09/03/2010

One last time for those in the back that didn't get the memo.

K-II meters: Why are people still using them? Ignorance, mostly.

Time after time I hear so-called paranormal researchers and investigators mention they use a K-II meter. I always reiterate the same information over and over again. It usually starts with - 'You know that anything can set those off. . .'

I almost always get the same response as if the would-be researchers are 'in the know'. "Well we turn our cell phones off. . ."

You turn your cell phones off. Great, but what about the plethora of things you cant turn off? Here is a short list:

Local Police
County Sherriff
Fire Dept.
Highway Patrol
Security
City Utility workers
DOT
Cab drivers
truck drivers
Local hobbyist
Anyone with a CB scanner
Cell phone towers
The neighbors wireless telephones, Wi-Fi, etc.
That HVAC mechanic on his way to repair the local supermarket's refrigeration system
Wal-Mart near-by?
And just about anything else.

Under the right conditions, any of these can effect your meter up to a mile away.*

Even before Chris Fleming made these worthless gadgets popular on TV, many paranormal researchers interested in EMFs were complaining about how the K-II was "too sensitive". Very few people used them because of this. The reason that K-II meters are so "sensitive" is because they operate in a different, much higher frequency range than the standard EMF meter used by most ghost-hunting types. This range is more widely used in our day-to-day world.

Frankly, a group of people sitting around in the dark, talking to a gadget that lights up at just about anything...well, it makes you look stupid. To believe that a "ghost" is communicating to you through a K-II meter exhibits complete ignorance.



*I am currently trying to find the study where this was conclusion was made. I can not remember the name of the group that conducted the experiments but I believe they were in AZ or NV.