Cryptid. Scripted.

READ MOREThe plot of Cryptid: The Swamp Beast is fiction based on real sightings and weird events, but it’s a story nonetheless. Some of the people are actors, others are local people who help carry the narrative. But the show also features actual eyewitness interviews and experts weighing in throughout the dramatization that give the series real-world context." This is how the History Channel website describes the new cryptozoology adventure, capitalizing on the success of shows like Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot (who persistently remains unfound) and their infamous hoax, Mermaids: The New Evidence, as well as adding to the ever-growing cache of Louisiana-based reality-like shows, like their own hit series Swamp People-http://www.the-trades.com/articles/2014/03/06/cryptid-scripted