How Bizarre Is This?

So, I keep having the strangest thing happen... Several times when I have went to check temperatures with my infrared laser thermometer when I squeeze the trigger to turn it on it will read, "666" and it won't get off the screen until after i've squeezed the trigger a few times... :O Interestingly, I am the founder of the Strange Happenings Ghost And Hauntings Research Society (though, i've basically retired from paranormal investigation) and this thermometer was originally used during our investigations back in the day. I'm honestly not sure how to explain this, but it's pretty weird...

I've been trying to capture a picture of it when it happens, but it hasn't happened for a few days...

NOPE. I'd be pitching that thing off a cliff.

kill it with fire and bury the ashes.
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i'm not surprised. you're a magician and probably dabble in a lil black magic here and there.

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Originally Posted by Ax01

i'm not surprised. you're a magician and probably dabble in a lil black magic here and there.

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I'm definitely into the darker side of things, but only from an artistic standpoint. As far as religion, I am non-religious. But, that's a whole other subject. I'm sure you were just joking, but anyone with an ounce of sense should know that performance magic and "black magic" are two completely different things... lol

I'm not superstitious whatsoever, but this thing is pretty weird...

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Originally Posted by Ax01

i'm not surprised. you're a magician and probably dabble in a lil black magic here and there.

;)

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Originally Posted by Aedryan Methyus

I'm definitely into the darker side of things, but only from an artistic standpoint. As far as religion, I am non-religious. But, that's a whole other subject. I'm sure you were just joking, but anyone with an ounce of sense should know that performance magic and "black magic" are two completely different things... lol

I'm not superstitious whatsoever, but this thing is pretty weird...

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get a Black Pastel girl for your Mojo boy Edger and u can make some evil Black Magic. turn them Albino and u will have good White Magic: https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...04-White-Magic!

:)

Your thermometer is trying to tell you something !!!

Time to bring out the sage !! ;)

If that were happening in some basement at night, I think I'd be out of there like greased lightning ;)

That is awesome. I would never get rid of that thing. In fact I would say "HAIL SATAN" before pulling the trigger just to make sure I appease it.

Maybe try taking the battery out and putting it in again (or a different battery).

Kinda funny.. That would be a joke around here for a while at my house.

Just a little side story, regarding "Numbers".

My childhood friend got killed on February 22. Many years ago.

We were SO close. More like sisters, twins even. Always together, always laughing, on the phone with each other, if not together. We always said we'd sill be laughing when sitting together in rocking chairs as old grand mas..

So she got killed on 2-22.

Even though it has now been many years, to this day I ALWAYS see "222" everywhere and all the times. I can wake up in the middle of the night and look at the clock, its 2:22 am. I'm driving in the car and just so happen to look at the clock. Its 2:22 pm. I can be at some office and look at the wall LED clock. 2:22 pm. Not always clocks, either, its just the combination of 3 "2's".

I see those numbers all the time. I don't think I'm just making myself look at a clock because its that time, because I can wake up out of deep sleep and there it is. And every time I see it, I think of her. That's why I never miss the anniversary of her death. That date is burned into my brain.

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Originally Posted by zina10

I see those numbers all the time. I don't think I'm just making myself look at a clock because its that time, because I can wake up out of deep sleep and there it is. And every time I see it, I think of her. That's why I never miss the anniversary of her death. That date is burned into my brain.

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i bet that's how she lets you know she's thinking of you, too. :)

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Originally Posted by tttaylorrr

i bet that's how she lets you know she's thinking of you, too. :)

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I like to think so, too :)

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Originally Posted by artgecko

Maybe try taking the battery out and putting it in again (or a different battery).

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Yes... The only logical explanations for the malfunction itself that I can think of would be perhaps either the battery needs changed or maybe something is shorting out internally. The batter is only about 1 year old and this has been happening since quite awhile ago within the past year, though. Either way, I have no explanation for why the numbers 666 would come up... I should call the manufacturer and ask them if they've had any other reports of it happening. Maybe someone at the factory has a twisted sense of humor and programmed some of them to give that reading when something malfunctions? I don't know...

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Originally Posted by Aedryan Methyus

Yes... The only logical explanations for the malfunction itself that I can think of would be perhaps either the battery needs changed or maybe something is shorting out internally. The batter is only about 1 year old and this has been happening since quite awhile ago within the past year, though. Either way, I have no explanation for why the numbers 666 would come up... I should call the manufacturer and ask them if they've had any other reports of it happening. Maybe someone at the factory has a twisted sense of humor and programmed some of them to give that reading when something malfunctions? I don't know...

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I could see a programmer finding that funny lol... using it as an "error message" so to speak.

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Originally Posted by Aedryan Methyus

...when I squeeze the trigger to turn it on it will read, "666" and it won't get off the screen until after i've squeezed the trigger a few times...

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So uuuuuhhhh, what's the problem? :devilish:

I'd sell it on ebay, 'Haunted Temp Gun for Sale' LOLOLOL.

