The Flying Dutchman There once drifted the wraith of an unknown soul along with his haunted ship, swooping ever so stealthily over the humane lives of the people of Holland. He was contrived with the undesired, unexpected, very shade of glowing green. Wearing a weary, tattered pirate hat. Along with a dense beard and an old-fashioned shirt embellished by a fancy belt also in green. He had no legs at all, his body thinned into the air as it would get to his feet, into a thin string-like consistency, disappearing at that point. He carried an unanticipated, also shaded green, bag along the width of his shoulders, that lengthened into his long arms, ending at his fingertips. Carrying what you may know as 'Pixie-Dust' that would generally …show more content…
The flying Dutchman would be able to daunt and haunt, scare but not really care of and spine-chillingly spook spectators at even the uninvited séances. He was at quite the lead. Until one day, when he wasn't scary anymore. The world really was shaken by the surprising end the flying Dutchman had brought to the name of 'scaring'. His peculiar and pungent behavior was a mystery to the citizens of every last continent, country and city. But the truth was not far from being unveiled and revealed. The Dutchman had never been seen "communicating" with anybody except for his family of ghosts. Until that day arrived, the day we call "Dutchman's Deviancy". The Dutchman had swooped down onto the dusty ground with his ship, but he wasn't here that day to scare. He was, in reality, there to care. He dragged himself. Every human alive turned towards the Dutchman, not making any signs of fear, but of worry and concern. He sighed and gently weeping and said, "I'm sorry." The people thought it was too good to be true, but they knew that he meant …show more content…
They've been tortured by evils, left horror-stricken and have come across daring dunderheads who take up chances of destructive and deathly doom." Holland and its neighbouring areas had heard the message loud and clear. So much as it's echo pounded upon their ear-drums alerting them on the bitter failures of daring dunderheads. They were pleased and felt seemingly happy of the Dutchman's return and deviance towards their safety and well-being. They embraced the old times and were quite welcome to future frights from the Dutchman as long they were for
Moth Man is alive he is seen where there is destruction he is living and waiting out in the mountains of West Virginia for the next tragedy to happen(Cryptid). The first sighting was with a young couple while driving near the abandoned TNT plant near Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Spotting the very large winged man moving toward them they speed off. The couple was followed down Highway 62 to Point Pleasant city limits. The Mothman moved extremely fast behind them reaching high speeds during the chase. Some people don’t believe stories just like these one because they hold little solid facts. The stories do hold truth though because we can base it off facts that the couple had no reason to lie and were honestly scared. The MothMan is real and he is somewhere ready to be found.
Hiding from those who would find him and carry out the wrath of vengeance upon him, the protagonist plans his escape. About to dive in the rancid water and swim for it, a body in the shallows abruptly stops him. The bloated and decomposing corpse pulls the narrator back from his adrenaline-induced frenzy. After a few moments, he settles and reflects, “I thought about him, fog on the lake, insects chirring eerily, and felt the tug of fear, felt the darkness opening up inside me like a set of jaws. Who was he, I wondered, this victim of time and circumstance bobbing sorrowfully in the lake at my back” (193). The narrator can almost envision himself as the man whose corpse is before him. Both deceased from mysterious causes, involved in shady activities, and left to rot in the stagnant lake water, and never to be discovered by the outside world. This marks the point where the main character is the closest he has ever been to death. Although he makes it out alive, the protagonist and his outlook on life are forever changed.
Like all the best ghost stories, this begins with the most innocuous of introductions: “…life is complicated”, a quote by Patricia Williams that Gordon will remind us repeatedly is “the most important theoretical statement of our time” (3). What obscures, obfuscates, thwarts and yes, haunts us and our work, she argues, is not what is seen but what isn’t, the notable absences out of the corner of our trained eye, those ghosts who may be invisible (especially to the discourse) yet still exact attention from their hidden presence. Perhaps anticipating the confusion of my book’s previous reader, Gordon patiently (and poetically) expands on her conceptualization – ghosts are those whom, through the “complicated relationship between reality and its mode of production” (11) have been relegated to that void between the s...
