Sue Darroch and Matthew Didier's Paranormal Blog

When the above video first popped up on YouTube we had serious doubts in regards to it. In reaction to the numerous emails we received we posted the following to the PSICAN Forums:

I'm sorry, but we doubt this video very much.

First of all, it's odd this person is only using an infra-red night-vision video for a light source. Most people would have a flashlight.

Next, most people on seeing what seems to be a "solid" child in the home, would not run from it without making a noise, but would most likely assume a child was in the home and then pursue the child to find out why they were there and how they got there...

I could be wrong, because without being there, it's impossible to say, but the lack of realistic behaviour/reaction from the witness and the lack of a proper light source (which is "unnatural") make me highly suspicious of the validity of this video.

That, and it's a "dead ringer" (forgive the pun) for a video released on YouTube about six months ago in the states.

Sorry we can't be more "positive", but it seems to be very "problematic" in our eyes...

We further expanded on the probability of a hoax with this:

Granted there could be an epidemic of little girl ghosts caught on video ... n'yeah .... forgive us our cynicism ... We mentioned one other almost identical video (note none are ever submitted to anyone for analysis just uploaded to YouTube) but I can think of a few that feature little girl ghosts.

For the most part human nature is very predictable and that is what is really missing in these videos. Unless they knew they were in a haunted house, inhabited by a ghost girl, that they were already frightened of seeing. ... the reaction appears staged ...

I don't buy it ...

Think about what makes a really good horror film ... the actors are believable in their roles.

Well guess what???? A YouTube user going by "ghostevidence" did an analysis of the above video, and ultimately said they found out this was a viral video to promote a TV series called Scream Team.

UGH!

Yet, we are not surprised at all.

We had been contacted not only by our readers, but by media in regards to this utter waste of time as well when it was first released.

Not only is this type of hoaxery a mockery of our study, but a waste of people's time, and energy as well.

Please do remember gentle readers if it looks too good to be true it probably is. And be sure to boycott Scream Team if or when it should ever see the light of day.