Ghost Hunters: Frauds or Forthright?

The Debunkers

The debunkers are the ones who think it’s a trick, and then figure out a way that it could be done.  YouTube abounds with these videos, many of them quite atrocious.  The only problem with the debunkers is that it’s binary thinking, if it can be debunked, then obviously it was faked.  Fallacious reasoning.

There are a lot things that “could” have been faked. 

• The moon landing
• The death of Elvis
• The twin towers collapse
• The assassination of JFK, for most of you out there, aside from your parents telling you he existed how do you even know such a man existed?  Let alone became President.

The only answer to the debunkers is also obvious, just because something can be faked, doesn’t mean it was faked.

The Envious

As far as I’m concerned, these are the really nasty ones.  Those who accuse them of doing all of this simply for profit.  Uhm hello, what part about the group starting fourteen years before there was ever a television show, don’t you understand?  Seems a long time to wait just to cash in.

So what if a couple regular people make good?  So what?

So what if they make bank?  Boku bank.  My answer is good for them.  Good for them, their interests, and what they’ve given to the communities, and any people they’ve helped, good for them they profit from it.  We all work to better our situation, why should they be any different?

It’s the American Way.  So I don’t think they owe anyone anything, except to be true to themselves.

Do You Believe in Ghosts?

Do I?  Sorry Jason, sorry Grant, I don’t believe in ghosts.  But every week I look forward to watching the show.  I enjoy it.  I enjoy it because it is exactly the guys down the block doing something interesting.  Learning and pioneering methods and tools that no one else uses.  And these people aren’t movie stars, they’re not rocket scientists, and they have neighborly drama sometimes.

It’s fun. (And I can identify with Steve, I won’t fly either)

Sure I have my moments when I look at the screen and go “that was a cat, not a ghost.“  I’ve been outside at 3AM in the morning and I’ve heard cats make that noise.  That was a cat.  And I am sure that there are times when what they’ve run across are just people who live under the radar, the homeless, the homeless by choice, etc.  Some of the places they go, how could they not?

I’m sure that sometimes people try to fraud and trick them.  I’m equally sure that at times members have tricked each other.  Because it’s like family.  It happens.  And a little bit of all of that will get captured by the cameras and end up in the show.

So…I don’t think they’re frauds.  I really see no reason not to give them the benefit of the doubt, or suspension of disbelief.  It’s interesting.  It’s enjoyable.  We don’t always come to the same conclusions, but hey, that’s family.

I wonder if next week will be a new episode?  I can hardly wait!