Ghost Hunters S06E11

Their back! Onboard this weeks investigation are Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Britt Griffith, Amy Bruni, Kris Williams & KJ McCormick.

Otesaga Hotel, Cooperstown New York

One of the complaints I've made about GHI recently was that on the hotspot walkthroughs no-one appeared to be taking any notes during the tour. Britt addressed that this week, he was carrying a notepad & frequently making notes. I am guessing this was shot whilst semester 2 of GHA was going on as theres no Steve & Tango, Britt is doing tech management all on his own. He is going to be a very valuable asset to GHI when he takes over from Robb.

I dont know what the 1st sound Jason reacted to was but the one that caused him to ask "What the hell was that" I did very clearly hear & it sounded like extremely heavy footsteps or heavy objects being moved around above them. It seems GHI's laser grid to detect motion has now made its way onto this show but I was extremely dismayed to see Kris & Amy STILL using the "flashlight method" of communication and still trying to pass it off as paranormal when it was debunked as nothing but ordinary science in action early this year in the Syfy forum.

Whatever caused Britt to ask "What the hell was that" (seems to be the new reoccurring catchphrase now?) all I heard was wind & seconds earlier you could see the room window was open & the curtains were blowing, he described it as "like a door closing" but I heard nothing but wind. Yet again the Pilgrim camera crew were facing in totally the wrong direction to capture whatever Britt thought he saw & whatever KJ reacted to in the laser grid.

We've told them before but it seems we have to tell you again, if the action is where the investigators are looking then dont film the investigators - film what they are looking at. It only serves to make the show look extremely hokey (or more hokey than it already was). I think we have now got to the point where its about time there weren't any specific camera people, let the investigators be the camera crew as most of them carry DV cameras anyway.

Just after they say "theres no place for it to go" did anyone else hear someone rattling door handles when neither Britt nor KJ are anywhere near a door? (at around 17:11 into the show), KJ then rattled 3 door handles himself and apart from the fact he is louder thats the exact same sound you'd heard moments earlier). Back with Jay & Grant still in the ballroom hearing noises that no-one else can hear as per usual because all TAPS members are equipped with super hearing obviously. I could hear the mechanical sound Jason said was a fan (air conditioning fan I assume?).

Britt explained what the ETC unit did (covering thermal, UV & IR cameras) but not what it stood for. I have no idea what KJ saw especially as all cameras were facing in the direction he was looking. I think Britt was trying to chase his own shadow into the room he entered as you clearly see it in front of him. When Britt is standing in the closet door you clearly hear the female voice (@ 22:45 into the show) that causes him to turn around then moves the clothes on hangers to 1 side.

We did see an extremely bad example of possible cross contamination when Grant radioed to ask if anyone had slammed a door we had a 3 screen view & it was painfully clear all 3 teams of investigators were all inside the location at once, admittedly in different areas but its always a bad idea to have more than 1 team on site at once to rule out noises from other teams as possible sources. So basically any bangs or footsteps now have to be thrown out as viable paranormal evidence.

I have no idea what they were seeing go into Room 585 behind Kris as she was doing her recap to camera, all I could hear was the whispering (which I assume was Amy speaking to the producer), sadly it cant be presented as evidence as Kris was standing directly in front of the door obscuring the cameras view of it so I am afraid thats 2 personal experiences only and totally useless as actual evidence. As far as the "thump" they heard (@27.45), frankly that could have been from behind the camera (I'm not saying it was the Pilgrim guys deliberately making noise to make it appear as though the location was active when it wasnt but it sure felt that way).

I did hear the "whimper" that Amy heard (@ 28.15), why she thought it was hot in Room 585 I have no clue as the window was open & you could see the breeze. As far as Jay & Grant asking for things to happen on demand I'd like to ask if a walkie talkie keying up would cause the K2 meter to react like it does as you can clearly see Grant holding his just before he leaves the room. I'm not sure what was causing the hooting whistle that made Jason check out the bedroom (I am guessing possibly the various air vents?) but I didnt hear the dragging or footsteps that either guy said he heard.

Analysis & Reveal:- As far as the voiced that spooked Britt in the closet, it is certainly NOT saying "Amy", it sounds more like "Bobby" as you can hear the B sound at least twice, it may be saying "Mommy" or "Poppy" possibly but it sounds like an adult female voice. During the reveal Grant commits the usual no-no of citing personal experiences as evidence. Honestly guys how many times do we have to go over this? If its not on tape or on camera you CAN NOT present it!

Excuse the use of caps but if these people are that stupid then we have to make it sink in. This is Grant Wilson, co-founder of TAPS doing something we were told in previous series is the worst possible thing a "respected" paranormal investigator can do. So STOP IT!

Yet again Jason & Grant were presenting the "flashlight method" as paranormal evidence, guys please we have long since debunked this so again stop presenting this as paranormal. The sound that made Jason ask "What the hell was that" is obviously a set of double doors eventually swinging closed, its just a matter of working out which of the other 2 teams were near a double door at the time so thats debunked as far as I am concerned. I also had to laugh at Jasons 2 statements about not having contamination as well, how clueless is he exactly?