– – Not to be confused with Squidbillies or The Beverly Hillbillies, the Hillbilly Beast hangs out in rural Kentucky, with stories circulated about him for decades or longer. In fact, good ole Daniel Boone is reported to have killed a ten foot tall hairy beast that he called a “Yahoo,” not to be confused with the popular website portal and search engine! In a worthy episode, MonsterQuest went in search of this cryptid.
Also known as “the hairy beast of the forest,” the Hillbilly Beast is reputed to stand eight to ten feet tall, and is a powerful, flesh-eating beastly creature who is covered with matted brown hair and makes strange howling cries at night. Recent eyewitness reports have matched legends, and many encounters with the beast have taken place near water.
Led by a professional animal tracker, the MonsterQuest team went to Henderson, Kentucky where they attempted to capture the beast’s vocalizations using “call-blasting,” projecting pre-recorded sounds out. A high frequency response was provoked which set off coyote vocalizations. Analysis of the recording yielded 15 or 16 known vocalizations but 20 to 30 unknown ones! An unusual tooth was also discovered which could not be directly analyzed as its owner kept it as a “sacred object.” An analysis of a picture of the tooth noted unusual flutings to it, but little more could be determined in the absence of the actual artifact.
A blurry September of 2009 camera trap image thought to possibly be the hillbilly beast was upon analysis determined to be a bird landing!
Most interestingly, a rock was chucked at team audio expert Joe Fox from across a river during the investigation!
While the Hillbilly Beast is felt by some to be a misidentified black bear, it may also be argued that the sheer number of hunters and locals reporting sightings make it unlikely that such is the case. The MonsterQuest conclusion was that the study “calls for more investigations like this.”–What could be safer?
– –Destination Truth recently had an episode with a secondary storyline line on the Arica Monster, a supposedly raptor-like creature inhabiting the Northern Chilean desert. On the desert road, people have reported seeing a dinosaur-like beast keeping pace with their cars, a neat trick. Described as large, standing on his hind legs, and having leathery skin, the beast is a fast runner with a distinctive three-toed print who attacks with razor-sharp teeth. 
– – MonsterQuest recently aired a two-hour episode investigating the killing of over 100 peasants by a werewolf-like creature in southern France during the mid-1700’s. As the slayings occurred over 240 years ago, extensive speculation and reconstruction was involved as provided by a cryptozoologist and a criminal investigator.
— A nineteen year old singer-songwriter from Toronto, Taylor Mitchell, was attacked and killed by coyotes as she was hiking alone in a park in eastern Canada. 
– – MonsterQuest finally came up with their long-awaited episode on the Yeti on October 25th after previous ho-hum episodes on wild dogs and rats.- –
– -You don’t often hear about blue whales washing ashore, but one did on the Northern California coast near Fort Bragg Monday night. 
— In Sacramento, California animal control officers seized 77 cats from a home in one of the worst animal hoarding cases seen in that county. Cat cages were stacked floor to ceiling with animals roaming everywhere and feces caked around the home…the homeowners say that they were taking good care of the cats…right!
– – The History Channel has mounted a triple threat, featuring episodes of MonsterQuest, Nostradamus Effect, and MysteryQuest run back-to-back. The Bermuda Triangle offering on MysteryQuest was a first run episode, examining the legendary disappearances of boats, planes, and personnel in the 500,000 square mile area that extends between Miami, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda. 
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