@farmerman,
farmerman wrote:It sure spurred a lot of silly tv shows on such places as the "History Channel" or the "Science Channel"
How embarrassing for them. Another reminder of just what lengths TV shows/stations will go to attract "eyeballs" to their channel.
farmerman wrote:The shows were a stupid as those ghost hunter shows where everthing is filmed through night vision glasses and everyone is hearing ghosts but we never see them.
It's amazing to watch the participants in those shows get so wrapped up into their own bullshit. They wander around in the dark, hyper sensitive to ANYTHING and gasp, "ooo, I felt a breeze", "did you hear that?", "did that door just move by a fraction of a micron?". And then they dissemble... "I don't think we have enough evidence to say conclusively that the barely audible noise that you think you might have heard was actually a ghost". Duh, they don't have ANY evidence of ANYTHING.
Gives me an idea for another show. They should pick 10 people at random who have purchased lottery tickets for huge drawings, and then follow them around for an hour before each drawing and whip up the excitement in anticipation of their big win... which will never happen. Then the commentator can say, "awww, so close, this guy almost matched one number on his ticket". "Tune in next week while we watch another ten people who are never going to win the lottery!"