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   From: seanc130@hotmail.com   
      
   "Hunter"  wrote   
   > Andrew Alles  wrote:   
      
   >> Somethings bothered me for a while with this episode: How was Spinney   
   >> attacked by the insects while standing in the headlights of the jeep?-   
      
   >Sigh. I know I had the same thought when I saw that. Either a big-ass   
   >blooper or filming required some sort of light on the actor. It would   
   >have been cool if he'd been lit up with a green light instead (if the   
   >headlights had failed for some reason).   
   >   
   >Within the story, maybe those bugs were sacrificing themselves in   
   >order to drive Spinney deeper into the forest and into the dark for   
   >the greater mass of insects to feed on him. Dunno. We never really   
   >found out if they were social insects and could be capable of that   
   >kind of behavior. Or maybe they were just really pissed off...   
      
   Have you considered the possibility that it's simply a matter of the light's   
   intensity? The headlights just weren't enough to keep them away. Maybe they   
   have a certain threshold of the amount of light they're willing to accept,   
   and the headlights didn't go over that threshold.   
      
   --   
   --Sean   
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