Halloween 2013
It’s getting colder outside and as
Darkness Falls earlier and earlier there is a certain scare in the air, so that can mean only one thing. I know what you’re thinking and I’m not talking about the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, I’m talking about
Halloween of course. This is a time of the year to start thinking about all of the scary things we’ve seen in horror movies over the years and to realize that there are things happening around us everyday that are just as scary.
For instance, in
Paranormal Activity the night vision cam offers us grainy images of all kinds of strange
Phenomena and unexplained activities, but imagine if you will the following scenario that most likely takes place in a home near you. It’s late at night and the house is very quiet except for the strange almost inhuman moan coming from the upstairs. Outside even though
The Fog is very heavy the moon is able to shine through the
Rear Window just enough for you to make out a shadowy, almost
Alien figure, limping down the hallway like something from
Night of the Living Dead. Its facial expression is of pain, torment and hopelessness. As
The Entity works its way downstairs what happens next is almost unimaginable. Like
An American Werewolf in London the dark shape drops slowly to the floor and begins to get into all sorts of contortions and twisted positions, and proceeds to crawl on its all fours (like that nice little girl in
The Ring),
and props up its legs on the couch all the while continuing to
moan. Is this a
Poltergeist or perhaps a
Possession of some sort in need of
The Exorcist? Actually this is a normal night of a person suffering from sciatica. Sciatica is very painful condition that I talked about in an earlier post. You can learn more at
/blog/2012/09/sciatica/
Or how about vampires. And I’m not talking about
The Children from
Twilight because in all honesty the Cullins seem like they would be pretty cool to hang out with. (Although Bella annoys me...seriously, she has one facial expression). I’m thinking more along the lines of
30 Days of Night or even
Nosferatu himself.(These creatures are the real deal.). Imagine yourself lying in bed
All Alone when you wake to a strange and
Insidious electrical sensation on your neck, feeling almost as if beetles were crawling under your skin reminiscent of
The Mummy. As this sensation soon turns into a deep shooting pain radiating into your arm your worst fears come alive and you are ready to
Scream as
you realize you have....most likely a pinched nerve in the lower neck. The following video will give a little insight.
http://alexandriachirocenter.com/injury828.html
And if you think
The Evil Dead was scary this last image will certainly curdle your blood. I want you to picture yourself walking down a busy street.
The sun is
Shining, the wind is blowing and
The Birds are birding,
when suddenly you experience a blinding pain in your head, the kind of pain you think must surely be caused by some sort of fashionable
Saw headgear. The pain increases to the point where you think your head will explode like that poor fellow in
Scanners, and then you realize what just happened.....you have a migraine.
The Thing is migraines can come at random and for some people they can go away as quick as they came, but for
The Others they can still be present
28 days later or even
28 weeks later. To learn more about chiropractic treatment for migraines visit
http://alexandriachirocenter.com/injury460.html
So this Halloween after all of the candy is gone, the last of the trick or treaters are most likely home in bed and your house is dark and quiet, try not to think of things that go bump in the night. Because although most sounds you hear in the middle of the night can be explained rationally, there are some that horror movies are made of.
Happy Halloween.