I just spent the last hour or two researching the Amityville horror…supposedly based on a true story. What sparked this curiosity? I was going to watch the latest “The Punisher” and there was an ad for The haunting in Connecticut..also supposidley based on a true story (the only true part is that someone truly made it up)
So what did I find…well for one it was long ago admitted that the “horror” stories were a hoax…made up by a lawyer and the Lutze family.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/amityville.asp
Also, the house is CURRENTLY OCCUPIED!! And guess what…no one had EVER acknowledged ANY strange going ons in the house. I’m sure there may be (though I don’t know that there is) a greater turnover of home owners in relation to the surrounding houses but it has nothing to do with haunting…but more so that nut bags go there and “cut pieces of grass from the yard…stop and stare…gawk…try to break in”. If I owned a house that was constantly being bothered by fruitcakes I’d move to.
The Connecticut story? Same thing, NO ONE that has lived there since notices anything odd. And the people living there at the time only say the haunted family made up stuff. I.E. demons cause the power to go out…it was a tree limb.
Now…sure I come off and just being synical. Just someone who doesn’t believe and doesn’t WANT to believe. 100% WRONG! Let me explain, see my experiences have led me to believe the way I do, and the facts just pile up to back me up.
A few stories of my own:
As a youngster we lived in a house practically surrounded by woods, with 1 acre of clear land separating me from the woods behind the house. I had two windows, one face those woods, the other face the woods that were within spitting distance from my window. I felt that if I stared into the darkness I would eventually see a pair of red eyes beeming back. So what did I do? I stared. WHY? Well…if there was a demon out there or some spirit…what an ADVENTURE!! Plus you can’t deny red eyes staring at you now can you? WHAT PROOF that would be. I saw…nothing…except the occasional firefly. So I stared some more. Nothing.
Our house had a hallway that was PITCH BLACK at night. Usually everyone gathered in the living room to watch tv at night. The living room had been added on by previous owner and was at the COMPLETE opposite end of the house. We usually had ALL the lights off. There was one bathroom…at the end of that dark hallway. I knew there were demons just lurking behind me…and that if I didn’t walk quickly they would tap me on the shoulder or breath down my neck…so what did I do? I walked slowly…and turned around. Nothing….NEVER anything.
Now my scariest occurrence. I was asleep one night, had my fan on. I woke up for some reason, and had my head almost under the covers. It suddenly felt as if someone sat on the end of my bed. I thought it was the fan…is was on “swivel” mode…but the weight never let up. It just stayed there. I figured I could stay like I was…or go down fighting. I jumped up and flicked on the light…nothing.
See folks…my dad has always told me…demons can only go were they are invited. I will take that a step away from the religious and towards the logical. People who find demons are those WANTING to be scared. There is NOTHING there. Just there imaginations...they are irrational and LOOKING for something (that isn't there) so they do whatever they can to find it.
The mind in interesting, as a method of escape/protection from hidden rage it will actually cause debilitating pain (Dr. Sarno, healing back pain) and when you are scared, you brain does whatever it can to remove you from the fear...fight or flight. This response LOADS the body with hormones...NONE of which promote clear thinking. And it is on THAT mindset "these" people "experience" spirits.
I have found that people who tend to “believe” in such nonsense are typically irrational people, and are easily controlled by their fears. Another story, while attending ETBU, and before old Hotel Marshal was rebuilt, it was a dump…every window broken, elevator shaft doors left open, etc etc. It is a 7 story building with roof access…very ominous looking really.
Any hoo, popular thing to do was to break in and snoop around. I went twice, one time I took people with me. I don’t recall who they were…doesn’t matter. There was actually a room with pentagrams etc painted on every wall…candles…demonic etc etc. (I know not all pentagrams are demonic but these were) any hoo there are NO windows…there is constantly a breeze blowing. So naturally a door gets moved. One of these people was SO freaked out that hearing the door was the last strike and they bolted out exclaiming something evil was there.
Come on. People go to these places and say they see wisps of smoke, shadows…etc etc. Let’s talk about the tv shows too. They follow the SAME formula…they go in, skeptical of course, set up equipment…take readings…which come back…not abnormal….but not…normal. Any hoo that night they go exploring and…proceed to scare THEMSELVES sh$tless. THEY DO IT ALL THEMSELVES! ON CAMERA they yell out SOMETHING TOUCHED ME…really?
