Growing acceptance
Overall this subculture has a growing acceptance to the outside world thanks to the numerous television shows revolved around it. Before the TV shows the idea of ghost hunting was a little bizarre and strange but now it’s becoming more normal and acceptable. A lot of people find it easier to accept people of different beliefs and hobbies if they’re made popular on television. "Overall the acceptance of this field has grow tremendously since the rise of the popularity of the telivision shows," Aaron Sampson agrees in an interview. While a lot of people are accepting of this subculture there are still many people who find it unusual and stupid. A lot of scientists believe ghost hunters are just wasting their time and that ghost hunters are crazy, simply because there is actually no scientific evidence that ghosts do exist or that the equipment used actually proves anything. There is no science behind the equipment, it’s all just theory that ghosts cause drops in temperature or give off electromagnetic radiation. Scientists like hard evidence, while ghost hunters’ evidence is simply just the belief
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These two videos are clips from the two most popular t.v. shows Ghost Hunters (on the left) and Ghost Adventures (on the right)