Antix official response to the Asylum footage.....

[Fiona]

THANKS TO TECHIEBREAKIE WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL RESPONSE REGARDING THE FOOTAGE FROM ASYLUM. SEE WHAT YOU THINK:


Hi there,



Thank you for your email regarding the thread about Ghosts of the Asylum episode 6 on the http://www.mosthauntedforum.com website. I have read the thread concerned and totally understand the issues raised. There is of course, a rather simple and innocent explanation to this. So here is the press release as requested.



The building that this series of Ghosts of the Asylum was filmed in, is an abandoned

asylum that is a derelict site and is, as I’m sure you can imagine, very dangerous.

Due to television production safety risk assessments and legal rules we have to have

security on site with us at all times, for the safety of the crew involved with the production

and the building itself.



Over the course of the production of Ghosts of the Asylum, there was a problem

with vandals (obviously abandoned buildings of this nature attract that element of society),

so for this reason it was essential to have security present on location, at all times.



In reference to the part of the programme where Geoff opens the door and a person can be seen on

the other side of it, that person is not Karl or Stuart as has been suggested in your thread (if you look at

the episode you will see that Karl is wearing different clothing as to that of the person

behind the door). Karl genuinely was in another part of the building conducting his own

vigils. The person behind the door was a security guard. Not a person attempting to act

fraudulently and not a vandal for that matter either. The footage was not edited out, as the show

and all our related programmes have nothing to hide as they are genuine paranormal

investigations that we take incredibly seriously.

If you watch the repeat of this episode that aired at 8pm on Saturday evening (19th September) you will see Karl giving

a full explanation, as we have had a few people emailing in actually thinking that the figure

is a ghost! On the other side of this, we also don’t want people to go away from watching

this programme having seen that and thinking that it is a ghost, as that would be unfair.

We, just like everybody else, are searching for that elusive evidence of paranormal

activity and hopefully soon we will be able to film some solid evidence that will give us

proof that there is life after death.

I hope that you continue to enjoy all our paranormal investigation programmes.

Thank you for the email, any other issue that you may have, please do not hesitate to get

in touch with me.







Simon Lucas

Antix Productions

Monster Pictures

The Unexplained Channel SKY 201

[Darrell]

Kudos to Antix for responding, but, considering that the clip has already been posted on the internet and seen by millions of viewers, will it be sufficient to get them off the hook?

[Mod Dylan]

Oooh, havent seen it yet, will have to!

[Darrell]

Dylan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xa27mR32lY

[Freyafudge]

This makes me feel dreadful!!! I still don't believe it was a security guard. I think Antix are trying to diffuse the situation with the response they have given. I wonder what Kieren thinks of this.

[Darrell]

I don't think there's a great deal that Ciarán can say about this incident; all he can do is to accept that there was an HSO present, albeit too close to the area being investigated and pass it over to his parapsychologist colleagues for further investigation of the phenomena caught previously and since.

If nothing else, it's an honest response from Antix.

The question we should now be asking is not whether this was an act of fraudulence, but what the hell was the HSO doing hiding in a cubicle so close to the Investigation Team, when he should have been standing within earshot outside the main toilet area?

[Freyafudge]

Yes I agree.

[techiebreakie]

(09-23-2009 01:59 PM)Nutty Wrote:  I don't think there's a great deal that Ciarán can say about this incident; all he can do is to accept that there was an HSO present, albeit too close to the area being investigated and pass it over to his parapsychologist colleagues for further investigation of the phenomena caught previously and since.

If nothing else, it's an honest response from Antix.

The question we should now be asking is not whether this was an act of fraudulence, but what the hell was the HSO doing hiding in a cubicle so close to the Investigation Team, when he should have been standing within earshot outside the main toilet area?

Nutty,


I think Antrix have made a glaring error by admitting this was a security officer, just think of this....

If Geoff was aware that there was a security guard next door, which he would be(for security reasons), why was he acting so scared, he was terrified.

When the door moved again how can he act so scared if he is aware that someone is outside in the room next door? Surely in his mind he would be asking himself, was that caused by the security guy or paranormal?
As Geoff is walking around the site, we should all remember that he is company, that person being a security guard...why so scared?
Geoff then talks to us and wants to show us that there is no one there fully knowing that there actually is someone there. Which ever way you look at it or try to rationalise, it just does not add up. They should just come clean in my opinion.

[Darrell]

(09-23-2009 02:36 PM)techiebreakie Wrote:  Nutty,

I think Antrix have made a glaring error by admitting this was a security officer

I think quite the opposite: I'm not saying that it solves the problem, but it allows the audience to be more aware that there are other people within the vicinity of the investigation and that some of the noises we hear, particularly outside the area being investigated, may be as a result of these HSOs moving around.

(09-23-2009 02:36 PM)techiebreakie Wrote:  If Geoff was aware that there was a security guard next door, which he would be(for security reasons), why was he acting so scared, he was terrified.

When the door moved again how can he act so scared if he is aware that someone is outside in the room next door? Surely in his mind he would be asking himself, was that caused by the security guy or paranormal? . . . Geoff then talks to us and wants to show us that there is no one there fully knowing that there actually is someone there.

As I said in my Post in the Ghosts of the Asylum Thread:

(09-20-2009 03:08 PM)Nutty Wrote:  I don't doubt that Geoff knew that the HSO was in the cubicle; it is likely that he thought the HSO was further along than he proved to be.

Geoff would not have been able to see his viewfinder when he pointed the camera into the cubicle, however, the pull on the door would have indicated that he had made a grave error. I also think that he made no mention of the incident in his piece to camera, believing that the clip would have been edited out in the final stages of production.

(09-23-2009 02:36 PM)techiebreakie Wrote:  As Geoff is walking around the site, we should all remember that he is company, that person being a security guard...why so scared?

The HSOs are usually situated well away from the area being investigated, but close enough to be within earshot if their assistance is required; you also have to remember that the location is investigated in the pitch-dark, the light from the camera viewfinder does not cast a great deal of light, but may just be strong enough to cast shadow.

We now have to move forward and ask the question I proposed earlier:

(09-23-2009 01:59 PM)Nutty Wrote:  The question we should now be asking is . . . what the hell was the HSO doing hiding in a cubicle so close to the Investigation Team, when he should have been standing within earshot outside the main toilet area?

[Dark Lord Zippy]

Good on antix for responding.. I can't really grumble as i've not seen the full episode, i've just watched that youtube clip and well geoff knew he made a mistake opening that door lol. oh well i'll still watch the shows.