Monday, February 04, 2008
I made this New Years Resolution. It's a good one: once a month, we will go someplace in California we've never been.
So we were going to drive out to Joshua Tree National Park. But we had a pretty big storm that weekend and we didn't want to chance coming back in sheets of driving rain. So we decided to find some new-place-we'd-never-been closer to our backyard.
We found Whaley House. A historic site in Old Town, and one of the most haunted houses in America.
It was built on the site where they kept the gallows. And it's been featured on many TV programs and is the subject of tons of paranormal study.
Perhaps you are already thinking that THIS is what I mean when I say "I am dumb". I mean, DUH I took 2 little kids to a documented haunted house. But that's not the dumb part.
Let's just keep in mind that I DO NOT LEARN certain lessons in life. I think I have to blame this on my dad. He used to do things for his own enjoyment, even if they got him into trouble.
So when we got to Whaley House, we flipped through a book of photographs people had taken of "ghosts." Many of them looked like flash feedback or reflections, to tell the truth. I'm sure it's possible the place is haunted, but the photos were sort of just for fun.
While we were walking around, I noticed that the way the light was streaming through the windows, filtered reflections could be captured that looked like the photos in the book.
Excited, I said, "looooook, Becca, you were by a ghooooost, wooooooo."And so that night, everyone slept in my bed. Sigh. Note to self: DO NOT TORTURE THE CHILDREN...
2 comments:
Why do you take your children to a real haunted house? Why why why? That picture of Becca looking into that room is very Poltergeisty, and now I will have to come to San Diego and sleep in your bed too. Good job.
If you ask me, it looks as if there is a ghost in the room. Much to my surprise, I was creeped out. You probably should not do those kinds of activities with your young children OR your old mother.
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