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

XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
edited August 2014 in Social Entropy++
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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'

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    now you've got three main kinds of haunts, your ghosts, spectres, and spooktres

    most people forget about the spooktres

  • HermanoHermano Registered User regular
    A G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-GH-GH-OST!


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  • HermanoHermano Registered User regular
    Ah no, it's just that creepy old janitor trying to scare people away, my mistake


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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    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

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  • godmodegodmode Southeast JapanRegistered User regular
    Updated for the modern times: "...and the text came from inside the house!"

  • LuvTheMonkeyLuvTheMonkey High Sierra Serenade Registered User regular
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    Fun fact - the old spooky thread is a first page result when you search for "STILL THE BEST 1973" on Google

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Hermano wrote: »
    A G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-GH-GH-OST!

    It's just me, bro
    Chillax

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    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

  • JayKaosJayKaos Registered User regular
    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.

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  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    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

  • jgeisjgeis Registered User regular
    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#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    I like spooky things.

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    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.


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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    forget VHS

    watch UHF instead.

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    UHF is great

    But it is not spooky


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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    Tasteticle wrote: »
    UHF is great

    But it is not spooky

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  • HermanoHermano Registered User regular
    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


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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    ghosted

  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    Spooky thread you say?

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

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  • AzraithAzraith DON'T Registered User regular
    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.

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  • XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
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    I wish every day was Halloween

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9_51fjQNiw

  • XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    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 GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Wait how is it risky

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Wait how is it risky

    They tend to explode

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ess9bRJ0bPw

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    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

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited January 2014
    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

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    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

  • MarathonMarathon Registered User regular
    Metalbourne wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Wait how is it risky

    They tend to explode

    And thereby creating more ghosts.

  • jgeisjgeis Registered User regular
    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 GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Fair enough
    Still curious about the use of the word "risky"

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  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Fair enough
    Still curious about the use of the word "risky"

    what is they provoke the ghosts too much

    what then

  • jgeisjgeis Registered User regular
    Risky in that it is more open to ridicule maybe?

  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    jgeis wrote: »
    Risky in that it is more open to ridicule maybe?

    Well they knew about that risk when they took the job

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    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?

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    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

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  • jgeisjgeis Registered User regular
    #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.

  • jgeisjgeis Registered User regular
    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.

  • RandomEncounterRandomEncounter Registered User regular
    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?

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