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[EMAIL] Iris Page August 16 Re: Emporium of the Wierd

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Citizen Kane
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[EMAIL] Iris Page August 16 Re: Emporium of the Wierd

Iris wrote:

James,

I most certainly believe your story! Just as I would if you had told
me you had
seen a ghost or any other supernatural being! I saw my first spirit
when I was
just a young girl. I don't remember exactly how old I was, but I know I was
still in my white-slatted crib so I couldn't have been more than 1 or 2 at the
most. I don't remember what happened before or after - just seeing a ghostly
figure in the corner of my room. I remember thinking it was funny because he
was squished down in the corner where the ceiling met the floor (I had an
upstairs bedroom with an angled ceiling). He had a orange toy lion with him
that he set down near the window and then disappeared himself. I remember
staring at that lion sitting there in a moonbeam and being terrified that he
would jump on my and eat me up!

During your experience could you sense the, for lack of a better word,
intentions of the shadow people? Some people report feeling terrified because
they can sense a "darkness" in the shadow. Others have had experiences where
shadow folk are playful or even teasing. There are many different theories as
to what shadow people are - ghosts, inter-dimensional beings, demons, people
from the future, etc. I don't pretend to know for sure, but the theory that I
feel the best about is that shadow people are no different than ghosts - that
it is actually the shadow viewer that is different. One person may see the
being in its "full" ghost form, while others who are not as receptive to the
idea of ghosts will merely see the ghost's shadow. Sometimes shadow people
like to pick one person to visit because they feel a connection or bond with
that person. Perhaps you have friends in the shadows just waiting for you to
come out and play?

Quite a few people have asked me about Wes Keeler's bumper stickers,
but no one
mentioned that there was a secret message! Simple substitution? Isn't that
like the crytoquotes in the newspaper? And if his soul is in the pine barrens
that only helps prove that Phyllis actually saw him! Thank you James!

Iris

In response to my last email:

Citizen Kane wrote:

> Iris,
>
> I deeply appologize for not getting back to you sooner. I've been
> sick all week. It's strange though, because I don't GET sick.
> This is the first time in a long, long while that I can remember
> ever actually being ill. Some coincidence, huh?
> Anyways, I hadn't looked up "shadow people" before because of a few
> reasons, one being busy with military details at the time, another
> being Wikipedia wasn't around back then. I looked up the shadow
> people you mentioned and was surprised to find that those fit in
> almost perfectly with my own experience.
> It was a few years ago, back when I was in Korea. Laying in bed
> with, my then, girlfriend at the time. The lights were down low,
> you know, just cuddling and whatnot. Eventually we both noticed
> some dark shapes moving about in the room, kinda oozing about, then
> flitting to other parts of the room. Eventually, one was at the
> foot of the bed, kind of gangly, hunched over. We were both
> surprised to find that we were able to see through it, though it
> was very hazy and it cast a shadow over the sheets. It reached for
> us and that's when she turned the lamp on. We were both shaken to
> find that the room was empty. A few days later, she left me,
> blaming me for the incident, saying I was trying to scare her.
> Saddly, a few more incidents like that have happened, though not
> as... intense? Just things appearing at times, in peripheral
> vision, then going away. It doesn't happen often but... It's
> wierd. I'd say it was my imagination or a dream, but for the fact
> that someone else saw it too. Yeah, you probably don't believe me,
> but that's why I don't mention it that often. However, it has made
> a believer of sorts of me.
>
> Which brings me to the bumper sticker. I'm a bit of a tinkerer,
> building small devices and such, even going into cryptography a bit
> to protect my work, should it ever need protecting. You know, like
> Leonardo did with his mirror writing. Anyways, this small
> background in code-making/solving made me look at that bumper
> sticker and see that there was a message there. Solving it, using
> simple substitution, one symbol equalling another, it said: "My
> soul is in the pine barrens of New Jersey". Spooky, huh? A few of
> the people I've been in contact with recently have said so too, and
> might have already contacted you about it. That's why I had
> assumed you already knew... Anyways, it sounds to me like Wes is
> "haunting" the place, and if so, must like, if not, not mind you
> inhabiting his little shop, bringing new life to it.
>
> Seems to me like I'm droning on, sorry about that. I know there's
> several things that've caught your attention, and demand it.
> Especially with the fires there and all. So, I'll leave you to
> your thoughts for now. If you ever need any help and I can provide
> it, feel free to ask. Least I could do for yakking your ear off.
> Wink

>
> Feel free to write back,
> James Steele
>
> P.S. You can also get a hold of my on the new Aglaura Intranet. I
> managed to snag a user account.

Which was, of, course was in response to the message I had posted in this thread

Sylvia wrote:

Just curious:

from Iris's email to Citizen:
Quote:
P.S. By the way, what do you mean exactly by "I'm sure Wes would approve,
especially considering the bumper sticker message"?

Has no one informed Iris yet what the message on the bumper sticker said. If not then, maybe someone should.

No, it looks like no one informed her. At least, til now.

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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:53 pm

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