what crap


wtf is this doing on animal planet?

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wtf is this doing on animal planet?

Because it involves animals.

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/the-haunted/

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKk1u5RMTn4

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hardly ever...most of the shows don't involve the animals at all. They start the show out with the animals and then you don't hear about them again.

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I've watched a few of these episodes where the animals indeed play a larger role in the events, they growl and bark at whatever is there and in the most upsetting cases the animals get sick or are even killed by whatever is in the house.

The whole point of the show is that if you have an animal(s) you've got yourself an early warning system for spirits that may or may not be in your home.

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Because it involves animals.
Barely. They introduce the family, mention that they have pets, and then go on with whatever's happening, in which the pets are barely mentioned.

Case in point: I just watched the episode about an inn with a haunted room in which a woman had been murdered, and the only animal involvement was for about 2 minutes in which, during the course of the investigation in the second half of the show, they brought in a couple of dogs that are trained to find corpses. The dogs came in, went to the corner of the room where the woman died and gave their indications (pawing at the floor and such), and then that was the end of any animal role in the episode.

It's a fun show, but come on, let's stop pretending it's even remotely about animals.

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Yeah, The "Demon Attack" episode is perfect example of that. They only mention the dog at the very beginning, but the rest of the episode no mention of the dog at all!

They only talk about their little daughter most of the time. This crap doesn't belong on Animal Planet! This show is totally off topic.

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My name is Bob Baker and I was the lead investigator in this episode. The show has to do with the effects on living animals not dead ones. They showed the home owners dogs throughout the show. The demon dog was just another paranormal portion of the show. FYI, for the most part we are recreating the original story. There is some footage from our original investigation, but 80% is recreated and yes the story is real and did happen the way it was shown. I lived this thing for about a year and it was hell. By the way the demon did come back.

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Thank you for responding to these nitwits! Unfortunately, for the majority of people, believing in spirits isn't possible until they experience it themselves. As a Psychic Medium and Paranormal investigator of 20 years myself I know that first hand. I spent 2 weeks in the hospital after being pushed down a flight of stairs by an unfriendly spirit. Kinda curbed my enthusiasm for ghost hunting!

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Since there aren't many responses to this thread, I assume that i'm one of the "nitwits" you're referring to. FYI, I believe in spirits, always have. In the post I made on this thread last year, I was disputing that this show is about animals, not that the stories are real. Well, I assume some of them are fake or exaggerated, but I believe most of them are real. I just take issue with the fact that Animal Planet won't admit that they're going the way of the History Channel, TLC and all the rest and selling out for ratings. Ghosts are popular, so they put a ghost show on an animal channel with minimal animal involvement in most episodes. I refer you to the episode I mentioned in my earlier post, where the only animal involvement was a dog that was trained to find corpses that was brought in to see if a person had died in a hotel room. A minute or two of total animal involvement in the episode. That's how it is in most episodes; the animal involvement is minimal, and the show is about the people and their experiences. Which is fine! I like the subject of ghosts, I like ghost shows. I just wish Animal Planet would be honest about the fact that they're just the latest in a long line of American TV channels to sell out for ratings by going for what's most popular instead of what they were supposed to be about. It's not like no one expects it to happen. The only channel that will never do that is the Military Channel, since Americans have such a culture of military-fetishism. But Animal Planet, yeah, this is the way it's going.

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I must apologize, I did NOT read everything you wrote but I believe I understand your central point.

My point and yes I must use CAPS

ANIMAL PLANET, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES FOR USING INNOCENT ANIMALS FOR "GAIN". TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF ANIMALS AND THEN SAY, OH THEY HEAR AND SEE THINGS WE CAN'T....YEAH LIKE ANIMALS HAVE MORE ORGASMS THAN HUMANS DO, WHEN THEY HUMP STUFFED ANIMALS.


Ok I'm done

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Actually, I'm watching the episode right now where the married couple purchase a bed and breakfast. A significant part of the episode details the reaction of their cat after they move in, how she began to act skittish and unlike herself.

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Yeah sure you are.

If this show was a true documentary, then it would show actual surveillance footage of the investigations, not just audio recordings and reenactments.

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Yeah sure you are.

If this show was a true documentary, then it would show actual surveillance footage of the investigations, not just audio recordings and reenactments.

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Necromancer!

Milk It.

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You're not forced to watch Animal Planet. Turn the channel if you're offended OP.

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