Ya know, I’m at a crossroad in my life. I want to believe in ghosts and the afterlife in the worst way. I follow all the latest research and watch Ghost hunters and all those things wanting to believe and be shown. But at the end of the day I have to agree with James Randi…most of it is bullshit. The rest is that which I cannot prove to be bullshit.
I get drawn into all these programs about ghosts and hauntings, and every time it seems like they’re going to come up with something solid, phfft! They let you down. No more solid than a good fart. It’s like bigfoot, if there was proof positive, we’d have found it by now. They say “Well the African gorilla was a legend until discovered in 1895,” or whatever, I don’t know the exact year. But, they never tell you that the investigation only took a few months of active investigation before they actually discovered these things and had proof.
You watch these ghost shows and they are always having “PERSONAL EXPERIENCES”. Well WE never see them because for some inexplicable reason, while the protagonists are having these harrowing experiences, the dumb-fuck camera-man is focusing on the guy that is supposedly having this experience instead of pointing the camera in the direction of the action supposedly taking place.
Then there are the EVP’s ( electric voice phenomenon). This is really a winner.
OK… Investigator: "What do you hear?
Recording : CCHHKIZZZHHIIIZZZ!!!
Person: "Well it sounded like…I dunno…ged a cha?
Investigator: "Well, we thought it sounded like ‘get out’, what do you think?
Person: “Yes, ‘get out’ definitely ‘get out’”.
Then there is the EM (electro magnetic reading). They go through a place and take EM readings, and if they get high readings..WHOA… ghosts! Might I remind you that these devices were developed by electricians to detect high electro-magnetic radiation due to questionable wiring? Yet if a ghost hunter carries one into a building and picks up a reading…it’s a ghost.
Why is all the quasi- indisputable ghost footage, fuzzy, unclear viewings of anomalous blobs taken by people with what can only be the ravages of Parkinson’s disease? My Dad could catch me on the loop-de-loop flawlessly with his super 8, but modern well trained photogs with state of the art equipment can’t get a clear picture of a ghost?
With the ability for the common individual to produce Digitally Produced Effects today, why should we believe any of this shit anyway?
Here’s another thing that annoys the piss out of me. The guys are standing in a room and they have a “personal experience”. How do they describe it? “It ALMOST sounded like footsteps”…“It ALMOST looked like a shadow going from here to there.”
Was it these things, or did it just SEEM to be these things? What kind of investigators are these people anyway? Ah, well. You know what I mean.
I get drawn into all these programs about ghosts and hauntings, and every time it seems like they’re going to come up with something solid, phfft! They let you down. No more solid than a good fart. It’s like bigfoot, if there was proof positive, we’d have found it by now. They say “Well the African gorilla was a legend until discovered in 1895,” or whatever, I don’t know the exact year. But, they never tell you that the investigation only took a few months of active investigation before they actually discovered these things and had proof.
You watch these ghost shows and they are always having “PERSONAL EXPERIENCES”. Well WE never see them because for some inexplicable reason, while the protagonists are having these harrowing experiences, the dumb-fuck camera-man is focusing on the guy that is supposedly having this experience instead of pointing the camera in the direction of the action supposedly taking place.
Then there are the EVP’s ( electric voice phenomenon). This is really a winner.
OK… Investigator: "What do you hear?
Recording : CCHHKIZZZHHIIIZZZ!!!
Person: "Well it sounded like…I dunno…ged a cha?
Investigator: "Well, we thought it sounded like ‘get out’, what do you think?
Person: “Yes, ‘get out’ definitely ‘get out’”.
Then there is the EM (electro magnetic reading). They go through a place and take EM readings, and if they get high readings..WHOA… ghosts! Might I remind you that these devices were developed by electricians to detect high electro-magnetic radiation due to questionable wiring? Yet if a ghost hunter carries one into a building and picks up a reading…it’s a ghost.
Why is all the quasi- indisputable ghost footage, fuzzy, unclear viewings of anomalous blobs taken by people with what can only be the ravages of Parkinson’s disease? My Dad could catch me on the loop-de-loop flawlessly with his super 8, but modern well trained photogs with state of the art equipment can’t get a clear picture of a ghost?
With the ability for the common individual to produce Digitally Produced Effects today, why should we believe any of this shit anyway?
Here’s another thing that annoys the piss out of me. The guys are standing in a room and they have a “personal experience”. How do they describe it? “It ALMOST sounded like footsteps”…“It ALMOST looked like a shadow going from here to there.”
Was it these things, or did it just SEEM to be these things? What kind of investigators are these people anyway? Ah, well. You know what I mean.
Written by George Yesthal
Brodheadsville, United States
Ghost Hunters? has been published here with the author's permission. It was originally published at: https://www.redbubble.com/people/yesman/writing/7263923-ghost-hunters
For me it's got to be on "ghost hunting shows" when the investigator is in a 16th Century German castle or something trying to talk to ghosts in English...
ReplyDeleteAlso on ghost hunting shows, especially stuff like "most haunted" when something happens and suddenly the cameras pointing at the floor, everyone's screaming, they run, then 5 minutes later someones looking down the camera panting saying some crap like "we heard a noise" or "something touched me". You're asking for a response, stop either pretending to get a response, or being mega surprised at getting what you ask for.
There's a lot that bugs me, but those two really grind my gears.
Unnecessary gore and cheap jump scares. The background music that changes to a suspense tune whenever anything odd happens, even when it's not paranormal. When the hosts and producers exaggerate and falsify the history and activity of the locations. Stupid tough-guy videography of the hosts and guests. Having the camera focused mainly on the hosts just to show their reaction to something they cannot/will not allow us to verify. Constantly investigating in the dark.
ReplyDeleteFor me the list is endless but this is one that always stands out and gets to me.
ReplyDeleteWhen someone says something to the effect of "I heard/saw/felt something but nobody was there."
You will hear something like this on virtually every episode of any show, both from witnesses and supposed "investigators" (who should know better if they knew anything at all about the subject they are supposedly an expert in).
To say something like this is sad enough, but the fact that it gets through the editing/post-production process shows that everyone involved has zero credibility or knowledge regarding the paranormal.
You're such a hypocrite in that you don't want commenters using bad language in this website yet you do the same. If you want all people to follow your rules, you should do the same as well.
ReplyDeleteThe worst of the worst: Zach douchebagans. If u watch closely, you'll notice that Aaron is the only one who gets (real?) interactions/footage. And D-bag is such a desperate baby he immediately fakes some invisible touch, chill, etc., to put the focus back on himself. Ditto with the property owners; he will ask them a question then instantly interrupt them to spout more BS. When will this insufferable dudebro disappear?
ReplyDelete