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October 19th, 2015
Ever since I was a little girl, I loved listening to ghost stories which is probably why I love watching horror movies. It’s predictable, the movie category that is my first choice every time and I will say – it’s got to be a scary one.
While this is all in good fun, I’ve often wondered, why do I do this? Call me an adventure seeker or even a little crazy, but if it has to do with Halloween or the supernatural, I get really excited. I actually look for something to make the hair on the back of my neck standup and if it does, I can’t wait to share it with someone. I even have two black cats, one named Thackery Binx, no less.
I’ve taken ghost tours on vacations and I’ve visited many haunted houses over the years, seeking the thrill. I love to tell and hear ghost stories. As a child, my family and neighbor friends would set up some pretty elaborate spook houses in my grandmother’s basement. Ketchup was blood and jello was brains.
I don’t scare easily, but what rattles me most are the ones that involve true events or something that takes control of another person….possession – yikes! Those are creepy. But I continue to search for the shiver down my spine.
My latest scare adventure involves my family (minus our youngest, certainly don’t want to scare her), heading to a nationally known haunted inn and spending the entire weekend, Halloween weekend no less. This is the real deal The Buxton Inn where ghost sightings have been reported. Unexplained noises in the night with no one around also have happened, along with reports of a cat hopping up on the beds and crawling in and shadow figures…eerie stuff. An apparition in one of the rooms we are staying in was just reported by a recent traveler!
My husband is a complete skeptic and I, on the other hand, will probably be talking out loud to these ghosts. The teenagers undoubtedly will be trying to act cool as if they aren’t scared at all while taking it all in.
As the date nears, I am preparing and trying to gather enough information about the place to get their minds on high alert and I chuckle wondering who will jump first. I plan on creating a very scary candlelit atmosphere detailed with stories and equipped with a video camera. Perhaps I may even take a “selfie video” emulating the Blair Witch Project and text it to them. If I can’t scare them, I sure can make them laugh.
Either way, no matter the outcome, I am planning on making this a weekend the Dodd family will never forget. BOO! And, I will let you know if it’s real or nothing but a little hocus pocus!
