Ghost Hunting | Debunking the Flashlight Trick

[@justinlaboy6837]

the one thing I always want someone to acknowledge but NO ONE ever does or has, is the fact that every time an investigator claims they feel a "cold spot,", they NEVER confirm it with the thermal. it's always just a verbal description with some brief hand gestures.

[@paranormaltv2478]

When it comes to reality TV investigations that is often the case, however, thermal cameras are not ideally suited for detecting changes in air temperature as they are designed to measure surface temperature. A standard digital thermometer would serve much better... not that they use those much either lol

[@ElixerS5]

Sam and Colby should see this. But they probably already know

[@AdamUKG]

They're fake ofc they know...

[@Rodrijer001]

Flashlights are a big chunk of their content they need this.

[@realfiregod0466]

When Sam and Colby first started doing paranormal investigations they didn't use the Paranormal flashlights

[@RestInPeaceParanormal-Ohio]

Those guys are the biggest fakes on KZbin - I'm convinced they have that flashlight rigged with a trigger to go off when they want it to.

[@realfiregod0466]

This the first time I heard anyone mentioned something about Sam and Colby using trigger rigged flashlights

[@Wayhoo]

These videos make me not believe Sam and Colby at all anymore 💀

[@RamiroSugis]

haha am here cuz of them too lol

[@BRO-rj8pw]

they didn't know sam and colby are not smart at all, because of how hot or cold they can't control that

[@JayVideoSpots]

Thank you for doing experiments to test theories ensure integrity in paranormal tools. We need more of that. I found your video and another on the same topic that attribute the on/off on heat cycles. Respectfully, your video doesn't seem to explain why the light goes off. You said the fiddling builds up heat. The light is placed in the OFF position and later turns ON after the heat dissipates (the shield contracts as it cools). As soon as it turns on, it begins to heat up again (shield expands). As long as the light in on, it will maintain or gain heat. It should never turn off as it always has a heat source. Please recall that at the start (during the fiddling) it was placed down in the OFF position (manually turned off) and allowed to cool. Once the light is on, it can not cycle unless an outside something interacts with it because it will never cool. Fiddle with it, but set in down ON, will it turn off on it's own? If it doesn't, then your explanation may be flawed. What do you think?

[@paranormaltv2478]

You raise a good question, perhaps we didn’t iterate the proposed methodology of the flashlight trick as clearly as we could have. To clarify, the flashlight is not technically off when paranormal investigators use this technique but rather adjusted until it is between the on and off positions, creating an in perfect contact but the light will appear to be out. If it adjusted too much in either direction, the light will be either on or off and the flashlight will fail to illuminate anomalously. When an imperfect contact is induced there is still some current passing through the unit, however, not enough to fully illuminate the flashlight. That is where most of the heat will come from to initiate the process and start causing anomalies. Any extra heat gained from handling the flashlight as you are setting it up further speeds up the process. At the end of the day we have seen some interesting uses of this technique but our tests show that there is still a huge margin for error due to the false positives that we know can be produced. Thanks for watching and giving us your feedback, always nice to hear from our viewers!!!

[@realfiregod0466]

Mythos paranormal also did a video debunking paranormal flashlights

[@AboveandBelowParanormal-eh6lr]

Thank you!! We stopped using them when I read about how you can set them off by doing this. We did it at my non haunted house and it would turn on and off by itself. Stopped using it ever since

[@KattyWamp]

Just found your channel and appreciate your your honesty about so much of these things purported to be paranormal. There were a couple on KZbin I thought may be genuine but then all the activity started to be too much to be true. And I no longer believe anything on reality TV. I'm not saying some things may not really happen but think they are rare. I may have missed something but I've only seen one time that your equipment seemed to really register something.

[@paranormaltv2478]

There is an abundance of misinformation circulating regarding the paranormal, we just try to separate facts from the nonsense. We have had many instances over the years where various pieces of technology that we use will register something abnormal but that still doesn’t necessarily mean it’s caused by something supernatural. We don’t show a lot of that on our show Paranormal because most of the time we can pinpoint a cause for the abnormal readings. Thanks for watching!

