For the Love of Supernatural Mystery

[thedeadlyhook]

Got a letter from Grandma M yesterday, with an interesting note about the Channel 4 archeology dig programme, Time Team, on the near-York town of Nether Poppleton. Spent a bit of time picking around that site this morning - ye gods, what a fascinating project to conduct nationwide, having people pick through their backyards just to see what relics might turn up. Of course, if you did that in the States, you're more likely to come up with '70s beer can pop-tops and the occasional plastic toy than Roman glass or Medieval flagstone, although in our neighborhood in SF I'd be scared to dig - heard too many tales of relocated cemeteries and ghosts in public libraries. Brr.

Never seen a ghost myself. Had some mysterious slamming-door issues when we first moved into this apartment, although that later turned out to be weird air flow issues, suction yanking the doors closed, like Backdraft without the fire. Creepy enough, though, at 1:00 am in a new place.

Oh, Sci-Fi Channel. Sometimes you know just what a body needs. All-day Night Stalker-thon. Praise be.

Comments

[elisi]

Like kathyh I watched that too! Well most of it. (And everyone loves Baldrick... I mean Tony Robinson!). We actually used to live in York, and I'm sure we went past Nether Poppelton fairly frequently. Although name-wise I always loved Upper Poppelton.

[thedeadlyhook.livejournal.com]

Toys and I just visited York for the first time this summer. I would have loved to have spent more time there, but we were on a fast past-through on the way to Glasgow, where we have more family. But the whole area seemed absolutely fascinating - I haven't traveled in the North of England much, so it really calls to me.