Evidence

I find it hard to take evidence seriously when all you are presented with is 8 seconds of footage and 4 seconds of evp.

how am I to know what took place prior to that? what was the scenario? did someone sneeze 2 seconds before that supposed evp clip? whos to say it wasn't the echo of that sneeze that just so happened to sound like a voice responding to a question?

same thing for video evidence, what exactly am I looking at? you've given me 8 seconds of footage but I have no clue if 2 seconds prior to that someone turned on a flashlight or walked into the middle of the frame making it look like you caught something.

No one is ever going to know the full situation of what you caught but at least give them a fighting chance at debunking the thing or not. Give a few minutes of footage prior to what you catch and even after what you catch so that you get the full picture... THEN isolate what you think is evidence into that 8 seconds or however much time it is and let people come up with their own conclusions or suggestions. There will never be conclusive footage if all we ever get is a few second clip of audio or video.

I see alot of investigators present this type of stuff as rock solid evidence of a haunting. They can give you the scenario verbally all day and all night but it makes no bit of difference if you can't see it yourself. Who is accounted for? is there other footage that shows investigators in different locations? did your dvr just so happen to pick up a cat roaming around earlier in the night or even after this evidence? anything along those lines can immediatly toss suspect evidence out the window and move on to the important stuff that has no explanation.

Heres how I see it, if there is even the slightest possibility that evidence can be explained and that possibility can be recreated or even matched then you don't have evidence. Give me that video with the guy dressed in a period suit who you can see through and is walking up the stairs... thats solid evidence, not an orb (bug, dust), strange noise in the wall (pipes).

hence another reason no one takes evidence or investigators seriously as I posted below in "stereotypes". The footage that people present to the world is half ass crap most of the time. Not to mention the fakers out there who get kicks out of faking evidence and calling it real. It's no wonder no one believes evidence and is so quick to dismiss it without taking the time detail through it.

Then there is the "know it all's". They know it's a fake just by looking at it and aint nothing going to change their mind. They don't even try and have explanations, they just call it a fake based on their "extensive experience". Well let me be the first to tell you, no one is an expert in this field. How can you expert something that can't be (hasn't been) proven to exist??? Like the Warrens (god i'm gonna get myself started here!). These people go around saying that demons are everywhere and their ONLY proof is their gut feeling......... anyone see something wrong with this? They scare people into believing them and then perform rituals to "rid" them of demons. HOW CAN YOU PERFORM A RITUAL ON SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T PROVE EXISTS??? who exactly came up with the ritual and has it EVER been proven that it works? No.
Use your own belief system folks and come to your own conclusions and most of all, realize that almost 90% of "paranormal activity" can be explained by natural causes.