[@clangnk3504]

So, I do have a question... I have purchased a twist light like this from Home Depot... and me and a buddy went to a place upnorth in my state that was considered "haunted". Now, I had the flashlight on me the entire time in my bag, seperate from anything else. The temp at this place was 70 degrees thru the day and dropped to 66 at night. We used the flashlight to ask questions. And I made sure the light wasn't in a sweetspot where it would turn and and off in the way you stated in this video.... And i was able to get responses to my questions every single time.... can you explain that then?? My buddy recorded the session on an old sony cam corder with old cassette tape for media. And we captured everything over 30mins of recording before the battery mysteriously died WHILE IT WAS CHARGING.... how can you explain a light, not in a 'sweetspot' turning on and off exactly after our questions?.... we even tested it out outside of the place we went to and had absolutely no responses to our questions..... We even went back to home depot, had the light replaced with a different one in case it 'malfunctioned' and also bought 2 more lights.... and all 3 had the same reaction when we returned that day after buying and replacing them..... there's no way all 3 lights were bunk.... so how can that be explained then???

[@paranormaltv2478]

Thanks for the question. It’s not the flashlights that are “bunk” but the methodology inherent in the technique. It actually sounds like you performed the flashlight session “correctly” and experienced the exact sort of malfunction that we demonstrated. We would be open to examining your video if you feel like sharing it, however, the problem remains there is no way of knowing if your flashlights illuminated because of something supernatural without additional evidence and personal experiences of other sorts at the time of the event. This technique is know to yield false positives as we have demonstrated and if there is a chance for error, how can we trust the results?Thanks for watching!

[@clangnk3504]

@@paranormaltv2478 you say it malfunctioned exactly like your video... however, we didn't put our flashlights in a sweetspot at all?. We turned them on with a full turn of the headlamp. We shook it and everything to make sure it didnt shut off by touch or movement. And it was if the batteries would die on the flashlight... but then come back on after a few seconds.

[@clangnk3504]

@@paranormaltv2478 and if I can EVER figure out how to get the video off of the cam corder. (Tape to digital) id love to share it with you. Its completely unedited and is about 47 minutes long from the time we turned on the camera, walked in, set up. And as we were getting ready to leave, is when our battery "died" WHILE PLUGGED IN. So maybe a huge surge of electric energy was in that room?

[@paranormaltv2478]

If the lights were on and kept turning off we would suspect faulty flashlight or batteries but as you said it happened with multiple flashlights…There is still know way of determining if a ghost caused the event by without additional evidence and their is little we can conclude from anecdotal records alone.

[@Tonystark-new]

I’m glad someone made this video I’m sick of these ghost hunting shows using this trick when it’s obviously fake it just ruins the full show for me when people do this , great video 👍👍👍👍

[@aero1372]

So the flashlights shouldn't be able to turn on if the temperature is below freezing correct?

[@paranormaltv2478]

No they can still activate, it may just take longer for the cycles of malfunctions to start, it also may extend the duration of the cycle. There is no particular set of circumstances that makes this technique more accurate.

[@RetroSoulGirl]

What if they screwed it on tight though so it works normal? Can a ghost still turn it?

[@paranormaltv2478]

Great question. Screwing these flashlights tightly will turn the unit off. You could in theory ask a ghost (if they exist) to turn the light on, however, you would require proof that the light was physically manipulated by an unseen force, that would require video documentation, from multiple angles ideally as well as data from a torque measurement sensor of some kind attached to the unit, to validate that there was a force being applied to the flashlight. But without an actual measurement of force, or video of a ghost manipulating the unit, there is just not enough evidence to support the results are caused by supernatural phenomena.

[@genefoxgreenmountaindroning]

What about a REM POD

[@thrash2429]

Why would an LED not work for this? I'd read that LED ones are better because they don't produce significant heat and therefore no thermal-related false positives. If it's actually paranormal, wouldn't an LED work just as well as an incandescent?

[@paranormaltv2478]

Most of the time people are using the incandescent mini Maglites so those are the flashlights that we focused on. You rase a great point about LED’s not producing as much heat and our testing has shown that the LED versions of the mini Maglites don’t usually illuminate on their own even in the “sweet spot”. That being said, even if there is less of a chance for false positives due to thermal expansion, the flashlight is still being used improperly by partially unscrewing the unit and deliberate miss use of equipment does not lend itself to accurate data. We are not saying that a ghost, if they exist, couldn’t manipulate a flashlight but you still need additional validation.

[@jacksonjohnson9674]

I've been saying this for years, even an high humidity night can complete a circuit quicker. well made video!

[@jasonboles7591]

How do we know his not a ghost?!?

