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Title: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: MarioModder on September 19, 2010, 18:01:02
I am working on a site which I offer opinions on the Ghost Hunter's (TAPS) evidence. The user has to decide what to believe in.

Once the site is live, I'll include it in my sig.

Just giving everyone a heads up.

Edit:


Ghost Hunters = Show on SyFy
TAPS = The Atlantic Paranormal Society
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Stillwater on September 19, 2010, 18:03:40
From the title, it seems you have already made up your mind  :wink:
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: MarioModder on September 19, 2010, 18:16:41
Yep, I have. I'm just going to be putting this site out for everyone else. And I am hoping to make some dollars with Adsense.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Stillwater on September 19, 2010, 19:01:09
Well... that will probably only work for as long as the show is current- which won't be for long.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: horaciocs on September 19, 2010, 19:32:42
Ok, I'm in the dark here, which ghost hunters are you talking about and what's TAPS?
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: MarioModder on September 19, 2010, 21:20:28
Oh, sorry:

Ghost Hunters = Show on SyFy
TAPS = The Atlantic Paranormal Society
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Xanth on September 19, 2010, 22:00:25
Interesting... but outside the scope of this forum.

I'll just move this to our general chat area for anyone who cares.  :)
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Stillwater on September 19, 2010, 22:25:37
No-  I think it was in precisely the right area-  psychic-paranormal. :wink:
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: personalreality on September 19, 2010, 22:29:19
you seen the episode of south park with TAPS?

hilarious.

my fiance loved ghost hunters, but after that she can't keep a straight face when she watches it.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Xanth on September 19, 2010, 23:06:09
Quote from: personalreality on September 19, 2010, 22:29:19
you seen the episode of south park with TAPS?

hilarious.

my fiance loved ghost hunters, but after that she can't keep a straight face when she watches it.
It's one of my favourite shows.  I watch it online all the time when new eps come on.

Fake or not... it's entertaining.
Which is more than I can say for a lot of shows on tv these days.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Stillwater on September 20, 2010, 00:07:44
QuoteFake or not... it's entertaining.
Which is more than I can say for a lot of shows on tv these days.

But you do have to admit that if it is fake, it is very irresponsible, if only for the fact that it would further take away credibility from people who were legitimately researching what they believed to be a real phenomenon, which is unfortunate.

Having a hoax in your line of work obviously does not reflect on you, but it does further strain people's tendency to be open minded about an idea.

For instance, if, for example, TAPS is a hoax... it allows you to conclude... TAPS is a hoax. And very little else.

The way people generally think however, whould be, "If TAPS is a hoax... then I bet a bunch of other researchers in the field are perpetrating a hoax... possibly all of them... this is clearly only something fools consider."

Very insidious, no?
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Xanth on September 20, 2010, 00:49:27
Quote from: Stillwater on September 20, 2010, 00:07:44
But you do have to admit that if it is fake, it is very irresponsible, if only for the fact that it would further take away credibility from people who were legitimately researching what they believed to be a real phenomenon, which is unfortunate.

Having a hoax in your line of work obviously does not reflect on you, but it does further strain people's tendency to be open minded about an idea.

For instance, if, for example, TAPS is a hoax... it allows you to conclude... TAPS is a hoax. And very little else.

The way people generally think however, whould be, "If TAPS is a hoax... then I bet a bunch of other researchers in the field are perpetrating a hoax... possibly all of them... this is clearly only something fools consider."

Very insidious, no?
I agree... and disagree...

I agree, because obviously, as you said, it would cast doubt from others on the TAPS organization.  And, naturally, as the progression goes... down to us Astral Projectors (metaphysics).

And I disagree, because it doesn't matter to me one bit what other people think about them... or, to extend this even further, to myself.  :)

I do understand what you're saying, Stillwater.
I just see through the point entirely.  :)

People need to stop trying to prove everything in this world is a hoax... and put their energy towards something a bit more meaningful.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Stillwater on September 20, 2010, 00:56:34
QuotePeople need to stop trying to prove everything in this world is a hoax... and put their energy towards something a bit more meaningful.

LOL!

