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 Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:47 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:20 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:23 pm
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The Raven
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more.'
Quoth the raven "Nevermore"
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:36 pm
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Unicorn Lady 2 The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. `'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door - Only this, and nothing more.' Quoth the raven "Nevermore"
I love that poem, very creative, I wish I had thought of that one smile |
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:58 pm
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Rhymes0with0Orange Unicorn Lady 2 The Raven I love that poem, very creative, I wish I had thought of that one smile Another great one is "The Telltale Heart" also by Edgar Allen Poe. |
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:46 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:53 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:36 am
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The New Jersey Devil
People in southern New Jersey have been scaring each other wsith the stories of the Jersey Devil since 1735. A teenage girl was left alone while her parents went away. A terrible storm, swept the area. A heay rain pounded on the the roof. The wind rattles every window and a bolt of lightning and knocked out the power in three counties. All alone in a dark house lit only by candles, the girl was very frightened. But she had her dog with her--a big golden retriever, who wasn't exactly a killer, but at least he was comforting, When she was ready to go to sleep she took the dog into the bed with her. Every time thunder crashed, she awoke and reached down her hand and said "You still here, Boo?" The dog would lick her hand and the girl was reassured that she was not alone. Eventually she fell into a deep sleep and about six in the morning she heard something dripping in the bathroom. She climbed out of bed and went down the hall. There was her dog, hanging by its neck from the shower head. Scrawled on the mirror in blood was the message, "The Jersey Devil can lick hands, too."
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:33 pm
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im almost too late but here we go... took a while on this one to get the items i wanted to fit it...
Ogopogo, the Lake Monster
and of course the story behind it...lol...
"Ogopogo, the Lake Monster
A British Columbia, Canadian Ghost Story
retold by
S. E. Schlosser
His mind was full of dark thoughts and the demons spoke to him. His wild eyes and words frightened his people, and he became an outcast, shunned by all. One day in a fury of rage and pain, he attacked old Kan-He-Kan, a local wise man. The demon-possessed man killed the venerable sage on the shores of a beautiful lake near his home, and then ran away, afraid of what the people would do to him when they found out.
But the gods had seen the murder and were angry. They captured the demon-possessed man and transformed him into a terrible serpent as a punishment for the murder of the good Kan-He-Kan. Then the serpent was cast into the lake, condemned forever to remain at the scene of his crime. The people living near the lake called the serpent "N'ha-A-Itk" or Lake Demon. They would offer sacrifices to it before traveling upon its waters. But the offerings did not always appease the monster. Many times, a fierce storm would fall upon the lake and N'ha-a-itk would rise from the roiling waters to claim a life. Once a man who was watering his horse at the lake saw the monster rise up from the depths and pull the poor animal under. And so the curse of N'ha-a-itk continued to plague the residents of the lake.
Then the white man came, and they scorned the tale of the Lake Demon. They began taking timber from the land nearby, and floating the logs down to Lake Okanagan. One evening, as a local man worked on the raft of newly-sawn logs, he chanced to look up and saw a long serpent with a horse shaped head and a green, undulating body. It raised its head out of the water and stared deeply into the man's eyes. The man started shaking from head to toe and scrambled backwards toward shore. The demonic eyes of the giant creature gleamed with malevolence, and he scrambled up the bank and ran for his life.
Not long after, a resident set off in a canoe with his horses roped behind, leading them across the lake. Suddenly, the horses began screaming and thrashing in the water, and then disappeared underneath the waves. The canoe tipped backwards, and the man desperately pulled his knife and cut the ropes just in time to save himself from being dragged into the murky depths. The horses were never seen again.
Thus was N'ha-A-Itk first encountered by the white man at Lake Okanagan. The monster was seen many times through the years. Often, it appeared like a long tree trunk or a floating log, but it would move against the current. Swimmers vanished, boats were attacked, and sometimes the monster would rise up from the waters and grab birds from mid-air.
In 1942, the monster came and was rechristened "Ogopogo" after a line in an old song. It has been seen many times, and continues to haunt the waters of Lake Okanagan to this day."
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Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 5:05 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:29 am
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