The ONLY people who “find proof” are those dimwits who allow themselves to be scared…by their imaginations…those who are irrational and unrealistic…folks who believe everything means something. Sorry…no it doesn’t. A ham sandwich isn’t evil just cause some famous person choked on it. Nor is a place haunted case YOU get scared when you go there. These people ignore EVERYONE else who goes to these places and debunks these “theories” they only listen to those who let themselves get scared…again…by their imaginations.
Trust me I’ve been there…done that. But I am rational, and realistic.
Typical situation…
I FEEL SOMETHING ON MY NECK!!!
That would be the wind you moron…
“these” people refuse to believe the rational and pursue the irrational and illogical and insist the wind you BOTH felt was really…a spirit.
Another story. Late one night, same house as above, I heard what I could only describe as demonic horses fighting. Mind you our house was DEEP in the country, surrounded by woods. You’ve seen nature shows where stallions battle each other, or horses neigh a lot…just like that…but…like more echoed and…shrill. What did I do…you guessed it…grabbed by wooden training sword and my dog and headed out. Hell if there WERE really demons fighting THAT would be something to behold! Guess what I found after walking in the dark for 30 min? A BIG pond…full of frogs. THAT’S ALL IT WAS! My senses playing tricks.
So whenever you tell me of haunted this or spirits that and how you’ve REALLY felt there presence etc…don’t be surprised if I give you a very odd look, then laugh, and just walk away. Cause you’ve just shown yourself to be the biggest irrational sucker ever. And I will GLADLY take you up on the offer to visit said haunted place so I can watch you scare yourself while I “attempt” to explain the psychology of “scaring oneself into belief”
Does this mean I no longer have an eerie feeling when it’s dark…not a chance. But I KNOW where that fear stims from and it doesn’t control me…I control it. “these” people are controlled by their fear which exaggerates their imagination. I.E. it’s 4am and I’m writing this in an old creaky mobile home…pitch black outside and my eyes just played tricks on me…made me think the curtains moved out of the corner of my eye…what was it really? Well the laptop screen is bright and blinding, I’m using an Alltel wireless USB modem which blinks. The blink caught my eye and I didn’t look, just my peripheral vision…and my mind played a trick. Rational vs irrational.
On second thought…best not to invite me…I’m a buzzkill for haunted places.
So what did I find…well for one it was long ago admitted that the “horror” stories were a hoax…made up by a lawyer and the Lutze family.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/amityville.asp
Also, the house is CURRENTLY OCCUPIED!! And guess what…no one had EVER acknowledged ANY strange going ons in the house. I’m sure there may be (though I don’t know that there is) a greater turnover of home owners in relation to the surrounding houses but it has nothing to do with haunting…but more so that nut bags go there and “cut pieces of grass from the yard…stop and stare…gawk…try to break in”. If I owned a house that was constantly being bothered by fruitcakes I’d move to.
The Connecticut story? Same thing, NO ONE that has lived there since notices anything odd. And the people living there at the time only say the haunted family made up stuff. I.E. demons cause the power to go out…it was a tree limb.
Now…sure I come off and just being synical. Just someone who doesn’t believe and doesn’t WANT to believe. 100% WRONG! Let me explain, see my experiences have led me to believe the way I do, and the facts just pile up to back me up.
A few stories of my own:
As a youngster we lived in a house practically surrounded by woods, with 1 acre of clear land separating me from the woods behind the house. I had two windows, one face those woods, the other face the woods that were within spitting distance from my window. I felt that if I stared into the darkness I would eventually see a pair of red eyes beeming back. So what did I do? I stared. WHY? Well…if there was a demon out there or some spirit…what an ADVENTURE!! Plus you can’t deny red eyes staring at you now can you? WHAT PROOF that would be. I saw…nothing…except the occasional firefly. So I stared some more. Nothing.
Our house had a hallway that was PITCH BLACK at night. Usually everyone gathered in the living room to watch tv at night. The living room had been added on by previous owner and was at the COMPLETE opposite end of the house. We usually had ALL the lights off. There was one bathroom…at the end of that dark hallway. I knew there were demons just lurking behind me…and that if I didn’t walk quickly they would tap me on the shoulder or breath down my neck…so what did I do? I walked slowly…and turned around. Nothing….NEVER anything.
