...I've been getting creeped out lately. Seriously not joking here.
It started about a month ago. Not on a dark and stormy night, but in the bright afternoon sunshine, as I was mowing the lawn. It's a big lawn, about 3 acres. I was cruizing along on my Craftsman LT1000, mesmerized by the drone of the 21 horsepower Briggs and Stratton engine, when suddenly I felt a chill run down me. I had the distinct feeling that if I turned around, I'd see a man standing there, grinning at me. I turned and looked, and of course, nothing was there.
A few nights later something similar happened at the office. I'm the only one who works evenings around here, and sometimes I turn off the overhead florescents, and rely on the floodlights from the Homeland Security building next door. I got up from my cube and started walking toward the breakroom, when that same chill hit me. An unreasoning fear that as soon as I walk around the corner, that man will be standing there, grinning at me. This time, in my mental picture of him, I could see his face. It was a crazed look, bereft of any reason at all. But it was an oddly familiar face and it only took me a second to place it. This is where it gets really weird. It was the face of Shemp, from the Three Stooges, as it appears in the opening credits, alongside Moe and Larry. He's got this crazy, idiotic grin with his eyes open wide. I know this sounds like I'm joking, and God help me, I wish I were. I no longer turn the lights out here at the office.
It's getting bad now. When I arrive home from work, the woods are dark and scary. I hold my head down, because I don't want to see Shemp learing at me from the shed doorway. Inside the house, I avoid looking at the windows for the same reason. In my mind, I know nothing's there, but that knowledge just doesn't seem to help. I can't seem get a grip on my overactive imagination. Though I haven't actually seen anything, this stupid fear that sooner or later I will actually hallucinate literally gives me gooseflesh from head to toe. I'm starting to think I'm in serious need of a checkup from the neck up. Anybody ever experienced anything like this? I imagine some are thinking this is really stupid, and I have no argument to refute it. I just wish I knew how to stop it.
It started about a month ago. Not on a dark and stormy night, but in the bright afternoon sunshine, as I was mowing the lawn. It's a big lawn, about 3 acres. I was cruizing along on my Craftsman LT1000, mesmerized by the drone of the 21 horsepower Briggs and Stratton engine, when suddenly I felt a chill run down me. I had the distinct feeling that if I turned around, I'd see a man standing there, grinning at me. I turned and looked, and of course, nothing was there.
A few nights later something similar happened at the office. I'm the only one who works evenings around here, and sometimes I turn off the overhead florescents, and rely on the floodlights from the Homeland Security building next door. I got up from my cube and started walking toward the breakroom, when that same chill hit me. An unreasoning fear that as soon as I walk around the corner, that man will be standing there, grinning at me. This time, in my mental picture of him, I could see his face. It was a crazed look, bereft of any reason at all. But it was an oddly familiar face and it only took me a second to place it. This is where it gets really weird. It was the face of Shemp, from the Three Stooges, as it appears in the opening credits, alongside Moe and Larry. He's got this crazy, idiotic grin with his eyes open wide. I know this sounds like I'm joking, and God help me, I wish I were. I no longer turn the lights out here at the office.
It's getting bad now. When I arrive home from work, the woods are dark and scary. I hold my head down, because I don't want to see Shemp learing at me from the shed doorway. Inside the house, I avoid looking at the windows for the same reason. In my mind, I know nothing's there, but that knowledge just doesn't seem to help. I can't seem get a grip on my overactive imagination. Though I haven't actually seen anything, this stupid fear that sooner or later I will actually hallucinate literally gives me gooseflesh from head to toe. I'm starting to think I'm in serious need of a checkup from the neck up. Anybody ever experienced anything like this? I imagine some are thinking this is really stupid, and I have no argument to refute it. I just wish I knew how to stop it.
Thanks for the chucks, bro!
