Ghost? Vampire? Or just another nutjob?

Fioravanti · Post by **Fioravanti** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 7:04 am

Mysterious Fan Marks Poe's Birthday

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mrloucifer · Post by **mrloucifer** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 4:10 pm

I would say a ghost is the most likely suspect, but I'd like not to think so. The "Poe Toaster" has been around for like 60+ years now. Before my sudden "awakening" to the supernatural 15 years ago, I had a lot of respect and admiration to the mysteriousness of the Poe toaster. Life was so mundane, and there seemed to be no mysteries in life anymore (before that fateful night) and I admired that this small token of appreciation to E. Poe every birthday as an annonymous party (just 1 day after mine btw) still happens to this day, and so far people have respected his wish to remain anonymous, and have left this paticular mystery alone. It gives me hope that people may one day accept and even welcome the mysteries that is the supernatural, and the few of us who already have accepted this mysterious force of nature will be part of the general populace instead of hidden keepers of a secret truth nobody wants to know. It’s a small hope, but its hope none the less.

Sorry, I’m over killing my statement (I get that way when impassioned about the subject). In the short version, he could be a ghost, could be a vampire, could be a nutjob; or he could be just an average job with an admiration of Poe’s works, who knows. But these days its a welcome change to have a mystery without the danger of being eaten / beaten / killed / terrorized or worse by it.

Geronimus · Post by **Geronimus** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:31 pm

leave him alone, he ain't hurtin anybody.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:44 pm

If it's dangerous, kill it. If it's weird, watch to see if it will become dangerous.

Silhouette · Post by **Silhouette** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:33 am

Geronimus wrote:leave him alone, he ain't hurtin anybody.

I tend to be wary of that level of committment and secrecy without any explanation.

If I was there I'd probably just walk up and simply ask him. But then again I don't much care, as I've never had much time for poetry. In general everything except for Kipling drives me nuts.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:00 pm

Who or whatever it is, he is still at it.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:45 pm

You men! You have no romance in your souls. You think if you can't just outright kill it, it's something even more dangerous. And although I admit that sometimes itIS true, there's still room for a mystery that DOESN'T end up chomping on people.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:08 pm

Look, I'm just concerned about someone who performs a yearly ritual at the grave of one of a man whose mastery of the macabre and occult is world famous - and more interestingly, his "sons" now carry out this same ritual.

WHat is the signifigance of this ritual? What do they hope to accomplish?

KonThaak · Post by **KonThaak** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:01 am

To honor and respect the dead? To bring his existence to the attention of a world that seems to care less and less? For random shits and giggles?

Maybe the person is Japanese... Sounds very similar to a tradition they perform over there.

GhostSpider · Post by **GhostSpider** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:45 pm

Have to agree with Angel and KT on this one. I just don't see anything "wrong" with this one.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:24 pm

Besides, if there was some evil ritual involved, why the hell would it take this many years with no effect?

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:58 pm

How do we know that it isn't actually already in effect and the effects will continue until we put an end to the ritual? This ritual started several years before the majority of us were born remember.

Ethan Skinner · Post by **Ethan Skinner** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:32 am

I'm not liking this... when I showed Clarity the article, her words were literally: "What a nice thing to do. It's a lovely diversion for all involved."

Guys, I don't think this is the crux of the problem.

GhostSpider · Post by **GhostSpider** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:58 pm

Why do we need to put an end to the ritual?

This is a sign of over paranoia. Let it go Ron, its harmless.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:19 pm

I'm not saying put an end to it, I'm saying we need to find out the whos and the whys.

Eilonwy Solstice · Post by **Eilonwy Solstice** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:39 pm

I think an admirer expressing their respect in a romanticized manner is a good thing. It’s wonderful that children are potentially being taught the merits of being well read on classic literature.

And the roses are a lovely expression, too.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:28 pm

Ethan Skinner wrote:I'm not liking this... when I showed Clarity the article, her words were literally: "What a nice thing to do. It's a lovely diversion for all involved."

Guys, I don't think this is the crux of the problem.

What is the crux of the problem?

Rituals involving dead people bother me.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:30 pm

Eilonwy Solstice wrote:I think an admirer expressing their respect in a romanticized manner is a good thing. It’s wonderful that children are potentially being taught the merits of being well read on classic literature.

And the roses are a lovely expression, too.

Poe wrote odes.
Maybe this admirer should, too.

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
I know you're dead.
But I still love you.

Roses and romance...

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:48 pm

If it were someone who wasn't famous for his macabre talents, I wouldn't be nearly so concerned.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:50 pm

OK, so by your reasoning, anyone who stalks Stephen King is trying to use him in a demonic ritual?

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:53 pm

concrete_Angel wrote:OK, so by your reasoning, anyone who stalks Stephen King might be trying to use him in a demonic ritual?

Fixed that for you, angel.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:59 pm

No, that was intentional, since Ron believes that because of the macabre nature of Poe's works, he's being used for something sinister. Which means that EVERY stalker of horror writers is obviously doing something evil, and must be stopped. No MIGHT BE about it.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:00 pm

Ron Caliburn wrote:I'm not saying put an end to it, I'm saying we need to find out the whos and the whys.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:01 pm

Have I said we need to stop this guy? No, I've said we need to find out what's really going on.

Then stop him if we need to.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:01 pm

Ron Caliburn wrote:If it's dangerous, kill it. If it's weird, watch to see if it will become dangerous.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:04 pm

See, Sue you just proved my point. We only need to kill it if it's dangerous.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:06 pm

Agreed.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:14 pm

OK, I never said KILLED, I said STOPPED. YOU"RE the one who said KILL, Ron! And I'm getting tired of people not trying to actually understand what I'm saying, by the way.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:19 pm

Which means that EVERY stalker of horror writers is obviously doing something evil, and must be stopped.

I understand what you're saying.

I understand that this is not Ron's stance, too.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:28 pm

What misunderstanding Sue? You're trying to say that we're reading too much into this.

We're trying to say that we need to be sure these events aren't more signifigant than we know.

Ghost? Vampire? Or just another nutjob?

Ghost? Vampire? Or just another nutjob?

It’s probably just an admirer . . .

Re: It’s probably just an admirer . . .