Halloween 2020 Season Recycled: The Season of Frugal Design

Tomorrow we dive head-first into September on GHT. The entire month every day there will be a post on the focus of this season's theme - recycled, not store-bought, homemade, from nature....

It will be a how-to month and then October will be chills and thrills true Halloween onslaught!

Yup, sometimes it's the seasons that get is through everything. The cooler temps, the shorter days, the cozy tucked-in-the-house feel makes our vibes turn to the mysterious and exciting holiday that is Halloween. 

Spirit Halloween 2020

 As usual, Spirit Halloween shop knows no obstacles to an awesome season. Whether you plan to go out or stay home and be spooky, this year's offerings are awesome!

Autumn-Themed Tatts

my one and only symbol 

My tattoo has personal meaning to me. I wish I lived in autumn 24/7, 365 days a year. The season is the most magical, beautiful, colorful, comfortable, cozy, and sentimental. The tumbling changing oak leaf was important to me, to show that I am from a strong family tree, but I have drifted and tumbled and am always changing. I spirited myself from that steady base to have a journey. It also became my online name, Autumnforest.

Why Are Clowns and Some Robots Terrifying?

my cookie jar

My first circus, I was 4 years old. Not thrilled about the awful music, the smells or the huge elephants, but the minute the clown showed up and looked my way--I went running and screaming and no one could pull me back into the tent again!

Shrunken Apple Heads - Start Aging Them Now!

  

It's that magical time of the year when you get sentimental about Halloweens of your youth. For us baby boomers, a lot of it involved apples - caramel, bobbing, and shrunken heads!

Creepiest Unexplained Photos From Ghost Hunting Theories

 

It's the perfect season to review some of the creepiest finds ever that have been posted on the blog over the past 12 years. Links to the posts are provided if the photos draw you in to want to know the stories - 

Fires That Never End

 

There are places in the world that have been burning for decades and more, and shall burn for many more - 

Google Earth: Oddity in the Desert

 

I do a good deal of research utilizing Google Earth and often times run into strange unexplainable oddities, most often in the desert. 

Here's today's find - 

Top 5 Cloudy Day Horror Movies

 

There's something about an overcast day that makes the world feel rather black-and-white, so I thought I'd share some of my favorite cloudy day horror movies, all of them in black-and-white!

Renovations and Hauntings: The Startling Reality!

One of the most reported times for homeowners to have outbursts of ghostly activity occurs when they are renovating. Why is that? 

Top 5 Ghost Hunting Tools

 

I'm thankful on a ranking done on line, mine was the #1 ghost hunting blog in the world. It takes curious and intelligent readers to get that position!

It takes some time and experience to determine what ghost hunting tools work best. Investigating versus research is a big jump in thinking. I always suggest you first determine why you are seeking ghosts before you determine the best tools to use. 

The Man Who Ran With Bigfoot

 

Sometimes, you come across info that needs to be shared. Yes, it's sensational, but knowing the source of it and the details as well as evidence, it's hard to hide what might educate curious minds. 

This is such a case - 

Most Isolated Abandoned Sites

There are tons of abandoned sites around the world, but some are in such remote or odd locations that they seem like some post-apocalyptic movie set. Let's have a look at some of them found around the world - 

Village Found of Race of Little People?

Source:  In 2005, a small mummified body was found in Iran in a village called Makhunik.  The dwarf sized mummy was almost 10 inches long.  Many looked at the architecture and made an assumption this had to be a city of dwarves.

Arizona's Legend of the Red Camel Ghost

I am intrigued by the fact that the Southwestern US was forward-thinking enough in the 1800s to acquire camels for use by the army men. When the Civil War interrupted their charting of the Arizona territory, the army sold some at auction but let some loose into the desert. That is how the legend of the Red Camel came to be.