Now my scariest occurrence. I was asleep one night, had my fan on. I woke up for some reason, and had my head almost under the covers. It suddenly felt as if someone sat on the end of my bed. I thought it was the fan…is was on “swivel” mode…but the weight never let up. It just stayed there. I figured I could stay like I was…or go down fighting. I jumped up and flicked on the light…nothing.
See folks…my dad has always told me…demons can only go were they are invited. I will take that a step away from the religious and towards the logical. People who find demons are those WANTING to be scared. There is NOTHING there. Just there imaginations...they are irrational and LOOKING for something (that isn't there) so they do whatever they can to find it.
The mind in interesting, as a method of escape/protection from hidden rage it will actually cause debilitating pain (Dr. Sarno, healing back pain) and when you are scared, you brain does whatever it can to remove you from the fear...fight or flight. This response LOADS the body with hormones...NONE of which promote clear thinking. And it is on THAT mindset "these" people "experience" spirits.
I have found that people who tend to “believe” in such nonsense are typically irrational people, and are easily controlled by their fears. Another story, while attending ETBU, and before old Hotel Marshal was rebuilt, it was a dump…every window broken, elevator shaft doors left open, etc etc. It is a 7 story building with roof access…very ominous looking really.
Any hoo, popular thing to do was to break in and snoop around. I went twice, one time I took people with me. I don’t recall who they were…doesn’t matter. There was actually a room with pentagrams etc painted on every wall…candles…demonic etc etc. (I know not all pentagrams are demonic but these were) any hoo there are NO windows…there is constantly a breeze blowing. So naturally a door gets moved. One of these people was SO freaked out that hearing the door was the last strike and they bolted out exclaiming something evil was there.
Come on. People go to these places and say they see wisps of smoke, shadows…etc etc. Let’s talk about the tv shows too. They follow the SAME formula…they go in, skeptical of course, set up equipment…take readings…which come back…not abnormal….but not…normal. Any hoo that night they go exploring and…proceed to scare THEMSELVES sh$tless. THEY DO IT ALL THEMSELVES! ON CAMERA they yell out SOMETHING TOUCHED ME…really?
The ONLY people who “find proof” are those dimwits who allow themselves to be scared…by their imaginations…those who are irrational and unrealistic…folks who believe everything means something. Sorry…no it doesn’t. A ham sandwich isn’t evil just cause some famous person choked on it. Nor is a place haunted case YOU get scared when you go there. These people ignore EVERYONE else who goes to these places and debunks these “theories” they only listen to those who let themselves get scared…again…by their imaginations.
Trust me I’ve been there…done that. But I am rational, and realistic.
Typical situation…
I FEEL SOMETHING ON MY NECK!!!
That would be the wind you moron…
“these” people refuse to believe the rational and pursue the irrational and illogical and insist the wind you BOTH felt was really…a spirit.
Another story. Late one night, same house as above, I heard what I could only describe as demonic horses fighting. Mind you our house was DEEP in the country, surrounded by woods. You’ve seen nature shows where stallions battle each other, or horses neigh a lot…just like that…but…like more echoed and…shrill. What did I do…you guessed it…grabbed by wooden training sword and my dog and headed out. Hell if there WERE really demons fighting THAT would be something to behold! Guess what I found after walking in the dark for 30 min? A BIG pond…full of frogs. THAT’S ALL IT WAS! My senses playing tricks.
So whenever you tell me of haunted this or spirits that and how you’ve REALLY felt there presence etc…don’t be surprised if I give you a very odd look, then laugh, and just walk away. Cause you’ve just shown yourself to be the biggest irrational sucker ever. And I will GLADLY take you up on the offer to visit said haunted place so I can watch you scare yourself while I “attempt” to explain the psychology of “scaring oneself into belief”
Does this mean I no longer have an eerie feeling when it’s dark…not a chance. But I KNOW where that fear stims from and it doesn’t control me…I control it. “these” people are controlled by their fear which exaggerates their imagination. I.E. it’s 4am and I’m writing this in an old creaky mobile home…pitch black outside and my eyes just played tricks on me…made me think the curtains moved out of the corner of my eye…what was it really? Well the laptop screen is bright and blinding, I’m using an Alltel wireless USB modem which blinks. The blink caught my eye and I didn’t look, just my peripheral vision…and my mind played a trick. Rational vs irrational.
On second thought…best not to invite me…I’m a buzzkill for haunted places.
__
I have pm though and email 
Comment