You know that feeling when the hair on the back of your neck stands up, your heart races, and a shiver runs down your spine? Everyone has experienced that spooky feeling at some point in their lives. Maybe it was the unexplained creak in the old, dark house, the feeling of being watched when you’re alone, or the unexplained footsteps coming from an empty room. These spine-tingling experiences can leave a lasting impression on our psyche, reminding us that there are still mysteries in the world that we may never fully understand.
Gut Feeling
“I’m a criminal defense investigator. I had a murder case involving two brothers. The one accused of the murders was very autistic, and his brother was a schizophrenic. The schizophrenic brother lived in a potato shack in the middle of the desert. Since he didn’t have a phone or electricity, I had to drive several hours out to his house and yell his name from the fence line until he came out of the shack. Over time I developed a rapport with schizophrenic brother, and I kind of got to like him. He was pretty entertaining, and part of me wonders how much of it was a “show” …
… Schizophrenic brother eventually gets a girlfriend; she’s a tweaker. The last time I go to see schizophrenic brother, it’s a dark winter night and tweaker girlfriend is there; she’s lurking in the shadows and staring daggers at me the entire time I’m talking to him. I cut off his conversation and walk back to my truck to leave. A minute later, schizophrenic brother comes running out and tells me that he wants to show me something in his shack. The whole thing feels off to me, so I tell him I have to get going, and start the truck. The look of relief on his face when I declined to go inside convinced me that tweaker girlfriend was waiting behind the door with a hammer or something.”