This is my review of the Nat Geo Channel show Beast Hunter with Pat Spain for the Deseret News. This was a pretty entertaining show. If you get a chance to watch it, I think you'll really like it. I will also provide the link for you to read this on the Deseret News Web site.
Spain travels globe in search of beasts
Published: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 11:49 a.m. MST
By Jarrod Hiatt, For the Deseret News
Get ready to meet Pat Spain.
A wildlife biologist and explorer, Spain stars in National Geographic Channel’s latest offering,"Beast Hunter," which has a two-episode season premiere on Friday, March 4, at 7 p.m. Spain travels the globe searching for creatures that may or may not exist, making crypto-zoology incredibly cool in the process.
Spain, 30, investigates legends of mysterious creatures hoping to break through with a new scientific discovery, or at the very least, come up with a hypothesis.
In the first episode of the premiere, "The Man Ape of Sumatra," Spain travels to Kenici Sablat National Park in the Indonesian island of Sumatra to look for what the locals call Orang-Pendek, a creature that looks like an ape but walks like a man. After meeting with locals and the town shaman, and after getting accounts from eyewitnesses, including a farmer who claims the creature broke into his house and stole his sugar, Spain is ready to begin his trek into the dense Samatran jungle. Spain teams up with British photographer Jeremy Holden and a team of guides on a quest to find the beast.
In the second episode of the premiere, viewers will find Spain in the Amazon looking for Mapinguari, a massive one-eyed howling creature with sharp claws, a noxious stench and a mouth in the middle of its body. With the locals refusing to trust him from the outset, Spain undergoes a rite-of-passage ritual with the local tribe in order to gain their trust, then goes deep into the Amazon looking for answers.
Spain’s narratives are informative and his excitement is obvious. His youth is also apparent, and on occasion, he’ll use slang that is common to many 30-year-olds, and at times, will slip in an occasional bleeped-out swear word.
National Geographic will undoubtedly attract viewers to this program by title alone, but it’ll be Spain that keeps them coming back. His charisma and charm mixed with his subject knowledge and good looks will leave audiences waiting to see where his travels will take him next.
A wildlife biologist and explorer, Spain stars in National Geographic Channel’s latest offering,"Beast Hunter," which has a two-episode season premiere on Friday, March 4, at 7 p.m. Spain travels the globe searching for creatures that may or may not exist, making crypto-zoology incredibly cool in the process.
Spain, 30, investigates legends of mysterious creatures hoping to break through with a new scientific discovery, or at the very least, come up with a hypothesis.
In the first episode of the premiere, "The Man Ape of Sumatra," Spain travels to Kenici Sablat National Park in the Indonesian island of Sumatra to look for what the locals call Orang-Pendek, a creature that looks like an ape but walks like a man. After meeting with locals and the town shaman, and after getting accounts from eyewitnesses, including a farmer who claims the creature broke into his house and stole his sugar, Spain is ready to begin his trek into the dense Samatran jungle. Spain teams up with British photographer Jeremy Holden and a team of guides on a quest to find the beast.
In the second episode of the premiere, viewers will find Spain in the Amazon looking for Mapinguari, a massive one-eyed howling creature with sharp claws, a noxious stench and a mouth in the middle of its body. With the locals refusing to trust him from the outset, Spain undergoes a rite-of-passage ritual with the local tribe in order to gain their trust, then goes deep into the Amazon looking for answers.
Spain’s narratives are informative and his excitement is obvious. His youth is also apparent, and on occasion, he’ll use slang that is common to many 30-year-olds, and at times, will slip in an occasional bleeped-out swear word.
National Geographic will undoubtedly attract viewers to this program by title alone, but it’ll be Spain that keeps them coming back. His charisma and charm mixed with his subject knowledge and good looks will leave audiences waiting to see where his travels will take him next.
Jarrod M. Hiatt lives in Davis County, Utah, with his wife and three kids. Jarrod graduated from Weber State University with a degree in journalism. He loves sports and loves to talk sports with anyone at anytime. E-mail: jarrodhiatt@gmail.com
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