Anyone see this last night- supernatural type show/busters

[TK171]

Not sure the name of it.. was flipping around last night and it might have been on discovery or something. A group of folks go around trying to bunk myths or aliens or supernatural things.

Wanted to see the outcome of this swing that has been in constant motion for 6 yrs or something. Myth was it was the ghost of a kids who died near by.

Course, the wife came home and Law N Order was on.. so I forgot to watch what happened or if they busted it.

The guy just before commercial thought maybe it was some sort of magnetic field under the sand. But he couldn't detect anything with the metal detector.

That was my thought, as the swing seats looked to be of metal and the sand/dirt around the swing set just looked "placed".

Anyone see this... and what the heck was the outcome?

 

[CessnaDriver]

Must be this show, I've caught a bit of it now and then, and was impressed they were debunking paranormal BS...

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But after reading the above, sounds like they are not fully competent separating fact from fake.

 

[Jannix Quinn]

They figured out it was wind. The shape of the moving swing was different enough from the other two that it acted like a sail.

 

[TK171]

huh.. I wouldn't have thought that, especially how it seem the wind was more of a cross wind.

I thought it was odd though with the large wide metal seats and that had something to do with it.

But I was thinking it was a gimick and some sort of magnetic field pushing just the middle one away from the very center. It seem to go from a standstill to moving quickly in a short time.

Thanks for the updates!!

 

[Gigatron]

"Fact or Faked" is such crap. It's so bad, it makes "Paranormal State" look legit :lol.

Their "science" is so flawed, it's laughable. FoF tries one experiement and if it doesn't debunk the video, the video must be real. But the way they tout their investigators, is the sad part. A third rate journalist, someone who knows how to take pictures, an ex FBI field agent and some other clowns - what, exactly, about their pasts, makes them experts in any field?

The most genuine "de-bunkers" was season 1 of Ghost Humters. Then they sold out and now everything is haunted.

-Fred

 

[CessnaDriver]

"Fact or Faked" is such crap. It's so bad, it makes "Paranormal State" look legit :lol.

Their "science" is so flawed, it's laughable. FoF tries one experiement and if it doesn't debunk the video, the video must be real. But the way they tout their investigators, is the sad part. A third rate journalist, someone who knows how to take pictures, an ex FBI field agent and some other clowns - what, exactly, about their pasts, makes them experts in any field?

The most genuine "de-bunkers" was season 1 of Ghost Humters. Then they sold out and now everything is haunted.

-Fred

Bummer.
We really need a popular ScoobyDoo/Mythbusters like squad to tear off the masks of all the old man Jenkins BS artists out there.

 

[TK171]

:lol if it wasn't for those dang meddling ex field agents and jounralists...

 

[defstartrooper]

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[Jannix Quinn]

...FoF tries one experiement and if it doesn't debunk the video, the video must be real...

To be fair, they actually try four or five things.

I think I enjoy it more for the 'it's real' factor, but just more for the stories and weird things people report happening. It doesn't have to be real to be enjoyable.

I used to watch Ghost Hunters, but they certainly sold out. There was one Halloween live event where they very obviously faked something. Again, I don't care if it's real or not as long as it holds attention.

 

[Gigatron]

To be fair, they actually try four or five things.

Ok, granted, they do make multiple attempts - but the attempts are so logically flawed, that it wouldn't matter it they tried a hundred different things.

I can sit there and think of a dozen different ways to try and debunk the videos - that would actually work - just not "look" impressive on TV. Does every debunking have to include holding a model or photograph up to a plate of glass and photographing it? It didn't work the first time, it didn't work the 20th time and it's not going to work the 150th time. As a debunking method - let it go, man. It's a flawed trick from the start.

The worst is when they try debunking and get a result that kind of matches - even if it's remotely, marginally close, they consider it a success. Last weeks episode is a classic example. The "alien" floating in the room; they film a jacket on a coatrack and flash a flashlight over it. It looks nothing like the video, yet they claim that that's how the original person did the trick. What? Even Mr. Magoo would be able to tell the two pictures/videos don't look alike. I'm all for debunking, but at least figure out how it was actually done - not "eh, it's sorta close, so we'll give up and call it a win".

They should try using actual scientific methods, not first grade science. They really do need Mythbusters type objectivity.

-Fred