Happy Halloween, y'all! This is one of my favorite holidays of the year. I was really hoping to do a cool Halloween hair/makeup tutorial yesterday, but I was fighting a ravaging headache with no meds in the house. I'm really sorry that my first Sunday video blog didn't happen!
As much as I love Halloween, by the time it rolls around, I'm a bit over it. I blame the retail industry. I remember when I was a kid, Halloween stuff didn't hit the shelves until the beginning of October. Now we are bombarded with costume choices, decorations, and giant scaretastic warehouses as soon as the kids head back to school! By the time All Hallow's Eve is here, I'm all hollowed out and ready to put away the fake cobwebs. But, I refuse to be a zombie grinch about it and will leave everything up just these last few hours. Tomorrow, however, all the ghouls go back to bed for the year, and my scarecrows can breathe again without the giant spiders crawling about them. (Well, anyone who has ever been out to my house can tell you that the fake giant spiders won't be on them, but the real ones will be. ew. ew. ew.)
Now, I'm feeling all bah humbug about the whole day. This is no good for getting amped up to pass out candy. So, here's a real life ghost story for you...first hand experience right here.
Every state has it's version of "The Light" story. You know the one... go somewhere dark, flash your headlights three times, kill the engine, and wait. Rumor has it that a light will surround your car and drain the battery and so on and so forth.
Well, my state is no different. A few years ago, I was up in my mama's hometown visiting family for the week. It was the week of my cousin's high school graduation, so of course us kids were up to no good. We decided one night to pile up in my convertible (*sigh* may she rest in peace....the car, that is) and head out to "The Light." Now, the whole Northeast corner of the state is fields and woods...and very rural. It was pitch black that night. No moonlight, no headlights. We drove down the dirt road, trees filling the spaces to the left and the right of us.
I stopped the car, turned of the engine, and flashed the headlights three times. We waited five minutes and...nothing. Now, I'm no skeptic. I've seen things in my life that cannot be explained. However, I also don't look for things that aren't there. I decided to give it one more shot, wait five more minutes and then head back to my aunt's house. Three flashes...all of a sudden, a green glow emerged ahead of us. Slowly, the light got bigger and brighter. I could see the outlight of a man carrying a lantern. It was getting closer. I wasn't about to wait for it to get to the car and drain my battery. We had no cell phone service, we were in the middle of nowhere. I knew how that story would end. I flipped on my lights and started the car and drove towards the light...which was now getting away from us. The dirt road ran into the highway and the light was gone. No one was there. We hightailed it back to where we came from and never returned to "The Light" again.
Happy Halloween!
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