supernaturally biased

[DoktorSick]

I seen some of those ghost hunters and it seem one sided.
How can you claim to be investigating when you go onto scene
with your mind made up of what's going on.
And horrible process of answer questions and checking out the scene
of where the supernatural event has taken place.
They get video footage of something flying across the room and all they
do is look at the tape.What does that prove except something flew across the room.
They never seem to go and check the room and check the object to see if it was tampered with.It's automatically assumed it was a ghost and that's it.
And people they all assume that people who say hey our place is haunted is telling
the truth or number of other issue that could cause one to think there place is haunted.LIke stress,illegal drugs and even prescription drugs.
I'm not debating where or not ghost are real or not but the investigating process.
If they claim to be doing research and investigations. Shouldn't be about examining the evidence and not based on what one believes.

[Infinite Grey]

I seen some of those ghost hunters and it seem one sided.
How can you claim to be investigating when you go onto scene
with your mind made up of what's going on.
And horrible process of answer questions and checking out the scene
of where the supernatural event has taken place.
They get video footage of something flying across the room and all they
do is look at the tape.What does that prove except something flew across the room.
They never seem to go and check the room and check the object to see if it was tampered with.It's automatically assumed it was a ghost and that's it.
And people they all assume that people who say hey our place is haunted is telling
the truth or number of other issue that could cause one to think there place is haunted.LIke stress,illegal drugs and even prescription drugs.
I'm not debating where or not ghost are real or not but the investigating process.
If they claim to be doing research and investigations. Shouldn't be about examining the evidence and not based on what one believes.

Most ghost hunters I've seen have little interest in investigating, but wanting to gaining footage and photography that will cause a sensation; legit or not.

I've yet to see these so called investigators use any investigative technique all; they simply rock up to a reportedly haunted place and proceed to scare themselves silly and call it proof.

[Moonlight's Daughter]

Depends on what you are talking about. the show Ghosthunters actually tries to debunk it first. Rarely do they call it haunted.

[Lunacie]

I seen some of those ghost hunters and it seem one sided.
How can you claim to be investigating when you go onto scene
with your mind made up of what's going on.
And horrible process of answer questions and checking out the scene
of where the supernatural event has taken place.
They get video footage of something flying across the room and all they
do is look at the tape.What does that prove except something flew across the room.
They never seem to go and check the room and check the object to see if it was tampered with.It's automatically assumed it was a ghost and that's it.
And people they all assume that people who say hey our place is haunted is telling
the truth or number of other issue that could cause one to think there place is haunted.LIke stress,illegal drugs and even prescription drugs.
I'm not debating where or not ghost are real or not but the investigating process.
If they claim to be doing research and investigations. Shouldn't be about examining the evidence and not based on what one believes.

I agree, and I don't watch those shows, they are just too cheezy, heck they're not even funny. :goodgrief

I do enjoy watching Ghost Hunters because they are very skeptical and go in with the intention of debunking everything. If anything is left that can't be explained, they say there may be paranormal activity. If they have personal experiences and can back them up with all their gadgets and cameras, they may say a place is haunted.

For myself, without using any gadgets, I still go in thinking there may be lots of explainations for what the homeowner is feeling, and unless I have an experience of my own that can't be explained (everyone is going to feel creepy in the furnace room where all the power boxes are located eh) then I don't agree there is any haunting. Even when I do have a personal experience - such as a ghost giving me a poke or making something move - I don't assume it's an angry spirit. Not every paranormal experience means you're going to end up butchered or possessed. :eyebrow:

[IceLupa]

I watch Most Haunted and it sounds similar to Ghosthunters. Often when they hear strange sounds they can't explain, the entire crew are too afraid to go and investigate. The show seems geared towards frightening people in the dark than really hunting for any ghosts. Sometimes they hold a seance and one person screams or feels "cold".

In a recent show, one woman was too scared to be left on her own in a darkened room. The presenter Yvette Fielding wanted to leave her in there so she we could all see the poor woman freaking out. When she decided not to remain in there, Ms Fielding was very disappointed. It seems that show is based on people being scared. In early shows from the 90's, Fielding was always the one screaming but she doesn't do it anymore. Another member of the crew was seen throwing a glass off a ouija board. The show expected us to think that he was possessed by a ghost into doing it.

[Saggitario]

I run a paranormal investigation group out here in California.

Every group is different, they each have different goals and methodologies for ghost hunting. Some groups go out, gather evidence, post it on their website, and rinse and repeat. Some are more spiritually based; they use mediums and ouija boards, and are more interested in having experiences. Others are hard-core scientists; they go out into the field with a ton of environmental equipment, and look for correlations between environmental variables and ghostly activity.

Our group operates using what we call a "client-based" approach. This means that before we even do the investigation, we sit down with the home-owner and discuss with them the things they've experienced, and what they want from our group.

The vast majority of the time (80%+), the client just wants some external validation to what they are experiencing. In some cases, they want whatever it is removed from the house. We dont do cleansings or other things of a spiritual nature, but if the person wants that, we will find someone who is compatible with their religious leanings to come and do a cleansing free of charge.

Our investigators go in with varying knowledge of the activity that has been reported. Some people want to know everything, others want to know nothing. What we are looking for is whether someone who knows nothing of the experiences will have similar ones or have something completely different. Another thing along these lines that we do, is that we have an 'experience box'. The way that works is, Instead of telling someone "ohmygodohmygodohmygod! I JUST HEARD FOOTSTEPS!!", The investigator calmly excuses themselves, writes their experience on a notecard, and puts it in the box. At the end of the investigation, we go through everyone's experiences and try to find correlations. We've had some good results with that. It's not uncommon for different investigators to experience similar things in the same spot at a location.

We try to go in without speculating what might be going on. We have some people who are more spiritually minded, but we tell everyone to not speculate until after we've gone over the evidence. Sometimes that's hard to do, but it keeps us more objective.

Investigations are actually pretty boring. Most of the time, nothing happens, and you just sit around in a dark building, waiting. But the few times something does happen, completely makes up for it. We've had people join our group after seeing the TV shows, only to leave when it's not as exciting as the shows make it out to be. :abored: