Monday, September 26, 2005
Urban Legends and other fun things
Well, today’s topic is ghosts, and urban legends. Why? Well because RaspberrySwirl’s comment in my Halloween post triggered a memory about an urban legend that came true, and because I’m going ghost hunting tonight! ;-)
First, the urban legend. When we were kids going out trick-or-treating on Halloween night, we were not allowed to eat candied apples or popcorn balls from people we did not know until Mum could check them out first. Some families who regularly gave out such treats would put popsicle sticks with their name on it so we’d know who they came from. Anything else had to be dumped on the living room floor and Mum and Dad went thru it all before we could eat it. I always gave Mum my candy kisses (molasses candy…yuck!) and Dad my licorice (again…yuck!). Anyhow….there were rumours and legends that kids had found razor blades and pins, and sometimes poison in their candy and apples and whatnot, which is why parents always checked everything out before it got eaten.
I can’t tell you how difficult it is to wander around for several hours with a bag load of candy and NOT eat any of it! Tee hee hee ;-)
Well, that urban legend did “come true” in several neighbourhoods around North America. Children were finding all kinds of nasty things in their candy. On my favourite Urban Legends website; where by the way, they have given themselves a facelift; is their article about Pins & Needles http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/needles.htm There are actual documented cases of people finding such things in their Halloween loot. Another page on Snopes has an undetermined story of children at a party in New Jersey becoming sick, and rumours that their candy had been spiked with PCP http://www.snopes.com/horrors/poison/hallowee.htm
Seriously, what kind of sick #@$% does such a thing to children? >:-
Anyhow…on to the ghost story. Tonight I will be joining up with some new acquaintances who are “Paranormal Investigators”, and we will be investigating a haunting. A woman emailed the group to say that she and her housemates have been bothered by possibly several entities since they moved into the house. Things going bump in the night, apparitions, and other neat and nifty things. They are up in the mountains, and I believe there are about 10 of us going. I have an 8mm video camera that has night vision on it, so I’ll be taking that, as well as my digital camera. If I get any pictures of ghostios, I’ll post ‘em.
I figured I’d post the link to Snopes’ article about the Amityville Horror house. Is it real? Or is it all Hollywood? http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/amityville.asp
The truth is out there. But can we handle the truth? ¶ 11:04 AM
First, the urban legend. When we were kids going out trick-or-treating on Halloween night, we were not allowed to eat candied apples or popcorn balls from people we did not know until Mum could check them out first. Some families who regularly gave out such treats would put popsicle sticks with their name on it so we’d know who they came from. Anything else had to be dumped on the living room floor and Mum and Dad went thru it all before we could eat it. I always gave Mum my candy kisses (molasses candy…yuck!) and Dad my licorice (again…yuck!). Anyhow….there were rumours and legends that kids had found razor blades and pins, and sometimes poison in their candy and apples and whatnot, which is why parents always checked everything out before it got eaten.
I can’t tell you how difficult it is to wander around for several hours with a bag load of candy and NOT eat any of it! Tee hee hee ;-)
Well, that urban legend did “come true” in several neighbourhoods around North America. Children were finding all kinds of nasty things in their candy. On my favourite Urban Legends website; where by the way, they have given themselves a facelift; is their article about Pins & Needles http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/needles.htm There are actual documented cases of people finding such things in their Halloween loot. Another page on Snopes has an undetermined story of children at a party in New Jersey becoming sick, and rumours that their candy had been spiked with PCP http://www.snopes.com/horrors/poison/hallowee.htm
Seriously, what kind of sick #@$% does such a thing to children? >:-
Anyhow…on to the ghost story. Tonight I will be joining up with some new acquaintances who are “Paranormal Investigators”, and we will be investigating a haunting. A woman emailed the group to say that she and her housemates have been bothered by possibly several entities since they moved into the house. Things going bump in the night, apparitions, and other neat and nifty things. They are up in the mountains, and I believe there are about 10 of us going. I have an 8mm video camera that has night vision on it, so I’ll be taking that, as well as my digital camera. If I get any pictures of ghostios, I’ll post ‘em.
I figured I’d post the link to Snopes’ article about the Amityville Horror house. Is it real? Or is it all Hollywood? http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/amityville.asp
The truth is out there. But can we handle the truth? ¶ 11:04 AM
