Then there are those who believe everything about investigations are bunk. "When they cut back to him, the device was lit up and the watch was gone. It was clearly two different times." "I remember one time they showed the device starting to light up, and the guy holding the device had a huge watch on his wrist," Amico said. The problem, Amico said, is that something as simple as a cellphone can disrupt the field and make the EMF sensor light up like a Christmas tree. The more lights, the stronger the electromagnetic change. The electromagnetic field (EMF) sensor features a series of lights that illuminate one after another. The on-screen investigators also can manipulate devices that detect changes in the electromagnetic field, believed to indicate the presence of spirits, Amico said. ‘Help me.’ But it’s only because he planted it in your head.” “Let’s say he tells everyone he hears, ‘Help me.’ When it's played again, that what you hear. 'It's all about suggestion'Ī fluctuation in static, for example, can be translated as, “Get out.” Or “He's here.” Or any number of things, most of them eerie. That changes once ghost hunters put words to those sounds, interpreting them as voices from beyond the grave. In most cases, words are almost impossible to make out amid the static and buzzing, and may be nothing more than background sounds, Amico said. Since ghosts have no vocal cords, they use their energy to electrically manipulate sound that can be picked up by EVP recorders, paranormal investigators say. The experts either place an EVP recorder in an empty room (the recording is analyzed later) or use it to “interview” any spirits interested in chatting. “Many of these ghost-hunting shows are not evidence-driven, but more based upon experiences from the cast and crew, not concrete evidence always.”Īmico also takes issue with the way hunters interpret those static-filled electronic voice phenomena (EVP) recordings. “I wish that ghosts showed up on demand but it doesn't work that way,” he said. Jay Yates, who with his wife Marie, have been featured on several TV and radio shows dedicated to paranormal investigations, said that in some cases cameras are set up weeks before the ghost hunters themselves arrive. The “night in a haunted house” scenario is necessary to keep viewers interested, though it’s highly unlikely that’s how the investigation unfolded. A typical paranormal investigation takes several visits over weeks or months, he said, and 99% of that time would set off every tedium monitor in the place, if such a thing existed. Everyone goes home shaken.Īmico said the shows are misleading at best, fake at worst. Before the sun rises, they’ve seen/spoken with/found evidence of the afterlife. Investigators equipped with cameras and various ghost-detecting devices spend a night in a hotel/house/abandoned warehouse said to be haunted. MORE THINGS TO DO: For restaurant reviews, travel tips, concert picks and more, subscribe to. Similar shows followed in its glowing green footsteps, including Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures” and “Haunted USA.” Specter-chasing TV shows caught on in 2004 with SyFy’s “Ghost Hunters,” which lasted 12 years before broadcasting its last episode in October 2016. There’s no way to prove he wasn’t touched, or that someone off camera didn’t slam the door.” “A guy says he felt something touch him, or you hear a door slam off camera,” Amico said. Such eerie incidents are extremely rare and easily fabricated. Those fans expect to see evidence of the afterlife, from an empty rocking chair moving by itself to shadowy apparitions coalescing in corners. In 2014 he and his wife started AZ Paranormal Investigations and Research Society.Īnd that’s where these un-reality shows pose problems, he said. He’s been investigating the paranormal for 15 years. “It never happens like that.”Īmico has the experience to back up his claim. “Most of that stuff on TV is bunk,” Vincent Amico said. The frame jumps and blurs before steadying itself and focusing on the man’s face and his look of shock.Īnd it’s largely ghost-hunting theater, according to one of Phoenix’s longtime paranormal investigators. “We’re hoping she’s in the mood to answer some – holy (bleep), something touched me!” “This is where a figure of a small girl has been sighted on numerous occasions,” the man says in a hushed voice. He swivels his head toward the camera, his eyes glowing like orbs. On a fuzzy green screen, you see a T-shirt-wearing man pointing a small electronic recorder toward a murky corner.
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