Might scare your grandkids

"Animal X: Natural Mystery Unit" is a series of documentaries of the usual monster-ghost type. And yes, they might scare your grandkids! Especially the "mission controller" Bill Kerr, who frankly scares me too, but perhaps for different reasons. Where on earth did they find this absurd, stereotypical character? The pseudo-dramatic music ads to the impression that we are far from Science Channel, LOL.

In this episode, the two young investigators Daniel and Natalie (both with distinctly non-American accents) roam the United States in pursuit of reptilian humanoids or reptoids, dropping leading questions to the eye-witnesses as they go along. The Bishopville, South Carolina "Lizard Man" is featured, and so are alien abductees, fringe ufologist John Rhodes of the Reptoid Research Center, and several token sceptics. Admittedly, the sceptics get more time than usual to explain their position. A Harvard psychiatrist even gets to lecture on the scientific method, reaching the conclusion that...well, reptoids from another planet aren't abducting our hard-working citizens. Thank you.

But what about Lizard Man in Bishopville? Well...? My explanation is that Bigfoot has learned how to don a green, reptilian suit, being stung by all the conventional BFRO reports. "It's just a North American ape". Would you accept a CV like that? I think not. Somebody somewhere is trying to send us a message! To quote Sherlock Holmes: "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be true". Precisely. :P

In fact, Daniel and Natalie reach the same conclusion (almost). They believe that Lizard Man is a misidentified Bigfoot overgrown with green algae... (I wonder how they will explain away Mothman in the next episode? Mothmen, after all, can fly!)

There, this entertaining (after a fashion) TV show ends. I'm not sure how to rate this, but since it made me a bit more upbeat, I suppose I have to give it three stars.