Fact or Faked Paranormal Files

[Minor Axis]

Fact or Faked Paranormal Files- New reality show on SciFi Channel. Wife and I have watched for the last two nights. This show receives movies or stories of mysteries, Lockness type creature in a Pennsylvania lake, ghosts, ufos, myths, creatures, etc.

Most interesting was the Beast of Dartmoore (U.K.) a very interesting but blurry movie showing something fairly large and black creature bounding through the moors. The movie looks like something similar to a lion running except it seems more slinky and it bounds as it runs more than a lion does. Any of our U.K. members heard of this?

My number one complaint about this show is that they spend all this time and money to get to a location and then they spend about a day total investigating, not nearly enough time to adequately investigate imo, and half of the time spent debunking the applicable legend. The most stupid thing they've done, if you want to believe this could be real is go diving at night for this large 20 foot creature called "Raystown Ray in a Pennsylvania lake and go out in the moors at night looking for this large lion like creature. I wonder if they were armed at all? Anyway, they spend a day checking things out and then call it a quits, resulting in most of their cases get labeled, "undetermined". Of the 4 things we've seen investigated, 3 were labeled undetermined, and one (3 triangular lights over El Cahon, CA), because they could duplicate it with a balloon and flares as a fake. The problem is that it really does not prove anything. The show has potential, but based on their shooting schedule, I don't think as a rule, they will find much of anything.

This also reminds me of aother SciFi Channel show called Destination Truth that rarely locates anything because one day is all they can afford too. I mean, they went all the way to Machu Piccho looking for ghosts and only spent one evening there. Then they try to build up nothing into something. with lots of atmospheric scary music. These shows are hard core entertainment, not serious investigations, and yes REALITY TV. Sigh.

 

[darkangel]

I watched it once and didn't like it. It was rather boring to me and I watch a lot on the Scyfy Channel...Destination truth is not good to me either. I think I like Haven the best right now on Scyfy even though it's not a reality show but it is new...

 

[Peter Parka]

There have been lots of sightings, videos and photos of big cats in Britain and I would say there's a lot more evidence to support it that for say stuff like bigfoot and the loch ness monster. There was a sighting a couple of miles away from where I live. In the 70s, laws were changed about keeping exotic pets so it's very likely that irresponsible owners just released their big cats into the wild to avoid this.
Remember, in Scotland, we already have one species of wild cat and they are so good at avoiding people, they are rarely seen.

Here's an interesting site about it

http://www.bigcatsinbritain.org/

 

[Sneakiecat]

I saw a commercial for this and had high hopes. I'm still going to watch an episode but if it's like you said, that's probably all I'll watch.

 

[Minor Axis]

I watched it once and didn't like it. It was rather boring to me and I watch a lot on the Scyfy Channel...Destination truth is not good to me either. I think I like Haven the best right now on Scyfy even though it's not a reality show but it is new...

Do you by chance like Ghost Hunters?

There have been lots of sightings, videos and photos of big cats in Britain and I would say there's a lot more evidence to support it that for say stuff like bigfoot and the loch ness monster. There was a sighting a couple of miles away from where I live. In the 70s, laws were changed about keeping exotic pets so it's very likely that irresponsible owners just released their big cats into the wild to avoid this.
Remember, in Scotland, we already have one species of wild cat and they are so good at avoiding people, they are rarely seen.

Here's an interesting site about it

http://www.bigcatsinbritain.org/

Pete, thanks for the link! It seemed like a big cat. So these guys are out wandering through the woods for one lousy night. I thought, it will serve them right if one of you gets dragged off into the dark for dinner.

I saw a commercial for this and had high hopes. I'm still going to watch an episode but if it's like you said, that's probably all I'll watch.

Have you watched Destination Truth? Same formula, different wrapper.

 

[Sneakiecat]

Have you watched Destination Truth? Same formula, different wrapper.

I've seen bits and pieces of a couple of episodes and I wasn't too impressed.

 

[skyblue]

dartmoor has many myths and legends,from pixies and being visited by the devil to big cats and the hound of the baskervilles....unlikely though seeing as the dartmoor ponies are thriving and not being preyed upon

 

[Minor Axis]

I watched it once and didn't like it. It was rather boring to me and I watch a lot on the Scyfy Channel...Destination truth is not good to me either. I think I like Haven the best right now on Scyfy even though it's not a reality show but it is new...

I should try to catch Haven.

dartmoor has many myths and legends,from pixies and being visited by the devil to big cats and the hound of the baskervilles....unlikely though seeing as the dartmoor ponies are thriving and not being preyed upon

Good point. :humm:

 

[darkangel]

Do you by chance like Ghost Hunters?

I've liked Ghost Hunters since it first came out! Although I would say that The owners are the ones that really make the show. They do a lot of debunking and you do see some RL unexplainable stuff on there. I dont watch Ghost Hunters International though.

I should try to catch Haven.

Haven is based on Stephen Kings The Colorado Kid and has not been disappointing so far!