It might have been a lost or troubled child; shoulda looked.

Mike



"Sarah Whitney" wrote in message
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I'm not scared of the dark. To the contrary it's pretty peaceful sitting
out for hours in the quiet, dark. I've only been freaked out a couple
times by animals appearing next to me. They were just as surprised
as I was.

Our house is 700+ feet from anyone else in the direction I observe.
The other day I was sitting out observing, and the trees were blowing
and cracking in the wind. The wind chimes were chiming. Out of the
blue I start hearing a childs toy playing in the wind, nursery rhyme type
music like "the farmer and the dell" played on bells, coming from the
woods adjacent to me, and close! Keep in mind it's 1 AM, totally dark,
windy, and there is nobody nearby for an eighth of a mile minimum.

After a few minutes of this I couldn't relax any more. I am looking around
in the dark shining my flashlight in non sensical directions looking for
intruders I would easily hear approaching.

I walked up into the woods about 40 feet to the top of the hill and looked
down the other side into a slight depression and saw some color lights
flickering in the bushes, the sound is coming from it.

OK, by this time, I'm full on in Kubricks THE SHINING mindset. If I go
investigate this glowing, out of place, suddenly playing childs toy,
when I turn around those little twin girls are going to be standing
at the hilltop between my telescope and I. Play On! Says I, and I
turn on all the floodlights around the house and pack all my stuff up
for the night!!!

I guess my pysche is a bit of a slippery slope in the dark.

SW