Once again, in GH’s ongoing effort to help people, we are treated to another hour-long infomercial (syfymercial) for a business. Hales Bar Marina and Dam have their own ghost tours/hunts http://www.halesbarmarina.com/haunted.php and http://www.hauntedhalesbar.com/.
Wouldn’t it be cool, if when asked what the client wanted, Amy replied that they want us to plug their haunted tours. Well, I can dream can’t I?
While I am sure that the, as Zak called it, damn dam was the scene of many tragedies, I was disappointed in the lack of historical documentation. Was any effort made to discover the names of the alleged men who fell into the cement? It would seem to me that an interview with a local historian could have cleared up a lot. Maybe a few headlines from the newspapers of the era would have been a nice touch.
When Ghost Adventures visited the location, they mentioned the Cherokee War Chief Dragging Canoe several times. However; the Ghost Hunters didn’t call him by name. Was that a lack of research on their part or a dig at GA’s focus on the curse? Grant tossed out the curse idea while on the way to investigate the damn dam.
Our professional team of crack ghost hunters quickly found themselves overwhelmed by the amount of “activity”. I have to admit that it does look and sound like a haunted place. I think that the high point was the flooded grave investigation.
Britt puts a camera in a water-tight box and with the use of a pole probes into a flooded brick structure. A bird flies out of the building scaring everyone. Just imagine if it had been Steve, he would have died of fright!
Of course, Steve and Tango had their moments. At one point, they started slapping their faces after feeling something on them. I was reminded of the Stooges. Amy got all worked up over a fish and Britt investigated by himself (I thought that a TAPS no-no???).
The most interesting sound recorded was what was described as an Indian flute. The wind can do that with a coke bottle, pipes, etc..
All in all, I enjoyed the episode. I have to say that in a head-to-head match Ghost Adventures had the more entertaining investigation.
Andrea
January 26, 2012 at 10:45 pm
I’m beginning to wonder why I watch this show at all anymore. The whole thing with Amy and the fish was just so ridiculous. Just freaking out over nothing. And Britt investigating by himself. It seems he has been doing that a lot this season.
hypnobarb
January 27, 2012 at 9:04 am
The use of the recorded Cherokee chants was a good idea. I used recordings of Native American chants at a site in Illinois we believed to be haunted by members of the Sauk tribe. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find recordings of Sauk chants, but it still seemed to work. When I would turn on the CD, within about ten to fifteen minutes, we’d get massive temperature drops at the site. One August night when it had been in the upper eighties, we had a temperature drop to 36 degrees.
They really should have done the research. Calling out their names might have gotten an EVP response that could have given evidence of the identity of whoever is haunting.
I suspect that the marina and dam are haunted and it sounds like a fascinating place to investigate. Of course, the slam, bam, thank you ma’am methods that GH is using isn’t really adequate to a truly good investigation. Many visits over a long period of time is the best way to do it. Most mysteries aren’t solved in a single visit.
Adsila
January 27, 2012 at 11:51 am
I enjoyed Zak and his buddies investigation more. What was up with Amy and that fish? Can you say drama queen???
Barry Huddleston
January 27, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Glad that you got home safe from your trip. If she would go nuts over a fish I wonder what she would think of our Florida alligators?
Adsila
January 27, 2012 at 2:35 pm
I would freak over those babies, yikes1