goes to animal planet gets funds and is trying to hurry and get credible evidence of Bigfoot before Erickson releases all his footage and goes down in history as the person to find Bigfoot. Hahaha Idk just a theory

    Iowa Dane

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  7. Ranae has a nice rack. I would love to do the horizontal squatch dance with her.

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