You misremember it a bit. They saw "activity" when the thing was connected to the plant. Then they moved the plant into a steel container and the readings stopped. They hypothesized that they detected something like vibrations from a busy street etc, not a plant "screaming".

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s been years since I’ve seen it, so yeah that’s probably right

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mythbusters episodes are all over YouTube free for everyone. Just a little FYI in case you feel nostalgic

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 1 points 1 week ago

Oh im gonna watch some mythbusters.