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Opened: August 8, 2008
Welcome to Emily The Vampire Slayer, my name is Emily (surprised?) & this is my personal webspace that is free for me to say as I like in. You don't agree with my ramblings? That's fine, leave. I'm not out to offend or upset anyone but, like most, I'm very opiniated... that can often get in the way of my desire to be friends with everyone I meet because I won't drop my beliefs for anyone. Why should I? But feel free to take a look around and comment my blogs. Any questions, issues or complaints can be addressed here.
Ouija - Crazy? & Urban Legends
20.08.08
Do you believe in the Supernatural? Ghosts, spirits and monsters? There are many legends that feed the minds of the suspicious; one thing I find most intriguing is the Ouija board. Do you know what a Ouija board is? Click here. Basically, you call upon the spirit world and ask them questions. Generally, you use a glass tumbler, place your little fingers on it and ask a question which the spirit will then move to the right answer. You can make ouija boards yourself at home very easily but many people really believe that the Ouija board is not a toy and calling spirits can be dangerous. Even some of the most sceptical people I know won't touch a Ouija board.
Years ago, my Mum, her mother and her two aunts did the Ouija and, to this day, they still believe they called upon a bad spirit one of the times. There are three interesting stories about these experiments with the Ouija, that I have been told about over the years.
Firstly, my Nanna discovered that my Grandad was cheating on her by asking the Ouija, it even spelt out the name: 'Muriel'. So something was moving the glass and it wasn't the women there... The second thing that happened was that my great Auntie Al did it with them. She thought it was ridiculous and started laughing at it, that was when the glass flew off the table and smashed against the wall - I find that really freaky. But the last one is the scary story: The bad spirit. The story goes that most spirits claiming to be children are often Poltergeists trying to fool you and waiting to wreak havoc. One time after a similiar encounter on the Ouija board, everything started to go wrong, numerous things and I can't recall them all, but for example: my uncle broke his back and was in hospital incapacitated for a long time and my Grandparents had a car crash.
These few things make me question my own sense of reason: do I go along with Science and rationalism and believe that ghosts couldn't possibly exist? Or do I trust these vague scraps of evidence history has thrown my way and believe that there is, in fact, another world beyond the grave?
The Legend Of Bloody Mary
Many people have heard the legend of Bloody Mary. You know the face in the mirror! People say that if you go into a bathroom in the dark with a lit candle and say the words "Bloody Mary" 3 to 100 times, you will see her face.
There are many things that can happen when you disturb Bloody Mary. It has been reported that she will kill the person calling her, scratch his or her eyes out, drive the person mad or even bring the person into the mirror with her. If you had seen the movie Candyland or Urban Legend , perhaps, you would recognize the similarities to that of Bloody Mary.
Many people believe that Bloody Mary may be Mary Worth. Mary Worth had many identities. She could be a woman who died in a car crash and had her face disfigured, or maybe a medieval queen who killed virgins for their blood and bathed in it to preserve her beauty. She could also be a woman that murdered her baby as an result of an abortion.
The people who call Bloody Mary are usually teenage girls. Bloody Mary is mostly summoned at sleepovers as a form of entertainment. However, you might wonder why kids might want to call this chilling woman. It may be a safe way to flirt with danger. People who think they have seen Bloody Mary have said that she appeared in the mirror with a 1700s-1800s style dress holding her dead baby. Her face seemed decayed and rotten and her eyes were either white or rolled back. Bloody Mary also went by the names Bloody Bones, Hell Mary, Mary Worth, Mary Worthington, Mary Whales, Mary Johnson, Mary Lou, Mary Jane, Agnes, Black Agnes, Aggie and Svarte Madame. It has been rumored that you can also call her by shouting "Bloody Mary I killed your baby," or by saying, "I believe in Mary Worth".
The Legend Of The Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a region of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean in which a number of aircraft and surface vessels have disappeared. Some people have claimed that these disappearances fall beyond the boundaries of human error or acts of nature. Popular culture has attributed some of these disappearances to the paranormal, a suspension of the laws of physics, or activity by extraterrestrial beings. Though a substantial documentation exists showing numerous incidents to have been inaccurately reported or embellished by later authors, and numerous official agencies have gone on record as stating the number and nature of disappearances to be similar to any other area of ocean, many have remained unexplained despite considerable investigation.
The Legend Of Bigfoot
Bigfoot or Sasquatch is alleged to be an ape-like creature inhabiting remote forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal ape. Believers in its existence contend that such an animal, or close relatives of it, may be found around the world under different regional names, such as the Yeti of Tibet and Nepal, the Yeren of mainland China, the Orang Pendek of Indonesia, and the Yowie of Australia.
Bigfoot is one of the more famous examples of cryptozoology; however, the scientific community considers the Bigfoot legend to be a combination of folklore, misidentified animals, and hoaxes. Despite its dubious status, Bigfoot has become a popular symbol.
The Legend Of The Vanishing Hitchiker
The vanishing hitchhiker (or phantom hitchhiker) is a reported phenomenon in which people travelling by vehicle meet with or are accompanied by a hitchhiker who subsequently vanishes without explanation, often from a moving vehicle. Vanishing hitchhikers have been reported for centuries and the story is found across the world, in many variants.
Public knowledge of the term expanded greatly with the 1981 publication of Jan Harold Brunvand's book The Vanishing Hitchhiker, which helped launch public awareness of urban legends.
The Legend Of The Abduction Phenomenons
The term "abduction phenomenon" describes claims of non-human creatures kidnapping individuals and temporarily removing them from familiar terrestrial surroundings. People alleged to have been abducted are called "abductees" or "experiencers."
The abductors, usually interpreted as being extraterrestrial life forms, are said to subject experiencers to a forced medical examination that emphasizes the alleged experiencer's reproductive system. Some aspects of the phenomenon are more benign, however, as the alleged entities often warn against environmental abuse and the dangers of nuclear weapons.
The first alien abduction narrative to be widely publicized was the Betty and Barney Hill abduction in 1961.
While many of these purported encounters are described as terrifying, some have been viewed as pleasant or transformative. Reports of the abduction phenomenon have been made around the world, but are less common outside of English speaking countries, especially the United States. The contents of the abduction narrative often seem to vary with the home culture of the alleged abductee.
Mainstream academics and members of the skeptics movement generally doubt that the phenomenon occurs literally as reported, and have proposed a variety of alternate explanations. Such skeptics often argue that the phenomenon might be a modern-day folk myth or vivid dreams occurring in a state of sleep paralysis. The alien abduction phenomenon has been the subject of conspiracy theories, and as such it has become a staple of popular science fiction works such as The X-Files. At the present time no generally accepted empirical scientific evidence exists to corroborate the claims of abduction proponents.