I'm back to doing some regular articles this week after "thumbing up" a few Weird News shit pages on Facebook. I was half-tempted to do a week on my obsessive enjoyment of live-cams (not those kind, ya pervs...think stretches of nothing where lots of weird shit can happen like in Sedona, AZ.) but I'll save that for another time. I'm keeping my bored watching of nature in other beautiful places to myself for the moment. There's a ground-nesting bird in Arizona that flickers and flies all over the place. And I saw a beautiful Utah sunset last night. Did not compare the the awesome purple-pink-orange sunset here at my house just before it, though.
Here's the cornucopia of crazy for this week. Some of it from the Mirror. You can always depend on the Mirror for a good bizarre-shit story. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Mortified woman left in stitches after discovering what her cat's 'tapeworm' actually is (Gods an' goddesses, woman. Learn the difference! And keep your cat out of your fast food!) Police break up exorcism at Pennsylvania Home Depot (Pennsylvania is another one of those weird-shitsville states that I have to visit one of these days. Anyway, I know HD is evil (I'm a Lowe's person myself) but, seriously? The exorcism was apparently for the trees turned into lumber. Where'd they get the trees? Middle Earth? Gotta love PA, jawn. Did I use that correctly? Some Philadelphian please let me know.) This CCTV company is paying remote workers in India to yell at armed robbers in US (Man, talk about simping for capitalists. THIS is where I wish some paranormal poltergeist throwing shit would go down.) Sea lion opens gate to crash fisherman's interview about a 'plague of sea lions' (You talkin' shit about me, bro? Huh? This was damn hilarious. From the BBC news, no less). Foo Fighters to release disco album as the Dee Gees (I f*cking love this band. Did I mention I found a Foo Fighters UFO tee shirt online? It's pretty f*ckin' sweet. Hell yes, I'm gonna order it! Ok, this news is not too weird, I just f*cking love the Foo Fighters. Did you know? They took their name from a secret codeword military pilots used to refer to UFOs? Along with bogeys. Except, I heard they called them Foo F*ckers and the military cleaned it up for the US family consumption when they finally made that public.) Woman mourns after her dolphin husband dies and says she will never remarry (Alrighty, then.) Nebraska man makes 60 naked skydiving jumps in 24 hours (I thought Missouri was the "Show Me" state.) Mum horrified after discovering terrifying headless photos in walls of new house (OOOOkay. For context...these photos were in a secret room...that had been boarded up...and THEY UNBOARDED IT AND WENT IN THERE. Of course they did. Humans. Ya'll so funny. It's like when when ya'll open the sealed haunted boxes and shit, then freak the f**k out when shit starts flying at you. Don't ya'll ever watch paranormal shows?) And there I went and threw in an extra article. That's how much I love you weirdos.
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I recently watched a paranormal show about a haunted cave. It was actually about a cave my parents and grandparents took me to when I was a little kid...no more than four or five. I got weirded out as soon as I went inside, maybe because I was a kid and the darkness and stone views all around me frightened me...or we went to the first drop and it was very high up, and I've never been one for heights. But it felt oppressive. I felt sick being in there. I don't know if it was because it was haunted, but I wasn't surprised on the show to hear people, even scientists mapping the cave system, say they've experienced weird things down in the deep of this cave. So this week, out of curiosity, I looked up weird caves. Seems like there's a few. Mammoth Cave in Kentucky (the cave that weirded my little kid heart out so badly--I mean, I used to crawl under bushes that were tight, dim spaces and hang out with spiders for hours when my grandmother went hunting for me to do chores!--that's how bad this dark but stagnant, watery place freaked me out) is on several of these lists. I'm not surprised. Something ain't right in that cave. Something may not be right with many of these caves. I may have vowed as a little kid to never set foot into Mammoth Cave again, but there's some on this list that might make it onto my "Weird Sh!t Bucker List." That cave in Greece looks pretty interesting. This is by no means a complete list of weird/spooky caves. There are probably over 50,000 caves in the world. Some of them are probably not haunted. All of them are probably creepy. IMHO. Spelunkers Beware: These Are the 5 Spookiest Caves in America (These caves all sound lovely...with names like Hellhole and Moaning Caverns.) 9 of the World's Most Unusual Cave Destinations (The Waitomo Glowworm Cave sounds pretty cool, actually. And looks it from the pic.) Athens’ bizarre underground phenomenon Electronics going apeshit? Glowing orbs? Strange voices? Water dripping upwards? Creature sightings? Strange etchings? Remnants of possible dark rituals? Sounds like Skinwalker Ranch. If it weren't for the "steeply descending grotto" I might be interested. Funnily enough, none of the spooky haunted touristy sites mention this place. This place must be too scary for scary! A haunted, hidden world of caves (Bunch of caves in Nottingham, England. 500 of them. At least one of them is said to be haunted by a little girl named Rosie.) 9 Haunted Caves You Can Actually Explore (But You Shouldn't) (Bell Witch Cave in Tennessee is on here. As is a gangster ghost cave in Minnesota. The Chislehurst Caves in England sound downright terrifying. And the Cave of Sybill is said to be an entrance to hell. However, the article states: "For a diabolical doorway, Sybil's Cave is a surprisingly well-reviewed tourist destination.") There’s A Terrifying Haunted Cave In New York And It’s Not For The Faint Of Heart (Lockport Caves in Niagara County. It sounds really creepy, for sure.) Take An Underground Haunted Boat Tour In This Kentucky Cavern (Apparently The Gorge Underground in Kentucky is also haunted. Who'da thunk it?) Ending this week's cave-in of a post with a video about creepy caves. Mammoth is #10 no this YouTuber's list, but it will always be #1 on mine...as it's the only cave I've ever been in. Last week, I grumbled that a live webcam of a room focusing on a haunted doll was busted. Probably the doll got pissed and took out the camera. Stranger things have happened. Watch some paranormal ghost shows if you don't believe me. Them poltergeists don't be playin' around. Well, most likely the website owners couldn't afford the page anymore.
