06-07-2011, 01:38 AM
This didn't happen to me but it happened to my grandpa, who at the time was 96 years old. (He died 3 years later).
You know that fake news report that's an extra on the Dawn of the Dead remake DVD? The one that reports on the zombie outbreak as it spreads through the U.S.? Well, I was watching that with my grandpa and since it looked and sounded real, he thought it was real. When he got out bed and asked me, "Is this happening?" I jokingly said, "Yes, it is. They are taking over New York and they're coming to Chicago!" He quickly bolted out of bed, went for his gun and started yelling to my grandma, "head for the basement!" I had to tell him it was a fake and that I was joking. His response:
"I feel so embarrassed."
You know that fake news report that's an extra on the Dawn of the Dead remake DVD? The one that reports on the zombie outbreak as it spreads through the U.S.? Well, I was watching that with my grandpa and since it looked and sounded real, he thought it was real. When he got out bed and asked me, "Is this happening?" I jokingly said, "Yes, it is. They are taking over New York and they're coming to Chicago!" He quickly bolted out of bed, went for his gun and started yelling to my grandma, "head for the basement!" I had to tell him it was a fake and that I was joking. His response:
"I feel so embarrassed."
"The conquest of fear lies in the moment of its acceptance. And understanding what scares us most is that which is most familiar, most common place"
- Chris Carter
Please check out my blog: The Paradise of Horror
- Chris Carter
Please check out my blog: The Paradise of Horror


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