Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Haunted Toys


For some reason, I really enjoy watching “ghost hunting” television programs.  There quite a few different shows available on various channels at this point.  I prefer the type of program that seeks to debunk as a first step.  I don’t find as much value in mediums, electronic “voice translating” devices, or photographs of orbs.
I don’t even know what I really believe at this point. 
In my viewing of these programs, I have seen some compelling evidence.  Shadow figures caught on video.  Disembodied voices clearly heard by the ghost hunters and clearly recorded.  Stationary objects abruptly moving or seemingly tossed in the air.  Occasionally, what might be an apparition.
Last night, I watched a show where the most “compelling” evidence was a toy remote control car that came to like and crawled ahead a couple inches on occasion.
We are talking cheap electronics here.  A television remote, garage door opener, walkie talkie—just about anything—could trigger a toy car to blip to life.
Dolls with porcelain heads and cloth bodies: scary.
Remote control cars from Walmart: not scary.
—Mitchell Hegman

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