Mysteries

One thing I want to talk about is those little mysteries out there around us or lurking out in space.  God knows we have that love of mysteries inside of us. That feeling that you get when you watch that science fiction movie and wonder what the alien will look like or when they will meet them. That same feeling you get when you walk near that graveyard and think you see something moving that doesn’t look like a person or does, but they seem out of place. That same feeling you get when someone tells you about something they saw or a picture and you wonder what it is.

I love the wonder of it all. To think that Loch Ness monster really might be in that big body of water. Or to walk through the forest alone and wonder if big foot is really there with me, maybe just out of sight. To walk outside at night when the power is off and wonder what else is walking around out there in the storm that may have knocked out the power. Yes, that happened to me when I was very young. I remember the power going out at our home.  Of course our only flashlight, for whatever reason, was out in the car and my mom wanted me, being the oldest child, to go get it while she kept the little ones calm. I took it head on and went straight out the door of our house. The car was only 60 feet or so from the house.  Always seemed so close in the daylight or with the front porch light on, but now it was dark..not just a little dark, but the kind of dark where you can't see your own hands or body for that matter.

I didn’t realize just how far 60 feet was when it is pitch black outside except for an occasional lightening flash. Fortunately, there wasn’t much rain and it really was just a sort of electrical storm with none of it really hitting the ground. Each flash of lightening I would orientate myself to where the car was and run for it. I made it to the car. Opened the door and the whole world lit up with the interior light. I jumped into the car, shutting the door. The car interior lights were still on so I pulled out the flash light. Turned it on, opened the door and shut it behind me as I made a made dash for the house. That whole time wondering if there was something in the dark watching me run for the house. Something that had seen the car door open from some distance and was now watching me dash for the house.

When I was safe inside I handed mom the flashlight..she was already lighting candles…but for me I loved the rush I got and spend many nights looking outside at night wondering what else could have been out there with me that night.