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Last night, I found myself scooched back into the couch cushions, clutching a pillow over my chest, my eyes widening in horror. I couldn't speak for several minutes, and when my voice returned, it had one thing to say: "This is way too scary for television!"
The "Ghost Hunters" had struck again. It's those darn EVPs -- the disembodied voices that show up on recording equipment. They freak me out. Scare the bejeezus out of me.
Yeah, it's entirely possible -- even probable -- that the sounds could be altered or edited in, that they never really existed in the first place. "Ghost Hunters" is, after all, a TV show, and ratings are king in TV land. So maybe the EVPs aren't even real.
But I don't care. It's not the fact that the TAPS crew claim to be investigating real places and sharing the real evidence they find -- I mean, it's not the "reality" part of the show that scares me.
It's those sounds! They're just so incredibly creepy -- they force tears from my eyes and send my heart into palpitations. And because when they find them, they usually play them over and over and over again, I usually end up covering my ears and humming to drown them out. Yes, really. I just can't take it.
And yet I love the show. The EVPs are my favorite part. I'm not big on horror movies -- not a fan of violence and gore -- but who needs those when there are new "Ghost Hunters" episodes?