Reality is merely an [REDACTED], albeit a very [Spooky] one

Xehalus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2vRF1N-53I

http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-173
http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-087
http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-701

the spooky threads were the first ones I lurked in on these forums and it's really cold outside which leads to an eerie silence

then I was remembering how much I Iiked Coast 2 Coast AM w/ Art Bell and these two games

so, what's spookin'

Beasteh

now you've got three main kinds of haunts, your ghosts, spectres, and spooktres

most people forget about the spooktres

Hermano

A G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-GH-GH-OST!

Hermano

Ah no, it's just that creepy old janitor trying to scare people away, my mistake

Sterica

Beasteh wrote: »

now you've got three main kinds of haunts, your ghosts, spectres, and spooktres

most people forget about the spooktres

You forgot Spookdos and Spookicuno

godmode

Updated for the modern times: "...and the text came from inside the house!"

LuvTheMonkey

Fun fact - the old spooky thread is a first page result when you search for "STILL THE BEST 1973" on Google

Grey Ghost

Hermano wrote: »

A G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-GH-GH-OST!

It's just me, bro
Chillax

Weaver

godmode wrote: »

Updated for the modern times: "...and the text came from inside the house!"

get a facetime call that turns your phone screen into a scrying pool

JayKaos

Weaver wrote: »

godmode wrote: »

Updated for the modern times: "...and the text came from inside the house!"

get a facetime call that turns your phone screen into a scrying pool

https://twitter.com/ActualPerson084 is my favorite for these sort of spooks.

Vann Diras

Yes hello this is my thread

Me and my roommate are super into the show paranormal witness right now guys

Gimme all the dramatic reenactments of paranormal experiences you got, tv show

I need them all

jgeis

I will literally never get tired of Ghost Adventures. That show really entertains me on so many levels. I mean, the stuff that comes out of Zac Bagan's mouth is just too funny, their whole attitude towards ghost hunting is both frustrating and endearing, and then every once in a while something really weird happens on camera and it becomes difficult to think that it could all be a hoax.

I've never actually seen anyone call out GA on being an actual hoax just for entertainment (which would probably just be fine with me anyway). I've seen plenty of people claim that it's all overblown and bad evidence (which it is like 95% of the time). Just never anyone being like "I work at such and such location they filmed at and they faked everything."

#pipe

I like spooky things.

Tasteticle

Because of the last spooky thread I watched Grave Encounters. it was fun!

I then watched VHS. Is the sequel any better? I love the premise but only 2 of those films felt worthwhile.

#pipe

forget VHS

watch UHF instead.

Tasteticle

UHF is great

But it is not spooky

#pipe

Tasteticle wrote: »

UHF is great

But it is not spooky

Hermano

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Hermano wrote: »

A G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-GH-GH-OST!

It's just me, bro
Chillax

Aaaaaaaaaaaagh

Weaver

ghosted

Skeith

Spooky thread you say?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF7ONGguSeg

Azraith

VHS 2 has a better good to not-good ratio on the segments I think. There's maybe only one that I thought was meh. The others were either sufficiently spooky, interesting, or amusing to keep me entertaining. The one Gareth Evans did is awesome.

Xehalus

I wish every day was Halloween

Antimatter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9_51fjQNiw

Xehalus

Ghost Box

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6BeUnzK9CI

I am also a fan of Ghost Adventures for them sticking to a small crew and using risky equipment like ghost/spirit boxes

Grey Ghost

Wait how is it risky

Metalbourne

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Wait how is it risky

They tend to explode

Veldrin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ess9bRJ0bPw

Grey Ghost

I think maybe I don't understand what a spirit box is
I'm not able to watch that video right now, if they explain it there

Grey Ghost

Oh wait I didn't realize there was a link, hold up

Edit: that thing sounds like hot bullshit
The only risk there is the chance that you just paid money for a worthless piece of junk, which, spoiler alert, there is a 100% chance of

Donovan Puppyfucker

Skeith wrote: »

Spooky thread you say?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF7ONGguSeg

Why not just link Contact, which samples audio recordings of actual astronauts reporting on sightings of unidentified flying objects in space?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcuKxAvCSZ4

Marathon

Metalbourne wrote: »

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Wait how is it risky

They tend to explode

And thereby creating more ghosts.

jgeis

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Oh wait I didn't realize there was a link, hold up

Edit: that thing sounds like hot bullshit
The only risk there is the chance that you just paid money for a worthless piece of junk, which, spoiler alert, there is a 100% chance of

The video he provided isn't for the Ovilus (which seems like hot BS to me too), but a different device. It doesn't use a word bank or an EMF detector, but it's basically a radio that quickly scans across a wide range of frequencies. The result is generally static but then occasionally they get sounds that are interpretable as human speech or other paranormal noises. The idea is that it won't be able to stay on any frequency long enough for any sort of distinguishable radio interference or programming to come through, so any coherent voices coming through must be due to some sort of manipulation. I don't know if it's truly any less BS than something like an Ovilus, but personally it seems closer to something that might possibly work since I can see the logic and method of operation behind it.

Grey Ghost

Fair enough
Still curious about the use of the word "risky"

Vann Diras

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Fair enough
Still curious about the use of the word "risky"

what is they provoke the ghosts too much

what then

jgeis

Risky in that it is more open to ridicule maybe?

Grey Ghost

jgeis wrote: »

Risky in that it is more open to ridicule maybe?

Well they knew about that risk when they took the job

#pipe

jgeis wrote: »

I don't know if it's truly any less BS than something like an Ovilus, but personally it seems closer to something that might possibly work since I can see the logic and method of operation behind it.

Something that might possibly work...

to pick up the voices of ghosts, you mean?

Grey Ghost

Like, you guys all know ghosts aren't real, right? They're... they're not

These shows can be fun to watch because they go to cool places or the guys on the team are wacky and entertaining, but there's not really any mileage in discussing the validity of any of their methods

jgeis

#pipe wrote: »

jgeis wrote: »

I don't know if it's truly any less BS than something like an Ovilus, but personally it seems closer to something that might possibly work since I can see the logic and method of operation behind it.

Something that might possibly work...

to pick up the voices of ghosts, you mean?

Yeah, or something like that.

jgeis

And yeah, I watch these shows because they are entertaining as heck, not because they're discovering some great truth or whatever.

They pique my curiosity and I am someone who believes that there is still a whole lot left to figure out about the world we live in.

It's just worth it to watch and wonder sometimes.

RandomEncounter

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Like, you guys all know ghosts aren't real, right? They're... they're not

These shows can be fun to watch because they go to cool places or the guys on the team are wacky and entertaining, but there's not really any mileage in discussing the validity of any of their methods

What about Grey Ghosts?