Two weeks ago, I had a great time visiting The Historical Society of Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow. I did “research” and enjoyed the “Victorian Secrets” exhibit with 19th and 20th century “unmentionables.” The curator there is wonderful.
Later, I had a nightmare worthy of a Twilight Zone episode:
I’m upstairs in the old Historical Society house ready to take a nap in a bedroom. It’s dark. In bed, my back faces the door. It opens suddenly and there are footsteps. Somebody comes to me in the bed, huffing out angrily, yanking the blanket roughly to cover my backside. The footsteps are fast-paced toward the door, which slams shut.
I get up and call out for the curator, my host, thinking that I’ve upset her. Creeping to the door, I call her name again. Opening the door, I don’t see anyone. I look down and to the left. There’s a mannequin from the “Victorian Secrets” exhibit, kneeling on the floor — glaring up at me!
She had stomped into that room with her Victorian morality to pull the blanket over my butt!
That dream scared the BEJEZUS outta me! Needless to say, I woke up immediately.
Wonder why on earth I’d have a dream like that — check out the rest of the cool photos!
Look! I’m “researching” — it’s what you do at the historical society!
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Whoa! Those mannequins would scare the bejesus out of me! What a wild dream!
I woke up with a chill up my spine — lol! I did not want to finish that dream!
It was like the mannequin apocalypse invaded your subconscious!
Hmmm… “mannequin apocalypse.” Perhaps a new horror genre? Also — what inspired my Twilight Zone comparison — don’t know if you’ve seen it — the episode with the mannequins in the department store?
Creepy creepy, Sandee. Nice action shot –researching away 🙂
Hehehe, thanks, Audra! Researching is exhausting!
So the moral of the story is: keep your butt covered at all times or risk the wrath of a mannequin. I’ll definitely keep that in mind!
Hahahaha! — indeed, we should all keep this in mind! “The Wrath of a Mannequin” — that’d’ve been the PERFECT title for this!
Sandee, those mannequins are freaky! If I spent a day with them, I’m sure I would have had a nightmare, too!! Whenever I’m scared of the ghost, one of my nightmares is when I’m sleeping. That’s when he comes to me!.Oh no, Sandee. I hope I can sleep tonight. It sounds like cool research though.
You can imagine how freaky they were in person, Amy. I talk a lot of crap about wanting to see a ghost, blabbity blah — and how I’d be all like “tell me what it’s like,” and “what do you want from us.” Hahahaha! I’d probably freak out and pass out like any normal person, and not be the “medium” I’d like to be.
Me, too. I totally get that. It’s nice in theory….Haha.
“in theory” — hahaha! — you’re right about that!