[@jamesweisbeck2966]

flashlights have simulur/same construction as old kit radios = they blink cw code from rf and shorts

[@kindredparanormal]

I can appreciate this, but can not use this to debunk some of our evidence when we have been able to get the flashlights to turn on and off on command many times over the course of an investigation. This can not debunk flashlights turning on and off when multiple are involved and you ask to turn on or off a specific one (left or right.)

[@DCKryp]

Exactly!

[@mzamethodman7134]

Okay but what about all the times on those investigations where the lights dont turn on or off on command XD

[@paranormaltv2478]

Some times it doesn’t work, maybe the flashlight is faulty in another way, the batteries could be low and ambient temperature and humidity does have some effect as we have seen in our tests. At the end of the day we are already talking about the effects of a flashlight that is not being used as its design intends.

[@LindaMarie_]

Kindred I'd have to agree I have been using a flashlight trick for over 10 years.

[@TylerDWard]

There are coincidences and then there are things that cannot be explained rationally. I have video proof that this is real. The more you don’t believe the more your past loved ones get left behind

[@ParanormalTedium]

Damn it..! Ya beat me to it. Got a vid on this in the works on this very subject... Good job, fella... 🤟

[@paranormaltv2478]

We were by no means the first, send us the link when you post, we would love to see it!

[@ParanormalTedium]

@@paranormaltv2478 The Vid is finally up... kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3WQgHybaJmAhdk Rich - Team Tedium... 🤟

[@paranormaltv2478]

@@ParanormalTedium Thanks, checking it out now!

[@SummerDawn]

PREACH!!!🙌🙌🙌 Thank you!

[@Brittany_GhoulyGirl]

Ok but what about the flashlights going off without people touching it for hrs. Your theory is just with the flashlight after it is held and heat is applied then taken away. Those aren't facts you shared, they are YOUR opinion!

[@dressler666]

Awesome vid!

[@pennyjolly]

Earned a sub! Great to see people debunking this never used it for investigating...unless I'm in a dark room haha imo I feel the same there's too much chance of false positives I'd rather stick to something that works then use this... its good to have though especially if your at a dark location but thats about it

[@claudiaedwards5138]

Found this vid lookin for answers to what happened to me tonight .. the light would go all the way dim to the point it looked like a candle then back .. I was moving stuff from house which included my daughter’s deceased dads belongs .. few other things happened Sunday that involved car lights , windows and wipers which I chalked up to a short but it only happened when I was least expecting so I dk shi

[@paranormaltv2478]

Thanks for the comment. Most of the time we find that lights dimming or going out is usually the result of faulty wiring or equipment, power surges or other technical issues and nothing supernatural, your guess that it might be some kind of short is our thinking as well! If you were to see a ghost at the same time as the lights flickered or went out that might be a different story. Feel free to reach out if you have other questions.

[@kathleencrews3329]

Thank you for sharing 💕✌🏼💕✌🏼💕

[@mowermedic]

Great video! thanks!

[@dcapjunk]

Can you debunk an ouija board?

[@paranormaltv2478]

We might do a ouija video😉

[@troyevitt2437]

A while back, there was an experiment wherein all persons with their hands on the planchette were of different national and linguistic backgrounds, each exclusively monolingual. The Ascended Spirits of the Masters-Buddha, Jesus, Krishna and Mohamed-said, "Moncughr Losrorphcighc dmnadfohg! Oaagghe4? Mnropboar", which translates roughly to: "This bloody thing doesn't work, you daft muppets." I'm joking about about the "translation", but there really was an experiment involving monolingual persons of diverse ethnic backgrounds which established that the Ouija Board simply reveals the collective projected impressions of the living.

[@ParanormalPopcorn]

Good stuff bro.

[@expedientej.paranormal9465]

Hi from Miami

[@PsychicMediumVlogs]

Cool concept. However, I have used these and gained intelligent responses during my investigations. On command light will dim, go off so on, and then light up again. Again, on Command and yes, no trickery involved. So great content, and yes there are people who may exploit this, however most of us don't need to trick anyone. We let our connection and evidence speak for us. Keep up the great work. All the best Jordan

[@Skylerknowsphins]

Lmao whatever fairy tale man keep thinking there’s something after life . There’s not

[@cristian9447]

No trickery involved, just confirmation bias 👍🏻

[@rogerramjet6429]

You've got the negative and positive coefficients of expansion all wrong. This video is bunk just the same as 2 other guys have stuffed up basic science.

[@paranormaltv2478]

Not sure why you say the video is bunk, as we clearly show how this trick is no more then bunk. All the same thanks for watching!

[@Rzs31]

@@paranormaltv2478Than