The one time he did not bring it to his trusty photographer, he says, was the first time the New Haven Register's camera equipment broke down and the pictures came out black. He would love for everyone to believe in this highly sensitive subject but some people just refuse to. Not many people know that they have the gift of second sight because they brush off peculiar incidences as being insignificant. We have all seen that strange flash out of the corner of our eye, or heard a muffled knock within the walls of our homes or even felt the tingly sensation of goose bumps, but it's rare that someone will associate each experience with a spirit. As unsuspecting children, we have this innate ability to see spirits, which is often removed as parents teach that there are no such things as ghosts.
Children are the spirits' number one target.
This is why people who may slightly believe in the paranormal have the most confrontations with an unexplained occurrence. The spirits sense vulnerability and emotional changes and they love to play upon that. Perhaps Ben Miller's vulnerability is why the spirits used numerous attempts to catch his attention. Finne seemed to be less of a believer and was only there to observe the situations with the television. There's no guarantee, according to Jackson, but there also is no easy answer.