Britt and the door…

First and foremost, I cannot properly convey how unimpressed I am when a menial object, like a door, does what it is designed to do…like open or close.  Doors have these things called "hinges."  They allow the door to swing.  You rarely see free-standing doors on hinges in a Magicians show.  Why?  Because most people get that a door can swing open or closed.  The same people can probably come up with many reasons why a door would swing closed "seemingly" on it's own.  Unfortunately, for us, none of these people wear TAPS gear and walk around in the dark.  Which leads me to my second observation…

We have had long discussions on why TAPS (or the rest of the paranormal shows) do their investigations in the dark.  The most agreed upon answer is that it simply makes for good TV.  It creates tension, spookiness, and just an overall "look."  Ok.  Fine.  Whatever.  But…if you are in the dark and a door seemingly moves on it's own and after you clean yourself because obviously this is a VERY scary event…why would you start "debunking" it in the dark?

Consider if something like that happened to you.  Even if you had a flashlight in one hand and a video camera with night vision in the other hand…you'd still put one of them down and turn on the light.  You'd want to see that door closely.  You would check that floor for pressure points that would allow that door to move.

In this scenario, if, like Britt, you were standing outside the radius of the door (BOTH times the door moved)…then jumping up and down WITHIN the radius of the door probably isn't very useful, is it?  And if you were jumping up and down by the door (which you weren't doing at the time…but anyway…)…wouldn't you want to watch both the floor and door for any sort of weird movement?

And my absolute favorite part?  Near the end of the review, Grant, with that dead-pan, empty look of his says "These things happened to us and we can't explain them."  As if no one can possibly solve anything that supposedly had happened during the night and therefore one must strongly consider the paranormal for answers.  If one cannot solve 5+3= ?, that doesn't mean that there isn't an answer.  It means that you aren't really trying all that hard to solve the problem…or…you need to get in touch with the closest 5th grader…  

Just reading posts over at the TAPS forums, this episode has gone down like a lead balloon even with the true believers over the door-gate controversy.

Nosfer said: "I think Britt is standing well within the swing radius the second time."

Hmmm….I only saw this episode once.  I thought the second time Britt was standing outside the room, just in front of the doorway (thus outside of the swing radius).  The door begins to move and only then does Britt take a step forward into the swing radius and walks into the already moving door.

If anyone is checking out this door footage, can someone either confirm that or straighten me out.  I thought the door was already moving by the time he crossed the threshold of the door.

Learjet said: "Just reading posts over at the TAPS forums, this episode has gone down like a lead balloon even with the true believers over the door-gate controversy."

Wow, that's kind of interesting.  I also wonder if Britt is falling out of favor with the "true believers."  If so, is he really the best choice as a replacement for Robb on GHI (IF Robb does indeed step down/gets booted…)? 

Ok, thanks.  I couldn't remember it that clearly.  So much weirdness going on, I felt like I was watching a magic show and I was trying to look at where I'm not supposed to.  Kind of like when you said Britt was too animated.  It was hard to focus on just one aspect of the weirdness…

Where is Kris Gartland when we need her? I remember on one old GH episode where she brought along a pocket level to check some steps I think it was. Found they were crooked. This is the only time I ever saw the level used.

A basic piece of equipment that no one seems to carry. Might have been useful on the door or the floor.