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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Thrill ~ A Theme Thursday Post

Cemetery for one. Rt. 42 Wilberforce, Ohio
Photo taken 10-26-11
Telling ghost stories by candle light,
giggling girls sitting in a circle.
Wide eyed and terrified at shadows across the window,
illumined by the moon.
Hide and Seek at midnight,
holding breath as snapping twigs and crunching leaves
give signs that you may be discovered.
Squeals and shrieks at sheet ghosts hanging in trees,
a mix of goose bump pleasure and a flash of fear.
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33 comments:

  1. ooooh! Sounds like a nice spooky evening. A day to remember. lol

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  2. haha...love your mixed in acrostics...we had a graveyard in the backyard and told many a stories on the tombstones...

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  3. Don't you kinda miss those childhood days...when that was as scary as things got?

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  4. Now that was a very poignant observation. Times have indeed changed.

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  5. Yeah...as adults the thrills are different...and the scary things are, too!

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  6. And the kids aren't often isolated from the "adult" scares nowadays, sadly.

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  7. Yay!! I can hear their squeals and shrieks as they play hide and seek at midnight!

    Take care
    x

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  8. Oh that was such fun
    Sure be interesting to see what kind of ghostly tale you'd stick the flashlight to your face and would have spun
    Sadly yes that is lost as more scarier things
    Than those with wings
    Go bump in the night
    Causing us so called adults a fright
    And yeah most kids know them now too
    Sad but true

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  9. Pat ~
    We always told a story about some zombie man licking someone's hand as it dangling over the side of the bed while they were sleeping.
    Actually, we said 'insane' man, but that wouldn't be PC in this day. lol...And to this day I don't let my foot or hand hang over the edge of the bed! hahaha.

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  10. i really like how you end with flash of fear. without that, there's nothing.
    :)

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  11. frightening! please save one of those crunch bars for me.

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  12. Tom ~ you can have all the crunch bars...I can't keep out of the Snicker's Squared. :)

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  13. haha it is funny how we carry those little things with us that we made up to scare
    Even though I think by sticking your hand over the bed you won't be any worse for wear

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  14. Pat ~ I'm sure you're right
    but taking a chance could be a fright!
    Besides, after 50 years
    breaking a habit is hard work, I fear!

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  15. I'll nod and agree
    Plus being so old and your eye sight going, you might actually think it's the insane man you see..hahaha

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  16. Pat ~
    careful...I'll throw a pancake frisbee at you!
    it could make you black and blue!

    that is, if my old eyes can see where you are
    Hope you aren't standing away too far~

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  17. Love that photo and your story. I grew up across the street from an old cemetary, and spent hours playing there. Sometime at night we would play hind*n*seek and it was quite scary.

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  18. Lovely picture. You're always so creative! =)

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  19. That was so much fun and spooky too!! I can well imagine the excitement, shrieks and squeals. You have a marvelous scary post today!!

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  20. Great picture with the light and fall color. I love the color of the leaves.

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  21. Love ghost stories and the thrills and chills they give you. I too never hang my feet or hands off the bed and might have heard similar stories while a child. They could have been from the Twilight Zone or the Outer Limits. Such scary stories came from those two shows. So many are still stuck in my brain.

    And you should go back through Brian's blog and read some of the cemetery stories. They are really good and will give you a few thrills and chills for Halloween.

    Thanks for playing Theme Thursday. A great story for everyone.

    God bless.

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  22. Hi Betsy,

    4U2 posted an explanation of the picture for us at the Theme Thursday post comments. And dang it if Kris was not the closest in his guess. It must be a man thing. Anyway just wanted you to know.

    God bless.

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  23. Last night daugther has seen all the thrill movies she can see, and sometimes she still go to my bed at night!! LOL gloria

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  24. PERFECT for THIS week! I love THAT statue!!! It is a bit hidden till the leaves start to fall...excellent!

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  25. Answer: Something that can be very dangerous!

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  26. thanks, MrsU ~ I'll go have a look! :)

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  27. Jill ~ I've always been fascinated by that tombstone out there all by itself! It really isn't in a convenient location to pull over and take a closer look, either. I would like to know who is buried there, though!

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  28. alright, so I do things more simply:
    watching movies about vampires while prepping some stuff...

    I know,
    just not as scary!!
    ;)~
    HUGZ

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  29. I can picture the fun and hear the high pitched screams.

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