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I'm starting to notice a trend here on Bladeforums... people just hate NYCand sometimes it's not even about the knife and gun laws, like in this case. I do this in NYC often and people have been friendly.
I get creeped out when I think I'm alone and can't verify it (rural areas, the wilderness) or am around less than a handful of strangers (they could have ill intentions). In a place like NYC, there are just too many people around that all of them couldn't possibly be scheming together against you. Too many witnesses. It's why I feel comfortable. Doesn't seem to be the popular opinion around here.
What I saw there said:Micro, that's one of the best sentences I've read in a while...well said!
You built it up too well, now you have to tell us!In the town of Searchlight, Nevada, I entered one of the many abandoned, derelict mine shafts. What I saw there, or think I saw, I will not repeat. I will say that it is bizzarre to think that something that can be measured, that takes up space, that can be weighed, can so heavily disturb an ordinarily strong psyche.
I was on a Navy C9 returning from a training block. This was probably around 1998. It was nighttime and we were getting ready to make our approach into North Island Naval Air Station. I was dozing, but suddenly woke up at max alertness, listening for any sound, feeling for any disturbance, heart hammering in my chest, my breathing trying to escalate into hyperventilation. If I'd had copper tubing in my butt, I could have cut it to size. Aside from a thump, which could have simply been the landing gear, I heard and felt nothing untoward. The landing was a little harsh, but I've had worse. I figured I'd just had a cumulative case of the heebie-jeebies and was internally scolding myself for being a nervous twit. Suddenly one of my more vocal platoon mates up in the front stood up and (with a fair smattering of obscenities to emphasize his point) asked, "Excuse me, but is anyone else freaked the @#$% out right now?" Everyone suddenly was expounding on how scared they'd all become on the way down and how they thought it was just them. Never did find out if anything was wrong or not, and the night faded into memory. I know it's not the outdoors, but sometimes the feeling comes, and there's nowhere to go!
Once I was in camp with a couple of my brothers and stepfather and uncle, maybe 5 of us. A forest service truck (I never can keep all the departments up there straight) and a girl gets out, sandy blonde hair, real cute, in the cab on the truck was her partner, an even cuter brunette. the first one comes over to make sure we have campfire permits (we did, but I almost got another one just to keep her there longer).
the look I was giving them sure would have creeped me out!
My buddy has a 6th sense for cops, he loves driving fast but almost always knows there's a cop before we see it.
My dad had a friend in VietNam, I don't think they served together (they'd been friends before going over and talked after) and supposedly this guy, who was native american, could smell the vietcong when his squad was on patrol. He described to my dad going into that Michelin Tire co. rubben plantation over there, afterwards the put his whole squad on RR. He said it really messed them up the games charlie would play with them at night. it wasn't till later they found out about their tunneling skills.
Interestingly enough, when I was a kid/teenager and me and my buddies would play army my dad was spooky quiet (he was part indian too) he scared me real good a few times. He was 5'10"ish and about 220lbs by then (he'd been small in the military, 150lbs) and I'd be hiding out waiting for somebody to come into the open and BHAM! my dad would be right behind me. He also has a great sixth sense, he slept through anything that was normal, he heard anything out of the ordinary and he was awake and 100% alert.
I've gotten the heebeejeebees lots of times, and had interesting experiences, I don't think ever both at the same time though.
Wait! I remembered one! nothing bad happened but I was with a buddy shooting in the mountains. Afterwards since we had plenty of time we just kept following the road around. Then all of a sudden, on this unmarked dirt road, there's a T and a road running to the right with a sign (not an official road sign) that said something like music lane. I turned and we started feeling weird, I'm talking deliverance weird. I"m looking for places to turn around, my buddy is feeling it too, and suddenly we're in a thin section of trees and there's tumble down shacks around and in my head I hear the banjo music! we were freaked pretty good, I backed all the way out to the other dirt road and got out of there post haste.
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