You’re all alone, except for the dog. Suddenly you hear voices coming from the living room. Now even if the dog were capable of speech, he’s not in the living room. And I’m not quite sure if voices in one’s head are able to throw their voices to make it seem like they are coming from someplace else. Clearly the source of the sudden onset of voices has to be something other than the dog or insanity.
Ah, yes. I have discovered a way to freak yourself out. The more prone you are to being easily startled and/or frightened, the better this little trick works. (Luckily I don’t suffer from that so, in my case, it was just a simple, “What the heck is that??”)
Here’s what you do. (Note: this requires Tivo.) Go into a room where you have the Tivo hooked up to the TV. Turn the TV on and then hit the pause button. Walk off and completely forget you have it on. Half an hour later, the pause will suddenly disable itself and the TV will start blaring. For this to really be effective, make sure it’s tuned in to something like the news or a talk show because talking is much more realistic than sudden music.
TIVO explanations aside, are you saying your dog might be a ventriloquist? That would explain the mystery vet appointment.
Now this is starting to sound like Watchers (Dean Koontz), one of my all time favorite books.
I hear things like that when I am working at the museum, but we don’t have a tivo.
Several years ago, long before Tivo, I was walking out of my livingroom when behind me, the television suddenly came on. Talk about freaking out! Turns out the dog was lying on the remote and when he turned over in his sleep….
Sure, it’s funny NOW.
We used to have one of those touch lamps that started randomly turning itself on. Coming home from being out for dinner one night, I was convinced someone was in our bedroom, robbing us. Fortunately, at the time, Bill’s cooler head prevailed. These things just have to happen every now and then to keep us on our toes.