Recently, I have been reading "creepy/scary" stories. I have never quite been one who is scared of the dark, even as a child. I was never one that believed in boogie-man or any of that shit. I still don't. However, since I have been reading this stuff, I am getting these.....fears, if you will.
This is strange: I believe that there could be ghosts, but I don't really have these irrational fears you speak of. I could walk right into a "haunted house" with no problems and I don't get that strange feeling when I walk by a dark room.
I only get scared when I actually see something, and its gotta be threatening.
When I walk by a car at night in my parking garage, I feel as though something is in there looking at me. I get the same feeling when I walk by a dark room or dark corner. The thing is: I know full well that the shit is ALL in my head.
Think of it from an evolutionary persepective:
Take a group of primitive humans, some have an irrational fear of the unknown, some don't. Put them next to a questionable bush that may or may not have a lion behind it. The one's who have the fear, will avoid the bush, regardless of the lion. But the ones without the fear, when there *is* a lion there, will be selected against. Eventually, you'll weed out the people who don't have that irrational fear and be left with a population with a lot of people who do.
So, this all has got me thinking. It seems very apparent to me, now, that all the stories of paranormal activity, all the stories of people seeing supernatural activity all must be the mind playing tricks.
I can't agree to that strong of a claim and I don't think it follows that every single story must be the mind playing tricks.