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Major secret about Channel Ten show Hunted revealed: 'Wildest explanation'
Hunted fans are endlessly curious about one aspect of the show - and now we finally have an answer.
Hunted fans have always had a lot of theories and opinions about the Channel Ten show - and this year is no different. Of course, one of the biggest conspiracies has always been that the series is fake, something Chief Hunter Reece Dewar has previously shut down.
Reece told Yahoo Lifestyle that it is “as real as we can make it given the parameters we have." The “I wouldn’t be part of the show if it wasn’t realistic, and I dare say other investigators and Hunters wouldn't be as well.
“We treat it as real as we possibly can. We've got law enforcement professionals, intelligence professionals, Special Operations personnel from the Australian Defence Force. They're all part of this show, and that makes it so much more real for us that we are actually hunting live Fugitives.”
So, with that rumour squashed, there's nothing left to do but sit back and enjoy the drama, right?
Hunted viewers have major questions
Not so fast friends, because Hunted fans have another pressing question they are determined to get to the bottom of.
"Why are people letting the Hunters into their homes look into their phones etc? I don’t get it," one fan asked online while another similarly said, "Why do people let the hunters in their homes? I would say no!!!"
"I couldn’t agree more. I just don’t get this," someone replied.
"Also, how do they get people's private security camera footage? I'd just refuse," another said.
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"I hate the way they open up all the cupboards in the house. Now that’s a bit much. Yep ok, search the house but don’t look in people's private spaces sheesh," a third bemused viewer added.
"Absolutely....but country people seem to be more accommodating and relaxed. City people are wary because of the amount of crime and criminal gangs," someone else (very inaccurately) said.
Fans share what they would do on Hunted
Others came to the conversation with ideas about what they would do if they were in the position of the civilians.
"I’d stand at my front door and make up the wildest explanation possible to lead them astray," one viewer said.
"I'd not let them in and unless they were prepared to pay me $10000 upfront I'd give them no information. I know they wouldn't pay that amount so no info from me," another seasoned negotiator bragged.
"I wouldn't let them in. How do you know someone isn't watching the show & PRETENDING to be a Hunter & getting into someone's home to rob or kill them?" another person very dramatically offered. "I'm in the US & we have a lot of sneaky criminals. Can't be too cautious."
Another fan posed the question: "Do they say they are police or detectives?? They have no obligation to let anyone into their home without a warrant!!"
"For the sake of trying to simulate real-life capture of the $1m heist criminals, it's part of the show that agreement is made that they have "all" the 'simulated' powers and tools of the police with the courts backing for warrants (less the guns and dogs)," someone replied. "So, in reality, the Police would have obtained a warrant to do searches."
How are the Hunters allowed to go through people's homes?
Now, it seems that this viewer graduated with honours from Hunted University because, according to an Endemol Shine Australia spokesperson, that is exactly the case.
“On Hunted, we replicate 'Powers of the State' which means the Hunters have similar authority as the local Police," they told Yahoo Lifestyle. "In real life, police need to obtain a warrant to enter properties and search devices. On Hunted this permission is obtained in advance.”
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“We have an umpire above us, an Assistant Deputy Commissioner who makes sure that we abide by the rules and regulations,” Reece also told Yahoo Lifestyle. “Just like affecting any type of search, whether it's a device or residence or anything like that, we have to go through a warrant type process where we have to request those things. And then once we get approval, then we can act on it.
“So that's as real as you can get it without, obviously, a live law enforcement crime being committed.”
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