Alright, folks, this is the big one. After this episode, we can all stop watching for we will have had our answer. Be on the look out for a Full-Body Apparition finally caught on video. Does this mean they've quietly dismissed Fort Mifflin, Fort Delaware, the Records Room and a host of others? But as Steve says "I don't think we've ever seen anything like this, ever."

This episode will "Put all doubts to rest".

Wait a sec…I just realized that the excited announcer guy didn't say "Put all doubts [about _____] to rest" Just that it will put all doubts to rest.

The team goes to Townsend, MA, to search for evidence in what is called a "house museum" Wait…where does John Zaffis keep his stuff? No, that's in Stratford, Connecticut. Well, at least we don't have a cross-over going on. It appears to be the place where a grieving mother committed suicide and then has haunted four generations of the family afterward.

We witness yet another basement with lots of wires and high EMF, a veritable fear cage. This is to lull the audience into believing that they are in "debunk mode" and that they truly don't expect to find anything although they do hear footsteps while down there. We've seen this misdirection ploy many times before, haven't we.

I'd truly like to be able to accept this great evidence at face value but, given the past, the most this can be is a "hmmmm, interesting." For those of us who have witnessed the Manson episode and the oodles of SFTs and K2-conversations, this episode is not likely to put any doubts to rest. 'Tis really a shame. If they ever do capture THE evidence, THE proof of the paranormal, the findings will forever be tainted by past incidents.

Sit back and watch, if nothing else, it should prove to be an interesting episode.

Point to Ponder: If this is the one to put all doubts to rest, to finally prove things, that "once in seven years event" where they capture something, isn't the rest of the series going to be awfully anticlimactic?

Post edited 7:18 pm – September 14, 2011 by Nosfer

I'd like to run some tests to recreate the one walking behind the display cabinet.  They show an example of what motion blur looks like, but they don't have the EXIF intact so I can't tell if it's the same shutter speed as the ones of the "entity" walking behind the display cabinet.  The resulting blur is going to look different if it's a person walking with purpose vs just some people sitting and standing mostly still which is what their example photo shows.

Edited:  The webpage says "The entire photo is in focus except for the anomaly so it's not a motion blur."  No, not motion blur from the camera moving but it certainly could be motion blur from the OBJECT/PERSON moving!  The photographer should play the lottery.  Takes a 3-shot burst at random…and gets the best framing possible, not just of one shot, but in all three shots.  That's pretty darn good!

Post edited 8:54 pm – September 14, 2011 by Nosfer

Flashlights on gravestone were caught in the thermal and the one that had been "manipulated by the spirit" was warmer than the other ones.

So was the flashlight at the Stanley on GHA. 

But Grant (back when J&G were performing the SFT) said that the flashlight was "wicked cold" after the spirit turned it on and off.

Hmmmm, what gives?

And, again, three flashlights just triples the odds that "A" flashlight is going to come on but with no designation of a yes, no, maybe or other answer or signficance assigned to them, it's meaningless.

I don't think it is a motion-activated camera, I think the motion detection portion is in the software when it is played back.  There is definitely something being held in the right hand of the figure.

Post edited 3:57 pm – September 17, 2011 by Nosfer

Here is a sequence of photos.  The first is Steve walking at the top of the steps about to come down and sit almost exactly where the FBA was seen.  Notice he has an EMF in his hand and is holding his hand very much like the FBA…he's placing it in his jacket pocket.  When he comes down and sits on the steps, he has it back out.  Then I presume he got up and pocketed it (which was captured as the FBA)  Too bad they don't have timestamps on anything, what an oversight on their point cough cough

When he gets up, he does have it still in his hand, but I wonder how many takes that scene took?  Notice also that he has a cuff that comes in the same place.

The one in his hand appears to be a digital recorder, it looks a bit more narrow than the emf detector.  I can matrix a distinct thumb from the hand and it would be in the right position to be holding it.  The top bright light is a reflection off the wall behind.  The other three lights appear to move in a swishing motion in the frames before the one that I posted so presumably are being carried by the figure…but are they attached to the object in his hand?  I would assume so since they do seem to move with it, but they do seem to be separate given the way it is held.  The only thing I can think of with a similar configuration would be a DVR, but from the one Grant is carrying, I'm not sure it would fit in a pocket too easily.

We are looking at something that is not moving at the full frame rate, and probably some GA Waverly Hills effect going on, too.

Congratulations on your 9th post!  (Darn, I've GOT to stop thinking in binary )