Even if the poly reports were to be believed (it's not like the test were public), poly's are pseudoscience and don't work. The National Academy of Science and other accredited science organizations have debunked them years ago.
As I said, its certainly not absolute proof of anything. (But it does say SOMETHING that they would even consent to one in the first place, if they were indeed liars)
Let's also not overlook that while Daniel claims he saw phenomena, he also claims George was an abusive liar.
Thats what is puzzling to me, and lends credence to Danny's story. If you HATED your stepfather, why would you corroborate so many aspects of his story? If his stepfather WAS indeed lying about the house, and he hated his stepfather, it would make more sense for him to cast doubt on his father's story... rather than corroborating every aspect of it. Yet Danny describes the same supernatural occurrences that George Lutz did.
If George was a liar, it would make no sense for Danny to back up such lies.
Also, Danny didn't decide to speak about the case until he was 47 years old. If you were lying, why would you wait so long to cash in on the story and your own potential celebrity status from that story?
But as I said, we don't have any PROOF of anything. We'll probably never know the truth...
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Lawdog1527
10 years ago
Of course it would make sense. George wouldn't have actively involved Danny in the lie simply because it's more effective to terrify them into believing it instead. That way you create a witness.
Think about it. Daniel claims one incident was when a force held open the boat house door and neither he or George could pull it down. But what if George was actually pushing it up? Daniel could easily be fooled into believing things were happening and back up George's claims. Remember, Daniel claims George had books on mind control and influencing people, not that it takes much skill to scare a child.
And as to the lie detector, it makes sense in the context that the test was administered by the Warrens. You pass, you brag. You fail, it never gets brought up.
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chrismovieman
10 years ago
"Think about it. Daniel claims one incident was when a force held open the boat house door and neither he or George could pull it down. But what if George was actually pushing it up? Daniel could easily be fooled into believing things were happening and back up George's claims."
Thats certainly possible. I don't think we can rule out ANY explanation really, and I understand people's skepticism since there is really very little actual evidence of anything.
That being said, Daniel backed up countless claims that George and Kathy Lutz made: the story about the family dog jumping over a fence, hanging itself by its chain, huge swarms of flies in the sewing room, his bed being slammed against the ceiling, and even feeling possessed by a demonic force. Sure, children are impressionable. But all these things that Danny corroborated in their story would be more difficult to fake then a faulty garage door.
It seems to me that Danny actually believes that he experienced something supernatural in the house - and that 'something' is comprised of the same experiences reported by his mother and stepfather. If he hadn't experienced those things, or if he had serious doubts, it would be easy enough for him to say, "Hey, I think maybe the house WAS haunted, but my stepdad was a compulsive liar and he made up a lot of that crap!"
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Tsavo
9 years ago
I would point out that Christopher has gone on record stating that most of the claims from the book, movie, and George are lies, but there was some grain of truth. He did however then go on to apparently scam several people into hearing "The Real Story". As near as I can tell, the entire family seems to have deep rooted issues, and none of them are reliable, nor are the Warrens.
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