Sci Fi Channel TAPS/Ghost Hunters

[jkoci]

It looks like they started reruns tonight building up to the season opener on June 6th. I have always wondered about the validity of the show and of TAPS. Anyone have any information or opinions on this? Thanks.

John

[Aaron LeClair]

Originally Posted by jkoci

It looks like they started reruns tonight building up to the season opener on June 6th. I have always wondered about the validity of the show and of TAPS. Anyone have any information or opinions on this? Thanks.

John

TAPs is legit. That's why the show is so boring.

[Raevenskye]

Originally Posted by jkoci

It looks like they started reruns tonight building up to the season opener on June 6th. I have always wondered about the validity of the show and of TAPS. Anyone have any information or opinions on this? Thanks.

John

we watched it religiously, but what always annoyed us is all the footage of them arguing all the time! i think they're a real investigation group, tho

[fitzbew88]

I confess I have followed the show since Day 1.

I have found it very eye-opening.

Some of the phenomena displayed on the show via video, etc. is simply either a "real" unknown force or an out-and-out hoax.

I suspect the show represents a mixture.

Grant and Jason (the lead investigators) seem like square dudes, on TV at least, and I don't think they would deliberately "pwn" viewers. But I think they have been victims of pranks and hoaxers. In fact, one show dealt with some amazing footage that turned out to be hoaxed by an unknown party. (The "Queen Mary" investigation.) They discovered the hoax on that episode, but you have to ask: what have they missed?

[Aaron LeClair]

Originally Posted by fitzbew88

I confess I have followed the show since Day 1.

I have found it very eye-opening.

Some of the phenomena displayed on the show via video, etc. is simply either a "real" unknown force or an out-and-out hoax.

I suspect the show represents a mixture.

Grant and Jason (the lead investigators) seem like square dudes, on TV at least, and I don't think they would deliberately "pwn" viewers. But I think they have been victims of pranks and hoaxers. In fact, one show dealt with some amazing footage that turned out to be hoaxed by an unknown party. (The "Queen Mary" investigation.) They discovered the hoax on that episode, but you have to ask: what have they missed?

Was the Queen Mary episode the one where they got video of something seeming to walk toward the camera, then away abruptly?

I haven't watched many episodes of Ghost hunters. The ones I've seen were extremely boring to me. What I know of the TAPS team is good though. They're in touch with a ghost group here in my area that I have been loosely affiliated with.

[fitzbew88]

Originally Posted by A.LeClair

Was the Queen Mary episode the one where they got video of something seeming to walk toward the camera, then away abruptly?

No, the episode I'm referring to involved an incident in which an unattended camera appeared to record a bed unmake itself. (This was on the Queen Mary.)

A sharp-eared team member, though, heard the camera beeping when it was being paused/unpaused. (An audio recorder was in the room, independent of the camera.) The hoaxer was stopping the camera, moving the covers, starting the camera, etc..

Although the stateroom door was locked, it was determined that access to the room could be obtained via a maintenance closet.

Of course, perhaps, it was a ghost pausing/unpausing the camera. ;-)

[Raevenskye]

Originally Posted by fitzbew88

No, the episode I'm referring to involved an incident in which an unattended camera appeared to record a bed unmake itself. (This was on the Queen Mary.)

A sharp-eared team member, though, heard the camera beeping when it was being paused/unpaused. (An audio recorder was in the room, independent of the camera.) The hoaxer was stopping the camera, moving the covers, starting the camera, etc..

Although the stateroom door was locked, it was determined that access to the room could be obtained via a maintenance closet.

Of course, perhaps, it was a ghost pausing/unpausing the camera. ;-)

oh riiiight....i remember that episode! aren't these the guys who caught the videos in the lighthouse too? St. Augustine?

[fitzbew88]

Originally Posted by Raevenskye

oh riiiight....i remember that episode! aren't these the guys who caught the videos in the lighthouse too? St. Augustine?

Was it in Florida? (I can't recall the name of the location.)

In this episode, the camera seems to "catch" a shadowy figure peering over a railing at the top [inside] of a lighthouse. This repeats itself a few times, and I got the feeling the shadow's motion was sort've "panicky".

We are led to believe there is only one way to the top of the lighthouse, and a search found nothing.

Optical/camera issues can't be totally ruled out, but it sure does make you think.

[Raevenskye]

Originally Posted by fitzbew88

Was it in Florida? (I can't recall the name of the location.)

In this episode, the camera seems to "catch" a shadowy figure peering over a railing at the top [inside] of a lighthouse. This repeats itself a few times, and I got the feeling the shadow's motion was sort've "panicky".

We are led to believe there is only one way to the top of the lighthouse, and a search found nothing.

Optical/camera issues can't be totally ruled out, but it sure does make you think.

right! that's the one...and I thought it was either St. Aug, or Ponce Inlet, b/c wherever it was, we'd just been there! those were great shots, too

[Aaron LeClair]

Originally Posted by fitzbew88

No, the episode I'm referring to involved an incident in which an unattended camera appeared to record a bed unmake itself. (This was on the Queen Mary.)

A sharp-eared team member, though, heard the camera beeping when it was being paused/unpaused. (An audio recorder was in the room, independent of the camera.) The hoaxer was stopping the camera, moving the covers, starting the camera, etc..

Although the stateroom door was locked, it was determined that access to the room could be obtained via a maintenance closet.

Of course, perhaps, it was a ghost pausing/unpausing the camera. ;-)

Interesting.

I saw one episode where one of the TAPs members had the covers over his feet lift up. This was caught on tape. Whoever set up the camera didn't get his whole body in the frame though. In the end, it couldn't be ruled out that this was a ghost moving the blankets or not.

I'll see if I can come up with the clip of the ghost I was referring to. For some reason I was thinking it was on the Queen Mary.