A major television network is testing the idea for a new show featuring survivalist adventures coupled with sasquatch hunting. The stars are the real-life heroes of Ape Canyon, Marshall and Katherine Rhodes. They were featured in a movie which was number one at the box office for six weeks. The television network loves their credentials and puts together a production team and sends them out in the fields. The famous couple chooses Boggy Creek and its infamous monster. Marshall Rhodes and his wife will discover the truth concerning the beast that is also known as the Fouke Monster. But the truth does not come cheaply. Some on their team will pay the ultimate price.
When I was a kid one of the scariest movies I ever saw was The Legend of Boggy Creek. When the guy is on the toilet and the Boggy Creek Monster sticks his arm in the window and scares the guy, it scared me so bad that I jumped up and ran out of the living room and locked myself in the bathroom. Kinda dumb if you think about it. I was hoping this would bring out the same fear that the movie did to me so long ago. Sadly it didn't. I think this story should have been a bit longer. A lot of it needed to be cleaned up for accuracy and editing. One of the biggest errors that really annoyed me was on page 50 when our so called survivalist, Marshall, called several spiders poisonous. They're venomous, not freaking poisonous 🤦♀️ Another scene included Marshall fishing and claiming that a worm on a hook should not have even interested the bass that they caught. I've been fishing all my life and I've caught more bass on a worm than I have with plastic worms or spinnerbaits.
I was also having a hard time believing that some of the characters would act the way they did. It seems unbelievable to stick around an area where you know that you are not on the top of the food chain. You've already battled with these creatures once before and you know what they can do, but when you encounter them again you still refuse to leave the area. Sorry, even survivalists know when a situation is not to their advantage. This one was highly disappointing,
"ALONE" SERIES is by far and away the best of JM books.
This is hopefully the second of many in the ALONE series. Marshall and Kathrine are extremely likable characters and the "crew" from this episode should make for fun reading . Hurry up with "Willow Creek" a d many more how goes "Alone with the Skunk Ape" sound JM???