Brittany Douglas-Personal Experience #1

This one is a knee-slapper.

The other night I found myself walking around campus at 1:30 am, returning to my dorm in Potomac from the library. I have done this numerous times after dark, however this experience was a bit different than the others. Not a person was in sight, and nothing but fog surrounded me. As I approached the McMurran building, I noticed the pots with bushes in them have recently been placed around the building. But these were no ordinary bushes. They were giant spirals, ascending into the night sky, full of movement but completely still. It seemed as if something was hiding in each of them, whispering in the night. The scene was completely eerie. I was literally a bit frightened. This is now more so amusing than embarrassing to me, but I have to question why I was so caught off guard. The combination of being alone outdoors, surrounded by fog & cold, looking at this ominous bushes made me totally aware of my immediate surroundings and situation. My mind began thinking of the supernatural. Whenever I get scared like this, I automatically remind myself that God will protect me. But since when do pretty bushes instigate this fear and desperation? I have experienced this before running at night. People warn me to be safe running around the streets, but the streets and houses are not what scare me. It is the thick patches of bushes and trees. Perhaps this relates to the fact that I am a nature fanatic and I see the supernatural in various forms of vegetation. Usually these connections are good, but in this encounter they were evil. All I can say is, the mind is a curious thing. How it works and why it works this way I do not know, but it sure is a source of amusement.