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Blood-Curdling Screams

Because I thought ya’ll might get a kick out of this picture from my highschool days…

At my high school boarding school I was lucky enough to get one of the old hospital beds.  I thought they were pretty cool.  They had a hand crank to raise and lower the bed.

I don’t remember generally being afraid of the dark, but if someone or something was going to hide under a bed, there was plenty of room under these hospital beds.  That year there was a lot of talk about demonic activity.  I don’t know if any of the stories were true or not, but I did go to sleep every night hoping I wouldn’t wake up until morning.

Of course it was inevitable–one night I woke up and had to use the restroom.  Gathering all the courage I could muster, I jumped off my bed and literally ran all the way down the hall to the bathrooms.

On the way back, still jumpy, I ran the distance to my room.  When I entered the dark room, I heard a really scary sing-songy sound.  My hair stood on end, and I screamed and jumped on my roommate’s bed.  I guess I thought she’d save me.  She was sitting up in her bed, and in her sleep had not even heard the sound leave her own mouth.  When I landed on her bed, it woke her up.  Seeing somebody in her bed, she let out a blood-curdling scream. Then I screamed.  Then she screamed.  For several seconds we screamed at each other intermittently.  It took a while for us to figure out what happened.  I still laugh every time I think of us screaming at each other in mutual horror!

Esther

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17 Comments Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged: funny, scary

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  1. varunner7 says

    February 28, 2011 at 7:21 am

    Whew – those hospital beds are so uncomfortable! I hope you had a better mattress than the ones in the hospitals!

    Too funny about you two screaming back and forth.

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  2. aurie says

    February 28, 2011 at 7:22 am

    Oh. My. Goodness.

    I’m still giggling – I think we all went through that phase!! Mine was at summer camp and I had to take a flashlight through the woods to the outhouse and back. Umm….not fun and I still have nightmares about a few of those trips 🙂

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  3. desiray says

    February 28, 2011 at 8:05 am

    You haven’t changed much in appearance, you still look young without the curly hair…

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  4. Elizabeth Grimes says

    February 28, 2011 at 10:50 am

    The screaming story is funny, but I’m laughing at your side pony tail! 🙂

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  5. Robin says

    February 28, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    I screamed when I first saw the photo which accompanied this post. And now it’s stuck in my head… If I had been your roommate and woken up with that 80s/90s hairdo in front of me I would probably have struggled to stop screaming too…

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  6. Nancy @ A Rural Journal says

    February 28, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    The only time I came close to screaming was when I was in labor. After that, nothing seems very scary to me.

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  7. Kim @Kimmama says

    February 28, 2011 at 3:23 pm

    I bet you scared everyone else, too! LOL

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  8. Danna says

    February 28, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    That would have scared me half to death! I wonder if everyone else woke up terrified? 🙂

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  9. Meli says

    February 28, 2011 at 5:50 pm

    Hehehe funny story and cool hairdo!…P.S…in half my kid pics I have a ponny tail just like that! cool do! *_^

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  10. Michelle says

    March 1, 2011 at 9:37 am

    What year was that? It must have been freshman or sophmore, because I don’t remember it. Or maybe, I didn’t hear about it. 🙂

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  11. Susan Evans says

    March 1, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    LOL!!!

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  12. Janae says

    March 1, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    Loved your story! I still can scare myself over any random night noise. The hair is also so cool. I think side ponytails are coming back. Janae

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  13. Ken Barnes says

    March 1, 2011 at 11:09 pm

    SsssCCCCRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!

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  14. Chad Thomas Johnston says

    March 2, 2011 at 6:30 am

    I’m not sure which is scarier: The story or the totally awesome high school photo! 🙂 Ha!

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  15. Jenilee says

    March 2, 2011 at 11:22 am

    what a story! ah! 🙂 I would be screaming too lol

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  16. Janet says

    March 3, 2011 at 11:43 am

    How funny! I used to wear my hair in a side pony tail, too, in high school. I look back and ask myself “Why?” alot…

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  17. Skyler Ashley says

    March 12, 2011 at 10:11 am

    I would have screamed too! It’s the middle of the night and a scream crazed college coco just landed on TOP of me! xD Just kidding! haha too funny! Love you AND your hilarious stories!

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