English: Joshua Gates at the 2009 Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Ok so we make it a point to watch all "paranormal-esque" shows on television. Last night we checked out Destination Truth and it seems that Josh Gates and Erin Ryder have picked up a few new recruits. It wasn't long into the show that we realized these people must be getting some "direction" from the producers because no one could be that gullible and dramatic.
Don't get us wrong, we love Josh Gates, his humor alone is entertaining. That being said, we thought the whole "investigating the Mayan temples" segment to be rather silly. Why? Well lets be honest, it's in the middle of the jungle yet each noise they heard just had to be "strange and paranormal" or so they acted-- and "big." Never mind that a jungle is teaming with all sorts of wildlife, which we can assume is probably the source of the movement and noise...Hate to say it, but there is a an "over-reaction" to every sound and this is strange to see for such "seasoned" investigators.
If you ever venture into even a "bushy" area of your back yard in the dark, you will hear noises that seem "strange." However, this is the case in most wooded, bushy areas. Mice, birds, etc all make their presence heard in the dark. In fact you'll hear more then, than you will in the day. Go out tonight and see. Mice make an excessive amount of noise for their size.
In the second segment of the show they were off to Figi to look for some sort of large creature in the water. The most hilarious moment of the show was when Josh Gates was on some sort of a "makeshift" raft that just so happened to be left behind ever so conveniently and got knocked off by again, something "large." What is so strange is he just stood there, wouldn't you improve your chances of staying on the raft by getting down low on it ? At least crouch down? A stump underneath the water could scrape against the raft and cause you to easily lose your balance.
Ryder and her teammate kept radioing in that they saw something in the water and guess what....it was "big." Why is this a shocker? It's the ocean, there's big things in it. We had to chuckle when Ryder said, "whatever it was, it was bigger than any fish.." Has she ever researched the fact that Figi is well known for their big game fish, in some cases they have Blue Marlin that exceed 500 lbs. in weight? Or the Yellow fin tuna which is one of the largest tuna weighing in at around 300 lbs? Better yet the Giant Trevally? Known to enjoy the coastal waters and rivers of the islands? Should we mention there are still a few humpback whales that can be seen, dolphin and sea turtles too?
Ah well...the lesson here we think is that the chances of the Destination crew seeing something "otherworldly" or "paranormal" as probably slim in Figi. They may see something unclassified by man, but chances are we've missed it, and the ocean is a really big place. Let's not over dramatize though..it really makes the show a lot less legitimate.
