Proof Positive Evidence Of The Paranormal: SCI FI Channel Original Series Premiere Episode Review

Title: Proof Positive Evidence Of The Paranormal

Host Amanda Tapping:

Creators: John Cosgrove and Terry Dunn Meurer

Executive Producers: John Cosgrove and Terry Dunn Meurer

Running Time: 44 minutes without commercials

Media: SCI FI Channel Original Series (NTSC DVD Screener)

Series Premiere Wednesday, October6, 2004 at 8pm (ET/PT)

Network: SCI FI Channel (Check your local cable/satellite listings for channel)

TV Rating: Not Available At Time Of Review

Reviewer: Mark A. Rivera

Amanda Tapping (Stargate SG-1) hosts this new SCI FI Channel investigative series, which focuses on various cases of what would be considered the paranormal or extraordinary and attempts to use scientific examination to determine, which phenomena is truly beyond rational explanation. At the end of the episode the results are revealed. In the series premiere, “Proof Positive Evidence Of Paranormal” examines the phenomena known as “rods,” strange aberrations invisible to the naked eye that are captured on camera. Are they some new species we have yet to identify or is it something else?

The next portion details a Michigan woman’s claims that her husband haunts an abandoned lighthouse where he served as a caretaker before he passed away? How can the lighthouse beam at night if the electricity has been shut down and removed decades ago at the request of the Coastguard? Finally we have a gentleman who claims he is the reincarnation of a 19^th century American artist. All of the evidence for the three cases is compelling, but only one is substantiated. I used to enjoy “Sightings” and “Encounters” back in the 1990s so this “what if?” sort of stuff is right up my alley and in certain cases fascinating. It also doesn’t bother my eyes to see the lovely Amanda Tapping an extra time on TV with a new show.

In future episodes “Proof Positive Evidence Of The Paranormal” will examine reports of human/reptile hybrids, remote viewing, the Chupacabra, and spontaneous combustion. For what it is, I found “Proof Positive Evidence Of The Paranormal” to be intriguing, but like any show of this type, the cases will ultimately prove whether or not the people “want to believe…” “Proof Positive Evidence Of The Paranormal” will premiere as a part of SCI FI’s new “Alternative Reality” Wednesday night programming block at 8pm (ET/PT) on October 6, 2004.

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