Channel 5 buying into Moneymaker/BFRO narrative - anyone else noticed?

So Channel 5 has been heavily promoting the BFRO (Bigfoot Field Researchers Organisation) content recently - couple of documentaries, some clips on their website. Moneymaker's basically become the face of "serious" Bigfoot research on British telly, which is interesting because he's quite divisive in the community.

Don't get me wrong, I respect the BFRO's database and methodology is more rigorous than most. But they're also heavily invested in the "flesh and blood unknown primate" hypothesis. If it's actually something weirder (inter-dimensional, paranormal, etc.) then their framework doesn't allow for it.

My question: Is Channel 5 doing this because they genuinely think BFRO's approach is sound, or because it's the easiest narrative to present on mainstream telly? The "undiscovered ape" story is less weird than other possibilities.

Moneymaker's credentials are legitimate but yeah, BFRO is pretty dogmatic about the physical primate angle. There's some good research in there but they dismiss sighting reports that don't fit the model, which is bad science.

Channel 5 probably just wants the easiest story. "Undiscovered animal" is more palatable than "something we don't understand that might defy physics."

Bigfoot researchers in general are obsessed with finding a body or skeleton. It won't happen. If something's managed to stay hidden for centuries across an entire continent it's not going to leave remains lying about where humans find them easily.

BFRO does solid footprint analysis and thermal imaging work though. More scientific than the paranormal interpretations which basically amount to "it's magic." At least the flesh-and-blood hypothesis is testable.

The Scottish Highlands have way more recent credible sightings than North America if you ask me. Less media saturation means people report things more reliably without feeding off sensationalism. Wish there was a UK-focused research group with BFRO's resources.