Reading Diary B: The Great Plains

Despite Supernatural being my all-time favorite television show in the history of ever – these ghost stories terrified me. In this show, they fight ghosts all the time. They use shot gun shells filled with rock salt in order to dispel spirits and fight them off with anything made of iron. In the Supernatural mythos, the easiest way to get rid of ghosts is to salt and burn the ghost’s bones.

The Ghost and the Traveler

This story reminded me of the Women in White stories – except this ghost was friendlier and simply seemed to want some company. Women in White tend to want to kill you…
 

Woman in White

The Man Who Shot a Ghost

I had to read this one a couple of times before I realized that the wolf digging into the grave was what caused the injury to the ghost.

The Indian Who Wrestled with a Ghost

I wonder if he was burning sage brush? It’s commonly believed that sage has a lot of healing and purifying powers. If you ever watch shows like A Haunting (an anthology tv show that tells the stories of, well, those that are being haunted), sage will be burned in order to purify the house and chase off angry spirits.

There’s another show called The Haunted, which focuses more around animals sensing spirits; it’s not as good as A Haunting, but it’s still something to watch especially around Halloween. They even have an episode called “Thump in the Night” which shows rabbits reacting to paranormal activity.

However, the show lost a lot of credibility (with me, at least) when they showed another case where the guy kept hearing these awful shrieks behind his house. Those shrieks were clearly the sounds of a fox and I feel like anyone who lives near the woods should know that.