I just hit 40. there were tons of Bigfoot and loch Ness monster books written in the 70s that our library had. Plus, I remember Whitley Streiber on Johnny Carson. Alien Abduction has freaked me out ever since.
I'm just a couple years younger. As a non-religious kid, I was terrified of alien abduction. I didn't believe in supernatural stuff but the idea that maybe aliens really did kidnap people and abuse them scared the hell out of me. Plenty of nightmares.
Oh yeah. I didn't believe in ghosts, but I spent a lot of time under the covers convinced if I looked there would be giant almond eyes looking down at me.
I used be scared to wash my hair when I was a kid. I was convinced there would be a Hopkinsville Goblin clawing at the shower window when I opened my eyes.
This sort of thing... childhood obsession. I kind of wish I had kept up, but now I don't even watch the Ancient Aliens stuff and I killed my subscription to the Fortean Times :(
Originally shared by Curt Thompson This is an interesting theory, but I notice the author has to omit one of the most important Heinlein novels to make it work. Time Enough For Love was written in the very early 70s and was a straight (heh) extrapolation of the chaotic and frenetic zeitgeist of that era. http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/11/the-joke-is-on-us-the-two-careers-of-robert-a-heinlein/
Originally shared by Kirill Grouchnikov #pixelpushing When I start wiring real data to the UI pieces that have up until now were tested with fake content, and after it compiles I run it on the device, and it crashes immediately because, you know, real data , and I'm all like...
Originally shared by Andrew “Incomitatum” Chason Hit Me with your Horror I am looking for some horror flicks. The newer the better. Good is good too. I liked House of 1000 Corpses and Devil's Rejects . I liked both the new Texas Chainsaw movies. Hills Have Eyes 1 was good (never saw the second . Jeepers Creepers 1 & 2 come to mind as well. A little camp, and/or "back woods" can't hurt. Any of you have any recommendations? Lets try and not go too far back than mid 90's. Aside: How was the new "Freddy" movie? Suggested So Far • Bones (2001) • Drag Me to Hell (2009) • The Grudge (2004) • Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010) • Dog Soldiers (2002) • The Decent (2005) • Creature (2011) • The Last Winter (2006)
Oh man. I was addicted to Project Blue Book or whatever it was called in the '70s.
ReplyDeleteI was all about UFOs and cryptozoology when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteCasey Garske Oh man, me too. And dinosaurs. We must be the same age.
ReplyDeleteI just hit 40. there were tons of Bigfoot and loch Ness monster books written in the 70s that our library had. Plus, I remember Whitley Streiber on Johnny Carson. Alien Abduction has freaked me out ever since.
ReplyDeleteI'm just a couple years younger. As a non-religious kid, I was terrified of alien abduction. I didn't believe in supernatural stuff but the idea that maybe aliens really did kidnap people and abuse them scared the hell out of me. Plenty of nightmares.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah. I didn't believe in ghosts, but I spent a lot of time under the covers convinced if I looked there would be giant almond eyes looking down at me.
ReplyDeletePaul V. maybe those weren't nightmares. Have you had regression therapy?
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ReplyDeleteI used be scared to wash my hair when I was a kid. I was convinced there would be a Hopkinsville Goblin clawing at the shower window when I opened my eyes.
Do you have a copy of the Big Book of the Unexplained? It sums up everything I read about as a kid.
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I do not, but I have a feeling we read most of the same stuff.
ReplyDeleteThis sort of thing... childhood obsession. I kind of wish I had kept up, but now I don't even watch the Ancient Aliens stuff and I killed my subscription to the Fortean Times :(
ReplyDeletehttp://www.amazon.com/Readers-Mysteries-Unexplained-Carroll-Calkins/dp/B001AVNI3Y that was my source book. Some of the stories still fill me with wonder!
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