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This scene dude

Little Red Riding Hood - Daniel Egnéus

creepy things where I live that just ✨ make sense✨pt. 3

War hospital

Portal to a parallel universe

Mummified dog that was found INSIDE a tree.

fucking GNOME VALLEY and FAIRY TALE CAVERNS because somebody thought it was a good idea to make creepy statues of fairytale characters and stick them in a CAVE.

Ghost road (don't go walking after dark. Please just don't. Even if there aren't ghosts, there are wild animals).

Haunted ghost towns because at some point in history some towns decided that mass murder and crime was just an okay thing to do? Or people just went mad i guess

Desolate mansion deep in the forest. (Sad part- the owners, a gay couple who built the home themselves, were murdered in the 80s by their friends and the media claimed the couple were devil worshippers because they were openly gay)

Local "stonehenge" which are a group of stones that have inscriptions in 8 languages about how to survive the apocalypse and supposedly there is a time capsule buried under them.

My house (specifically my laundry room)

The road leading to my house

Screaming foxes

Random cemeteries in the middle of nowhere

Deer with wasting disease (absolutely terrifying.)

creepy things where I live that just ✨make sense✨pt. 2

Old and partially collapsed house that was abandoned because the owners went mad and refused to give it to their family or sell it.

The same house has a perfect ring of daffodils around it (weren't planted) that choked out the rose garden and the entire property is overgrown with vines and trees that never seem to be green. The whole area is covered in trinkets, jars, coal, and glass.

Old jail

Antique stores with an inordinate amount of creepy dolls

That really tall tree you can see in the distance that is always being circled by crows or vultures

Cultish ritual book that belonged to the previous owners of my current house.

A pillar that, according to legend, if you touch it, you'll die shortly after.

Literally any slave quarters or old plantations

Estate rumored to be haunted after a murder mystery

National museum dedicated to Ticks (the bugs)

Abandoned castle

There's a statue where if you looked it in the eyes you'll either be turned to stone or cursed

Abandoned asylum with 25,000 unmarked graves

creepy things where i live that just ✨make sense✨ pt. 1

Abandoned ghost town in the middle of the woods

BONES

Random old chimneys (also in the woods)

Crazy old people

Bones hanging from trees

CoRn FiEldS

CotToN FieLdS

Old cemeteries

Weird cults made of old people

Whatever you do, DONT STOP FOR ANYBODY ON DIRT ROADS PAST SUNDOWN

That spot on the road where everyone breaks down at least once

Rooms that were closed off and never opened again after a student committed suicide and weird stuff started happening

Abandoned house

Old old wooden church

A Review on ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker

Genre: Gothic/Adventure

Rating: 3/4

Summary: An English solicitor named Jonathan Harker visits the Castle Dracula of Transylvania, Romania, where he meets the famous Count Dracula. By the day, he becomes aware of himself being held captive in the labyrinth like castle. In the meantime, Harker’s fiancée Mina Murray grows anxious of his return while noticing some great changes in her best friend, Lucy Westenra.

My Opinion: I was very excited about this book and waited till October to get the Halloween vibes. Unfortunately my exam date was set for October and I had to sneak some time to read it. Anyway, I was able to finish reading the book and liked it. The gothic environment was evident and at times it creeped me out. The environments of the castle and the graveyard were really creepy. The fact that the whole book was written in the format of letters, diaries and journals, kept me guessing. I did not particularly like any character. I didn’t feel emotionally connected to anyone. They seem too plain. A minor character of a mental patient named Renfield was the only one I found interesting. Another problem I struggled with was that the novel was too descriptive. It took a lot of my attention and will power to go through the whole book. But overall, the story was thrilling.

Quote:  “How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.”

‘Wuthering Heights’ By Emily  Brontë Book Review

Genre: Gothic/Romance

Rating: 3/5

Summary: The story of Catherine Earnshaw and her foster brother, Heathcliff falling in love. But when Catherine is married to another man Heathcliff seek revenge on those he thinks are responsible.

My Opinion: I was confused throughout the whole book. Sometimes I liked it, sometimes I didn’t. The characters were hard to sympathize with. The decisions they made were crazy. Overall the whole book seemed like a mess.

Still, there were some memorable events which I can't deny that I really liked. The ending was satisfying too.

Favourite Character: Edgar Linton seemed like the only sane person in the entire book. He was a sensible person and I felt his judgements were right.

Quote: “You said I killed you--haunt me then.”