Messing with the Dark SideWe all like to tell stories about the *spooky* things that happen when people mess around with Ouija boards, hexes and spells.
A friend had wierd banging noises in his house for months and was deeply, deeply worried that it was the result of getting drunk and attempting to summon the devil.*
What's scared the crud out of you after you've played with the dark side?
* it turned out to be a tramp living in his attic (no, really). Also, -5 points for rubbish Star Wars jokes
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chthonic, Thu 20 Apr 2006, 11:58)
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Working as a hospice nurseI was familiar with being at dead and soon-to-be-dead people's bedsides. I got used to patients staring right through me and focusing on someone not there a foot behind me. I didn't mind a patient's long convo with dead relatives with the occasional comment thrown my way. (Like: "be careful on the way home. Ma says it's going to rain soon.")
I got completely creeped out (although it's very comforting if you believe in an afterlife) when people would look up at the ceiling, get this look of beatific joy, THEIR FACES WOULD GLOW then they'd close their eyes and die. This has happened several times across categories of age, sex, religion, language and belief. I thought I was seeing things until I attended a death with another nurse and she asked me if I saw the glow too. It's hard to describe; sort of like a narrow spotlight in a dim room.
(, Wed 26 Apr 2006, 2:06, Reply)
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