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Originally Posted by cchardwick

I'd sell it on ebay, 'Haunted Temp Gun for Sale' LOLOLOL.

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LOL! I should list it for $666.00...

I tracked the company down and I was going to call them, but as it turns out, they are based in China (go figure...). So, I sent them the following email:

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Hello,
Quite a few years ago I purchased one of your DT-8810 infrared Thermometers. Over the past few months when I squeeze the trigger to turn it on, sometimes it will read, "666" and it won't get off of the screen until after i've squeezed the trigger a few more times... Definitely very weird! The only logical explanation I can think of would be that perhaps someone in the factory had a twisted sense of humor and programmed it to throw up that code for some reason. Is that possible? The thermometer still works perfectly fine other than that and I don't want a replacement or anything. I'm just trying to find a logical explanation for why it would be doing something so weird. Any information you could give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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Hopefully I will hear back from them...

Oh My God!!

today is payday, i just made a credit card payment and checked my credit score and it's 666!!

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...m/MTeBXRtl.png

so it went down 1 point from December. :( looks like my score is just below my age bracket. hopefully it goes up ALOT since i just finished paying off my two credit cards today!

I'm pretty sure Satan is behind the whole credit score system. No matter what I do I can't ever get mine to go up and i've never had any credit debt in my life. What kills me is how all of the scammer insurance companies are allowed to base premiums off of credit scores and so are a lot of employers. It's absurd! How 'bout insurance companies stop raping people, employers pay their employees more and we get the cost of living down then maybe people will have enough money to actually be able to pay their bills and get their credit scores up!?

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Originally Posted by zina10

Just a little side story, regarding "Numbers".

My childhood friend got killed on February 22. Many years ago.

We were SO close. More like sisters, twins even. Always together, always laughing, on the phone with each other, if not together. We always said we'd sill be laughing when sitting together in rocking chairs as old grand mas..

So she got killed on 2-22.

Even though it has now been many years, to this day I ALWAYS see "222" everywhere and all the times. I can wake up in the middle of the night and look at the clock, its 2:22 am. I'm driving in the car and just so happen to look at the clock. Its 2:22 pm. I can be at some office and look at the wall LED clock. 2:22 pm. Not always clocks, either, its just the combination of 3 "2's".

I see those numbers all the time. I don't think I'm just making myself look at a clock because its that time, because I can wake up out of deep sleep and there it is. And every time I see it, I think of her. That's why I never miss the anniversary of her death. That date is burned into my brain.

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RIP, my dear friend.
You would have gotten a kick out of me learning to love snakes ..



so Aedryan, has that Temp Gun acted up any more ?

Funny you would ask, Zina... It just happened again last night! My daughter was hanging out in my snake room with me and I went to check Sixx's temperatures and it happened. I was like "QUICK! TAKE A PICTURE! TAKE A PICTURE!" and probably for the first time ever she didn't have her cell phone with her! lol By the time she ran to her bedroom in the next room and got back the temp gun turned off and wouldn't do it again. At least I had a witness this time... lol It actually displayed "- 666"... There was an old lady, who died in this house a few years before I bought it. Maybe she's still hanging around and was one of those cooky holy rollers who thought snakes were evil, huh? lol

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Originally Posted by Aedryan Methyus

Funny you would ask, Zina... It just happened again last night! My daughter was hanging out in my snake room with me and I went to check Sixx's temperatures and it happened. I was like "QUICK! TAKE A PICTURE! TAKE A PICTURE!" and probably for the first time ever she didn't have her cell phone with her! lol By the time she ran to her bedroom in the next room and got back the temp gun turned off and wouldn't do it again. At least I had a witness this time... lol It actually displayed "- 666"... There was an old lady, who died in this house a few years before I bought it. Maybe she's still hanging around and was one of those cooky holy rollers who thought snakes were evil, huh? lol

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Time to sprinkle some holy water !!!

If that spirit doesn't like snakes, its time to evict it ! ;)

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Originally Posted by Aedryan Methyus

So, I keep having the strangest thing happen... Several times when I have went to check temperatures with my infrared laser thermometer when I squeeze the trigger to turn it on it will read, "666" and it won't get off the screen until after i've squeezed the trigger a few times... :O Interestingly, I am the founder of the Strange Happenings Ghost And Hauntings Research Society (though, i've basically retired from paranormal investigation) and this thermometer was originally used during our investigations back in the day. I'm honestly not sure how to explain this, but it's pretty weird...

I've been trying to capture a picture of it when it happens, but it hasn't happened for a few days...

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As a life-long skeptic, I'd say the simplest answer is the correct answer. Your thermometer malfunctioned.

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Originally Posted by Skeptiball

As a life-long skeptic, I'd say the simplest answer is the correct answer. Your thermometer malfunctioned.

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That is the most logical explanation in my opinion as well. The thermometer did it again a couple days after the last time I posted about it just for the record...