Learjet said:

Rob and Brandy have some EMF meters setup on a table and try to make conversation with the heater, er sorry a ghost. I notice some "answers" in the form of EMF hits came before the questions were finished. Strangely this "evidence" was either not presented at the reveal or was presented but edited out. Curious… http://yfrog.com/n8emfmetersj

I recall one question Robb asked was "Do you understand?" And no response was seen! Peculiar. Chose not to answer or didn't understand any of the questions asked, thus lights random? Or nothing there in the first place. Could you see any reactions on the Trifield meter that was right to the left of it?

I can't tell on that new-fangled one they have, I did a brief search looking for an instruction manual but couldn't find any details on what the significance of the middle light was (I think the one to the right near power was the power light) nor the red LED at the top.

Learjet said:

As far as I could tell, the Trifield was silent, but I'm not sure which model this is (there are 3) or which setting was used. There is a buzzer on the Trifield as you may remember from my electrostatic video.

They used that buzzer quite effectively also during one of their (GHI's) first uses of EMF detector's as conversation tools…might have been at Pucksley. Another thing to wonder about: They concentrate solely on the center one and do not raise any questions about whether the other ones on the table are being "manipulated"

Since they are in the dark (read that any way you like lol) I have to suspect that the Trifield was set on the "make noise" setting. Afterall, I'm not sure in the dark from that distance that they'd see the needle moving!

Is there any theory out there that ghosts could only manipulate ONE of the meters? Sort of like EVPs showing up on only ONE recorder (Monique never answered my question in the Flashlight Button thread) If it's just their energy that sets it off, then whether this was legit or faked, all meters should have picked it up unless the entity was standing such that it was only along the axis of one of the meters. But since it had to move to turn the lights off, you'd think at some point one of the other ones would be tripped.

I'd like to see a bunch of single-axis meters set up in a row and the test be for the entity to walk along them, passing through each meter's axis as it goes. If the meters registered in a cascade like form, ie, first one, then the next one, then the next and so on down the line. Then I would start to go "hmmmmmmm"

Learjet said:

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Well, we don't even know what settings these meters are set to. If one is set to electric fields, one magnetic and one AC then only one is likely to activate.

I think the field around the ghost is pretty big…remember the ship they did with the guy from Eureka (GH, that is, not GHI) In that one the meters were apart, unfortunately I can't recall HOW FAR apart but there was definitely some distance separating them, meter or two? Both of the lights came on. Course wasn't that a case where there were multiple entities present? Based, of course, upon the answers the K2 was giving in the first place lol…talk about a house of cards!

You're right, the meters at the Wolf's Lair could have been on different settings, we only saw two of them up close…I'm not sure what settings were (or what it was capable of detecting) on the meter to the right…I think that's the first time we've seen that one used, too.

If these folks had a gram of intent of proving or showing or documenting ANYTHING, they would explain what the settings were as they set the meters up…and probably lose 83% of the audience. They would also have to understand their equipment better so as to explain it, too. They may understand it, but that sure doesn't come across very well as that image you posted of them using the powerline meter showed.

In a field where so little is actually known, you do have to make assumptions, but where we differ from what we see going on on the shows is recognizing the need to test those assumptions. We don't know if an entity exists, or whether it has a field around it, or how big the field is. If you make a guess at the extent of the supposed field, I would say that would be three assumptions! But you could then begin testing. When all is unknown, you have to start _somewhere_.

The preceding paragraph is somewhat tongue-in-cheek because there is actually a fourth assumption, that being that what we were seeing in that scene was actually what was REALLY happening.

I'll have to take a look at that table again, but I don't think that a data-logging thermometer was in use…what a missed opportunity :(

One of the times the meter lit up, was that in response (thus a yes) to the question of "will I be able to see you [in these photos]?" or words to that effect?

Brandy's question of "Did you stay here with Hitler?" is followed by some changing lights on the far right meter, but nothing on the center one.  They don't seem to acknowledge that activity.

No lights for either question of whether or not the entity was murdered or died of natural causes.  What other choice is there?

"Now when I look at these pictures are we going to be able to see you or are you going to remai…"  The lights come on right at the word "or"

I'll have to pay attention the next time they show the USS Hornet, I think that may be one of the few times we've seen multiple meters used like that and it sure raises some questions about the whole energy field.  Remember the one where they were using the K2 to get a very tight outline of the entity sitting on the bench?  The field didn't extend more than a few centimeters from the way the K2 was lighting up.

Given some of the quirks they've had with these DIY setups there's always room for glitches.  I don't want to use that as a cop-out explanation but there was something about the pan that made me wonder if we were seeing a ghost…no, not a paranormal one, rather a latent image that was "shifted" or "retained" in the pan and appeared out of place…like the "face and sword earring" in this week's episode.  I'd need to look at it again.