Snypiuer Posted April 13 Report Posted April 13 We all have had traumatic experiences - I've mentioned my mother taking me to see The Exorcist at 6-years-old. But there are several other moments from my childhood, one being: My father, for a while, had a night job (more second shift, not overnight) at a facility for the "mentally impaired" (they still had them at the time and that was NOT what it was called, but that was a different time, populated with individuals who didn't make a living by finding ANY reason to be offended . . . but I digress) and we would pick him up very late. The parking lot was dark and there were very few lights outside the building. As a child, the building seemed far taller than the 10 or so floors it actually was and, with dim lights burning in random windows, had an eerie feel about it. But that was not why it was traumatic. No, the traumatic thing about it was the screaming. Blood curdling screams. Horrific cries from the depths of tormented souls that seemed to go on forever. Imagine being a small child sitting in a dark parking lot, staring at a building that, to you, is straight out of some demented nightmare, screams echoing all around and your father walking out of that darkness, whence those haunting sounds emanated. Yeah. This was BEFORE The Exorcist. Good times. Quote
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