As it turns out, if you spot an orb outside, there are a couple of other orbsplanations available. So, let’s say you’re out just a wanderin’ around the woods one night and you see a glowing ball of light in the distance. It could be a one person rave, which is kind of sad but not life threatening.
Category Archives: Folklore
Folklore Flashback
Are you ready to get away from it all for the weekend? Trips to the lake or beach are expensive and a snore. You can do better than that. Have you ever wanted to visit an area where nightmares come to life?
That’s a Wrap(ped Ghost)
Hey Bookworms! You may or may not have heard yet, but this is my last Folklore Friday column. Because I have the attention span of a toddler, now just felt like a really good time to step away and focus on writing something new. Before we commence with the folklore shenanigans this week I justContinue reading “That’s a Wrap(ped Ghost)”
At Least Yertle Wasn’t Interested in Your Butt
I’m coming for those yellow-bellied terrapin bastards and I’m coming full force.
Werewolves for Jesus
If you’re hell bent on cheating at Lent there are a couple of techniques you can use to avoid the wrath of the Rougarou. The easiest one is to place 13 objects between yourself and your wolfy pursuer.
Ludwig Wants to Drink Your Blood, Kids
Ludwig is still around today and he’s thriving. He’s made himself part of the neighborhood only now, instead of a lunch of longshoremen, he has hipster hors d’oeuvres.
Save the Drama for Mama Leeds
The poor kid has real mother issues. See, before he was born his parents already had twelve kids. Maybe his folks were hoping that things like small pox and roving bears would trim down their herd, but the family remained in bafflingly good health.
This Night Light is Quite a Fright
Nobody actually knows where Will ‘o the Wisps came from but my favorite explanation is that they are the souls of people who have been deemed too evil to enter heaven or hell, so they’re forced to spend their afterlife haunting the earth.
Shadowy Guys (clap, clap) Are Watching You
I feel like it would be an amazing relief to know that the large shadowy entity appraising you from a distance wasn’t going to catcall you, or assault you, or monologue at you about what a great movie American Psycho is while they inch ever more uncomfortably close to you at a party.
Boos Cruise
Each time that loved one died on the very day that the ship was spotted. What possessed this pack of precognitive pirates to pop in and warn of the impending deaths and where have they been for the last 116 years?
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