06.15.2007
Maybe It's Long-Leggedy Beasties
The other day, upon arriving home from my acupuncture appointment, I was startled to hear three distinct footsteps coming from upstairs. Neither Goblin, who was about two feet away from me, nor Rob, who was about two hundred miles away, appeared to have been the culprit. Quickly, I checked the back door, but it was closed and locked; neither had the front appeared to have been tampered with when I entered, but there is a balcony door on the second floor, right near the origin of the sound. Grabbing the phone, ready to call 911 when I encountered a prowler, I crept up the stairs and discovered that Goblin and I were quite alone.
Rob and I have taken to watching “Ghost Hunters,” a reality program on the SciFi network about an abrasive bald man and his team of oddballs who set up elaborate scientific recording devices in haunted houses in hopes of capturing real evidence of the supernatural. The show used to be less about the ghosts than about the team’s insufferable dysfunction, but they seem to have gotten their act together in recent seasons and have actually managed to record some interesting phenomena. Some of this has been truly amazing—such as a glass shattering on a nightstand, a wire unlooping itself from where it had been secured, a cloaked figure appearing and disappearing in an abandoned corridor, a ghoul’s face floating in the darkness, and disembodied voices answering questions on a tape recorder—but most of it would be considered fairly commonplace if there had been some known human cause.
As commonplace as a few odd footsteps in an empty house.
posted by
David at 7:24 AM
Must be a case of WUN Widespead Unexplainable Noises. I was watching some recorded back-episodes of Hidden Plams and Hollyoalks yesterday when I was jolted by the sound of breaking glass. LOUD breaking glass. My house is rather small, only so many things made of glass. Yet I can find nothing shattered. Nothing reduced to flying shards. This has happed on three other times in my 27 years in this house.
OK, which of you ghosts broke it? Which one of you is going to clean up the mess? And just how do you plan to replace it?
(since most TV series are in reruns, this may or may not be current info)
PS: Late night SQUIRREL update for Goblin:
Craig Ferguson reported in his monologue last night that THREE, yes, (3) people in Germany have reported to Police after being attacked by squirrels. Craig reckons another group out of Germany is now rising up, bent on world domination. Just in case, French squirrels have already surrendered. Put Goblin on alert, have her be on extra gaurd if she gets the slighest whiff of Schwaebische Kasespaetzle.
posted by: Jeffrey on 06.15.2007 at 11:34 AM
Yup. Sounds to me like you may have one of them there poultrygeists. ;-)
If you want, I can send our Lab Mandy over. She's our family ghost spotter (but that's a story for another day).
posted by: Jess on 06.15.2007 at 12:59 PM
Come to the light, Carol Anne.
posted by:
Curtis on 06.15.2007 at 1:03 PM
Jeffrey: You had better believe that Goblin was alerted immediately to the heightened security needs. She has been stalking the neighborhood stiff-legged, glaring up into the trees and daring them to do something on her watch. As for the WUN, I would prefer something other than footsteps or breaking glass. A daily prediction of the winning lottery numbers would be handy.
Jess: Oh, Goblin can SPOT the ghosts, but unless they're departed squirrels, she has better things to do.
Curtis: We use compact fluorescents, so Carol Anne may have to squint to find it.
posted by:
David on 06.18.2007 at 9:36 AM
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