{"id":1968,"date":"2014-11-01T05:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2014\/11\/01\/haunted-thoughts-and-creepy-cornfields"},"modified":"2021-09-21T05:45:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T12:45:25","slug":"haunted-thoughts-and-creepy-cornfields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=1968","title":{"rendered":"haunted thoughts and creepy cornfields"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"22826\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"22827\">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<\/script>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>The feeling couldn&#8217;t be shaken, someone was watching. Hidden between the clouds hanging on the blue Midwestern sky and the dying cornfields, the gaze of dead eyes from beyond could be felt on my cold skin.<\/p>\n<figure><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/013ad-dsc00962.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/013ad-dsc00962.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Feeling brave, I venture into the dark woods, searching for the source of my unease. As my steps crush the fallen leaves, I hear tiny cries for help. It is an unnerving sound that draws me further into the woods.<\/p>\n<figure><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/c8050-img_02712b2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/c8050-img_02712b2.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>A field of corn cackles as the wind pierces the air with a high pitched shrill. I&#8217;m starting to fade into the haunted madness.<\/p>\n<figure><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/941fe-dsc00961.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/941fe-dsc00961.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>The words of Shakespeare&#8217;s Hamlet ring from the bowels of the earth&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><i>Thou know&#8217;st &#8217;tis common; all that lives must die,<br \/>Passing through nature to eternity.<\/i><br \/><i>Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin,<br \/>Unhousel&#8217;d, disappointed, unanel&#8217;d;<br \/>No reckoning made, but sent to my account<br \/>With all my imperfections on my head<\/i><br \/><i>We should profane the service of the dead,<br \/>To sing a requiem and such rest to her<br \/>As to peace-parted souls<\/i><br \/><i>O proud death,<br \/>What feast is toward in thine eternal cell,<br \/>That thou so many princes at a shot<br \/>So bloodily hast, struck?<\/i><br \/><i><br \/><\/i>as Death is everywhere in these parts of Iowa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YoS1mBYXWUY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The feeling couldn&#8217;t be shaken, someone was watching. 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