| Mountain Monsters | |
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 Season 3 intertitle | |
| Genre | Reality Television |
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| Narrated by | Michael Berger[1] |
| Theme music composer | Last American Cowboys |
| Opening theme | "Mountain Man Town" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 79 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
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| Producer | American Chainsaws |
| Running time | 42-60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Destination America (2013–17) Travel Channel (2019–present) Discovery+ (2021–present) DMAX (2013–19) Max (streaming service) (2023) |
| Release | June 22, 2013 – present |
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Mountain Monsters is an American cryptozoology-themed reality television series airing on Travel Channel. It originally premiered on June 22, 2013, on Destination America. The series follows the Appalachian Investigators of Mysterious Sightings (A.I.M.S) team, a band of six native West Virginian hunters and trappers, as they research and track unidentified creatures in the Appalachian Mountains. There is also a side-series titled Mountain Monsters: By The Fire that features extra facts and never-before-seen footage from different episodes of the series.
The series aired for five seasons on Destination America.[2] After an 18-month hiatus, it was announced that the series was renewed for a sixth season and would be moving to Travel Channel.[3]
In 2021 it was announced that a TV special titled Mountain Monsters: A Tribute to Trapper would premiere on January 3, 2021. It was also announced that the seventh season will premiere on January 10, 2021.[4] It was announced shortly after the premiere of Season 7 that new episodes would be streaming exclusively on Discovery+.[5]
The official Mountain Monsters Instagram account revealed on December 10, 2021, that an eighth season would premiere in January 2022.[6] The season premiered on 2 January 2022 and ran for 10 episodes, ending its run on 13 March 2022.[7]
- ^ "Mountain Monsters – 2013". hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ "Destination America Orders Fifth Season Bigfoot Series Mountain Monsters". Broadcasting & Cable. September 14, 2016. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
- ^ "The AIMS Team Is Back with a Brand-New Season of "Mountain Monsters" on Travel Channel". The Futon Critic. July 15, 2019.
- ^ "The Appalachian Investigators of Mysterious Sightings Team Honors Their Beloved Leader John "Trapper" Tice in New One-Hour Special, "Mountain Monsters: A Tribute to Trapper," on Sunday, January 3 at 10 P.M. ET/PT". The Futon Critic. November 23, 2020.
- ^ Travel Channel [@travelchannel] (10 January 2021). "Wild Bill with hair? The AIMS team picks up where Trapper left off on tonight's @discoveryplus exclusive premiere of #MountainMonsters.Tune in at 10" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Mountain Monsters on Instagram: "Jan 2, 2022 - Season 8 Tygart Valley Mysteries. Available on Discovery+ and Travel Channel! More info coming."". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
- ^ "Mountain Monsters - Unknown - Season 8 - TheTVDB.com". thetvdb.com. Retrieved 2023-11-05.