The legend has it, that deep within the forest is a place called Hangman’s Gorge. It is said that twelve witches met their doom at the gorge one Hallows night many, many years ago. Since then, there had been rumors that the ghost witches walked the forest on Hallows night, chanting spells and bestowing nightmares on the towns people below. It was known that every decade or so, someone would disappear deep within the dense forest near Hangman’s Gorge and never return — all except for Thomas Fitzpatrick.
In the essay “The Three Father Figures In Tian Zhuangzhuang’s Film The Blue Kite: The Emasculation of Males by the Communist Party”, Hanna Nielsen describes how men were stripped of their power by the Communist party, at least as depicted by The Blue Kite. “They are all incapable of fulfilling the traditional role of the father because this role is usurped by the Party to which their lives will be ultimately forfeit.” (Nielsen 84) “They” being the three fathers the main character loses over the course of the film, which according to Nielsen are replaced by the party. However, in focusing almost entirely on the men of the story, both Nielsen and the film are guilty of ignoring the women in the story. Similar to Nielsen’s point about emasculating men, I would argue that The Blue Kite also presents a narrative of women being defeminized as the party disrupts the traditional workings of the home.
On the 12kth of May, 1897, a worker whom dredged peat from a bog near Yde in Netherlands, made the discovery of the red haired 16 year old. Much to his surprise, he fled from the body believing he had just come in contact with the devil. After two weeks of the discovery of
Through the years there has been many ideas to what goes bump in the night. Mysterious, unsolved happenings blamed on the so-called supernatural. There are many myths, legends and lore based on these so called mysterious happenings. Through this research paper I am going to help to explain the biggest threats, conspiracies, and misunderstandings of aforementioned legends, myths, and lore.
aranormal activity has been a cause of fear and excitement throughout history. The unknown attracts the curiosity from those who wonder whether the supernatural is real or a figment of the imagination. Ghosts are one of the supernatural beings whose existence is questioned every day. Many want to deny the existence of ghosts because they are terrified of other phantoms who may exist and ignore the evidence that has been brought forth throughout the years. However, ghosts are supernatural pheromones whose existence still impacts today’s society.
The stranger remarks as to how he has had numerous problems at sea, and had afterwards been held captive by some Indians. He thinks it is wrong that the father of the child has not been named or come forward.
...ssified ghost into two categories blessed, and damned spirits. Those who come from paradise appear for a good purpose and those from hell for an awful and demonic purpose. While a few apparitions could be heavenly angels in a form of a ghost, Protestants felt that spirits were mainly evil because they take the form of dead friends and relatives to abuse and harm people.
Benson, Tom. "Overview of the Wright Brothers' Invention Process." Re-Living the Wright Way -- NASA, 12 June 2014, wright.nasa.gov/overview.htm. Accessed 22 Nov. 2016.
I have chosen to write my book report on an autobiography. Dr. Arnold Beisser’s Flying Without Wings discusses his battle against polio and how he overcame innumerable obstacles. Born in 1925, he contracted paralytic polio at age 24. While our situations are vastly different, I found that we were actually quite similar. His insights into the life of an individual with a disability are accurate. Although the autobiography is not financially focused, many of his ideas and life lessons directly relate to financial goals and ultimately financial independence.
Geraldine Brooks the author of People of the Book conveys the story of Sarajevo Haggadah. In the chapter “An Insect’s Wings,” Lola, a young Jewish girl, experiences running away from Nazis and coming back to Sarajevo. In this chapter, it also shares some details of how the famed Sarajevo Haggadah was saved from WWII. This chapter shares the journey of Lola and all the unpleasant events she went through.
The Nelly Butler hauntings is referred to as the first recorded ghost story in American history (LiBrizzi 5), and possibly the most exciting hauntings to date as there are still many unsolved mysteries. The apparition appeared on more than 30 separate occasions to over 100 witnesses in Sullivan, Maine, just over fifteen years after the American Revolution (5-6). Although the Nelly Butler apparition is one of the most convincing ghosts of all time, it was subject to suspicions of fraud. These claims turn out to be groundless as the evidence reveals the ghost to be genuine.
...better life. Despite these things, Elisenda was almost satisfied to see him leave. It may be almost human nature to be ungrateful, but in this example, Marquez explains the point of the story as the unwillingness of mankind to see what's actually in front of us.