The Kappa is a curious choice for DT.  There are much cooler and more ferocious monsters in Asia in which to choose from.  Anyway, if anyone is interested, here's a site that will tell you more about the Kappa then you would ever want to know:

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/kappa.shtml

Nosfer off-handedly said: "(kinda hard to investigate sunken ships on land)"

Not if you're on that island in "Lost."  Didn't they have a "sunken ship" laying around on land?

It would be an ex-sunken ship. 

@ BD – I haven't watched Fringe since the first season.  I got tired of the old guy having done 254,983 ground-breaking experiments "back in the day."

Ok…back to DT.

More FLIR fun.  The highly forgettable duo of whoever (honestly…I can never remember the names of those new guys who go off on their own) catch an image on the FLIR while in an old building.  They see the image, instantly stop and then do what any one of us here at SV would do…immediately begin an EVP session.  Of course…I mean…why, oh…I don't know…why not walk about 10 feet and look out that doorway? 

The image seemed to glow hot.  Not being able to see the temperature range and having to judge things through the psychedelic colors kind of makes things difficult.  But for all intents and purposes, it looked like a human figure, showed heat like a human figure, and then the human figure "disappeared" into the jungle…mostly because the human figure went behind the wall and then wasn't followed.

Even J&G had reservations about it…which I have to admit, took me by surprise.

The interesting tidbit thrown at us though was the "roar of the engines" while diving through a particular ship.  My first thought was that they are by tiny little islands…might be a hydrothermal vent laying around somewhere.  But…I'm at loss here.  I understand the basics behind fissures and such, but…I have no idea how they sound underwater.  I'm not a diver.  So…that's my guess.  Some sort of heated water making some noise through a small fissure.  Anyone else have some experience with this or have a better guess?

Part two, the Kappa…only one thing sort of stuck with me.  Right when they got into the flat boat, propelled by long poles…they see a fish and get all excited.  Then one of the nameless/faceless guys says "That was pretty big for a fish." in a disbelieving almost mocking tone.  I found that a very odd thing to say.  What sort of fish?  Fish can be quite large.  Larger than that boat that they were in.  Obviously he had never seen the show "River Monsters."

In fact…"River Monsters" did an excellent job a while back concerning a very unusual "monster" seen from an  airplane in Alaska.  The guy on the show asked tons of questions and figured out that what people were seeing was a White Sturgeon (the type is a bit rare).  It can be over 20 feet in length and over 1800 lbs!  Here's a picture of a "small one" that he caught.

So…not sure what the DT guy was getting at.  River fish can be extremely large.  Might be handy to know that if one is into cryptozoology and is going out into the field to "find the truth."  And speaking of handy things to know…what was all that nonsense about reeds being laid down and a certain location being a "lair."  Really?  What were they getting on about?  Reeds can't lay down due to a shift in the river mud or because of extreme height?  They need to be "pushed down" because something is making a lair?  Something that they can tell in the dark?  A Kappa lair?  Really?   

Nosfer said: "J&G dismissing the thermal image was interesting. They've shown far more dismissible evidence to a client when it comes to hot FLIR images.  This also goes to show something about contamination. Here was a case where they thought they were isolated yet the most likely explanation is a "local"? If so, what does that say about all the other times they claim they were in a clean environment?"

Your line about contamination really resonated with me.  If we (the SV "B" team) were to investigate a supposedly haunted location, how would we use the FLIR?  I think first, we'd upgrade the equipment.  The iSeries is fine for what it is actually intended for, but for our specific use, I would want the upgraded version that could detect and measure temperature of gases.  I always thought that volcanic gas had something to do with that image that we saw in an earlier episode of DT in Japan (the one with the forest on Mt Fuji that people would go to commit suicide in…can't remember the name).

I do not believe that we would use the FLIR as a "ghost detector."  That is not listed among its functions.  I believe that we would use it to prevent contamination.  If we saw a white-hot human figure while using it, our first thought wouldn't be "It's a ghost, let's do an EVP session" but…"Why is an unauthorized person in this zone while we're investigating?" 

For example, in last night's episode…the supposedly human image seen on the FLIR is only about 10 feet away.  After seeing it again…"if" human, how far could the person have gotten in that time?  Another 10 feet?  So…walk out that doorway, point the FLIR in that direction and odds are…you're still going to see him/her.  Not doing this…is extremely odd.  Not giving chase becomes very curious indeed and something that I was saying in my "FLIR or Foul?" thread.  This lack of action strikes me as suspicious.  Why don't they follow?  Because they got what they came for…a weird FLIR image…no reason to "debunk their own junk" when ambiguous evidence rules the day.  I mean why walk 10 feet and solve something?  That's not really their job, is it?

@ Patrick – Thanks for the personal experience info on sounds underwater.  Hydro-acoustics has always fascinated me.  Very complex.  I've wanted to study it, but…never had the time.  Anyway, the pitch of engines heard underwater that you mention is pretty interesting.  I've heard a bit of that in my VERY limited time in the water (I like land…not a fan of the water  ).  That's why I went beneath the waves and introduced the fissure theory.  I would "think" that the sound would be deeper…like a heavy engine. Hopefully, someone who reads this either lives by one or has vacationed somewhere and has actually heard things like this underwater.  But man…just scraping the surface of hydro-acoustics…that noise could be a host of things.  Maybe even a combination of sounds…I mean there is no reason to just assume that the sound is coming from a single source (if not paranormal, of course…but let's not throw that option on the table just yet…).

Ok…you're seen their sound guy right?  Do you think he's capable of anything like that?