Yeah... I am pretty sure you are a hoax Xanth. You are probably just Stookie's other online pesonsality. And Stookie is a hoax too. He is just Frank, who didn't want people to hassle him about the book they paid for. And Adrian is also Frank, when he wants to sell more books  :wink:
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Xanth on September 20, 2010, 01:44:28
Quote from: Stillwater on September 20, 2010, 00:56:34
LOL!

Yeah... I am pretty sure you are a hoax Xanth. You are probably just Stookie's other online pesonsality. And Stookie is a hoax too. He is just Frank, who didn't want people to hassle him about the book they paid for. And Adrian is also Frank, when he wants to sell more books  :wink:
The jig is up!  ^_^
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Naykid on September 20, 2010, 07:50:36
Hahaha Xanth.  You deem it not fake so you move the thread.. classic.

I'm with the OP, FAKE.  The first season they were really trying to be honest, but they found out real quick that a show that consist of nothing but people walking around chatting it up without Ghost activity can make for a crappy show.  They are listed as a Docudrama which means.. Oh yeah, we can make up stuff so the drama is elevated and I think that means they also work off of a small script.  If you notice every time something was seen, Jason and Grant are always "alone".... and it's always a "personal" experience.  They sold out, period.  I think they had good intentions at the very beginning but greed won out... of course.

Here's a great video showing Grant trying to pull off a live hoax, but the cameras do not lie.  What a bunch of maroooons...  :roll:  All these stupid paranormal shows tick me off, because they are all fake.  "Ghost hunting" is not exciting and when they try and make every little sound a ghost or demon.. Arrrgghhh..  Oh, and don't get me started on all the dust particles, moisture particles and bugs that get caught on tape, being called spirits.   :evil:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlM-Uy8ODYQ
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Xanth on September 20, 2010, 11:12:56
Actually, I moved the thread here because trying to prove a TV show to be fake or real, I FEEL, isn't what this forum is about.  That's all. :)
Not because I think it's real or fake. 

If one of the other mods disagrees... it's all good if they want to move it back.  ;)
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: personalreality on September 20, 2010, 11:15:26
Where was it in the first place?

I would have moved it to psychic and paranormal.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Stookie on September 20, 2010, 11:40:15
Yeah, I think it would fit in with psychic and paranormal. But 99% of psychic and paranormal stuff is probably bogus.

I only saw one episode of a "ghost hunters" type show, and the 2 baffoons would get all excited and start running when nothing was happening. I don't think I made it through the whole episode. That show with Jennifer Love Hewitt was more realistic.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Xanth on September 20, 2010, 11:59:47
When I watch them online, I generally just fast forward to the reveal where they show the evidence.  lol
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: personalreality on September 20, 2010, 13:33:15
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/251866/ (http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/251866/)

this is perfect.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: AmbientSound on September 20, 2010, 21:43:19
I'm pretty sure the TV show is real, based on the collective observation that the TV show does in fact exist.  :-P
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: personalreality on September 21, 2010, 14:02:33
LOL.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: BrainStorm_wow on September 26, 2010, 15:09:50
In the Uk they have a better ghost hunter show, where girls in their underwear investigate hunted houses. Much better show imo.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Naykid on September 26, 2010, 16:51:41
 :lol:

Typical male response.  It's a trick of the hand ya know?  While you're scoping out the arse, they are planting the ghosts.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Stillwater on September 26, 2010, 17:03:52


QuoteIn the Uk they have a better ghost hunter show, where girls in their underwear investigate hunted houses.

The hunters investigate hunted houses, eh? Like the witch Baba Yaga's house?


(http://images.elfwood.com/art/r/e/reuben/reubencdodd_baba_yagas_hut.jpg)
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Capt. Picard on September 26, 2010, 18:58:14
One thing ghost hunters dont know is what constitutes evidence...
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Stillwater on September 26, 2010, 19:26:32
Well, I am sure the people themselves do, but in the interest of making a television show, they throw in anything and overdramatize the slightest non-occurance.

----------------

*A noise is heard as a crew member walks in the other room*

"What was that!  A SPOOKY GHOST! SHOW YOURSELF SPOOKY GHOST!"

Ten minutes later in the show, the incident is shown in slow motion, in infrared, as definitive evidence of poltergeist activity.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: Naykid on September 27, 2010, 07:44:05
Hence, the docudrama title.
Title: Re: Haunted Hoax: TAPS
Post by: personalreality on September 27, 2010, 19:50:06
lol