Have you ever wondered why you love or hate that t.v. show Finding Bigfoot? Well here are a few interesting spoilers about how these types of shows could be designed to keep your attention,and not so much about actually finding anything...
Nick Redfern just posted a awesome piece about the "The 10 Commandments of Paranormal TV". We're all too familiar with these type of television shows: One hot chick, green night-vision footage, and people scaring themselves over cobwebs-- all the right ingredients for a great paranormal television show. We place the blame entirely on Ghost Huntersfor this madness. Here's the first four from Nick's post
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1. Thou shalt always have thy team comprised of more men than women. The former should generally sport some form of headwear (either a baseball cap or something befitting Indiana Jones). The latter should always be kept away from Manna from Heaven and the food of the gods. Anorexic-looking, in other words.
2. Ensure that thy cast doth drive a flashy all-terrain vehicle rather than a car. If that same vehicle can be filled with lots of cameras, weird-looking devices and advanced technologies - and bountiful shots of such items can be captured for the viewer - ye will reap rewards beyond thy imagination (that's to say you will get your expenses paid a week early).
3. Lest ye risk facing the wrath of the Almighty (in this case the TV channel that is funding the show), thou shalt secure a great deal of night-vision footage. And not for any particular reason, aside from, well, it's night-vision footage and everyone else's show has it, so why not thy heroes, too?
4. To avoid forever being plunged into the heart of some hellish realm, ensure that at least every 5 minutes one of thy cast members utters a variation of the following words (which must always be whispered, rather than spoken or shouted): "What the hell was that?!" "Did you hear that?!" "What the f**k is that?!" "Can you see that?!"
You can check out Redfern's entire 10 commandments of paranormal TV at his blog, nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com
Found at Bigfootevidence.blogspot.com
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