Whether its using a dog as an EMF detector, getting locked into buildings and screaming insults at the dead or placing people in supposedly haunted locations alone in order to increase the fear factor, the paranormal investigations shows have hit new lows. If these folks were truly in it for answers about the paranormal phenomena in our world they would stop the gimmicks and the showmanship.
Besides the fact it ridicules the study of the dead, it makes them look stupid and in it for the royalties.
As Deer Creek Research continues its analysis of the haunting phenomena we find more and more the human element of an investigation. Its easy to forget when you watch these shows that these “ghosts” were once people with families, friends, jobs and dreams. The fact that they have passed makes them no less human, just a lot less physical (in our current understanding). A little more respect and a few less gimmicks and drama would serve these so called professionals well.
What we as grounded investigators must do is teach the curious that half the nonsense you see on television does not happen on a real investigation. As Deer Creek Research concentrates its study on the verbal phenomena of the dead we spend most of our time sitting very still in the dark talking to thin air. That’s an investigation. Anything more than that and we feel a scene is contaminated.
Perhaps that’s why these shows spend twenty minutes and a commercial break highlighting a single EVP when DCR manages to capture an average of 12 to 15 EVPs in a two to three hour session. If they would all stop making things up, heightening the drama and creating a fear factor they may find more convincing evidence to share with their viewers.
You know, actually try and communicate with the dead instead of invoking parlor tricks.
There are small paranormal groups across the country conducting experiments, researching old buildings and investigating the reports of a haunting. They share their findings through the network of ghost hunters and don’t need the lure of a TV show to search for the truth. A fellow ghost hunter said it best: “stop watching the shows and get out there and find out for yourself whats going on.”
Its really that simple.
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