So a few friends and I have been hanging out every Wednesday this October to watch really stupid ghost/cryptid hunter shows, and we stumbled upon Mountain Monsters. Holy shit what perfect distillation of these shows. It's 100% faked, complete with terrible shakey video, finding fake poop and markings, everything. It's just fun to see a series just lean right into the bullshit.
Someone summed it up really well with this: It's Scooby Doo, but the monsters always win