Disappointed, I was determined to find some weird, creepy doll stuff this week. Lo and behold. I found a whole bunch of creepy websites on haunted dolls. Did you know? People actually fucking collect haunted dolls? FOR REAL. Like, I have seen enough weird shit in my life...don't need to wake up to possessed-ass dolls staring at me, levitating over me in my bed. These dolls freak my ass out so much, I found pics on Pixabay for the gallery view this week, rather than snips of the article images. Robert, especially, is said to haunt whoever takes a picture of him without his permission. Dayum! Anyhoo. Welcome to Haunted Dolls Week. I know some of you whack-ass people dig this stuff, so knock yourselves out. This is for you. The Most Famous Haunted Dolls In The World (Yes, there are famous ones. I've heard about Annabelle and Robert. And, of bloody course there's one in Japan). 5 Creepy Haunted Dolls That Want To Play With You Forever (Annabelle and Robert again. Plus one called Harold. Everyone who has owned him has died. Bound to happen sooner or later if you think about it. Couple of other dolls so haunted their pictures won't even show up. Or it's just an old article. I don't like you either, Talky Tina). 9 Scariest Haunted Dolls You Do Not Want in Your Home (Skip the first two...Annabelle and Robert again. Then... What the...? There was a haunted Elmo? Say it ain't so? No, don't say it, Elmo. After Mandy, there is a Haunted Gang of Dolls that include a link to a YouTube video where the owners of the dolls recorded something strange indeed. Number 8 on the list is Island of the Dolls, a place in Mexico City that was featured on the paranormal/crypto/UAP show Expedition X. I haven't seen the episode yet, but we started the series and it's next. Oh joy. The dolls are supposed to whisper to people. Creeeepy. Inside the haunted doll markets of eBay and Etsy (The website describes an incident "where a young woman bought a doll online that was supposed to be haunted by a kind, positive spirit, but she ended up with something dark and malevolent. After a string of strange occurrences culminating in feeling tiny hands around her neck one night, she contacted Cain and shipped the doll off to him." Ooookay. I'll stick with Beanie Babies...'til someone sends me a link of haunted/possessed Beanies). Finally, wrapping up Doll Week with some serious news outlets reporting on the culture of the Haunted Doll Market: On eBay, a Fantastical, Earnest World of Haunted Dolls A columnist from The New Yorker who happens to believe in ghosts peruses the eBay haunted doll market. The descriptions of some of the dolls she wrote about are shiver-inducing. Haunted Dolls Are A Thing, And They're Not Cheap, Either (From NPR. A listener recounts her experience with a doll she owned that she thought was haunted. And the article reports on the haunted doll buying craze). The Haunted Dolls of eBay (A report/interview from WNYC, an NPR station in New York. Ending the article frenzy this week with a bit of humor, WNYC interviews Justin McElroy of My Brother, My Brother, And Me podcast who do a segment on haunted dolls. It's a pretty funny interview and I wanted to end this subject on a funny note. Because haunted dolls are freaking scary as hell and it's a totally human thing to laugh at things that scare us...before we run away screaming). This week's wacky stories from the Weird Wide Web:
Trolls of De Schorre Park (Ok...this would seriously make a pretty awesome hunt challenge. Find all the hidden trolls. Know what would be even better? Do it at night. Like a Japanese-style test-of-courage, like one sees in practically every high school paranormal or romance anime ever!) The Fairy Investigation Society (According to the Fortean Times, there used to be a real organization that investigated fairies. Ended in the 60s, but according to an episode of Paranormal Caught on Camera we watched recently, they may need to restart their activities.) Have You Heard the Chilling Creepypasta About the Haunted ‘Legend of Zelda’ Cartridge? (No, I haven't but... Wait...WHAT? **slowly puts game controller down and backs away...) After a Chinese zoo covered up a leopard escape, 100 chickens are searching for the big cat (We heard the cat owed the chickens money. He's about to get a smack down. Do NOT piss off the chicken mafia.) How a scuba diving lizard uses a bubble of air on its nose to swim underwater (This is so damn cool. The ways animals adapt to their environments in nature is one of the most fascinating things about Earth and her creatures.) One of the coolest articles I found this week was a link to a livestream of a haunted doll in a haunted house, and anyone who knows me well knows that haunted dolls creep me the fuck out, but the livestream was busted, so, no joy for you weirdos this week. Sorry. I'll see if I can find a haunted doll or something for next week's links. But I did get y'all a haunted video game and it's freaking Zelda! So that's something. The doll image is just there as a teaser. Psych! It's leftover from a Were-Traveler (the online fiction mag I publish) issue. It's pretty creepy though. 'Til next week... Keep being your freaky selves. |
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