Here it is already. That time of year…. when people dress up like ghosts, and witches, and pirates, and… Herman Cain.

The Bewitching Hour. The time when the veil is thinnest between our living world and the existence that is beyond explanation.

It is WAY bigger than BOO. An understatement if I’ve ever heard one.

You see…. now, more than ever…. people believe in Ghosts.

There are Paranormal Societies, Ghost Clubs, loads of Books and Movies. And don’t forget the slew of TV shows that appear weekly…. Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, Most Haunted, Ghosts Caught on Tape, Haunted History, Ghostly Encounters… and on and on and on. Either people are believing more frequently, or they are “coming out of the closet” about it.

I just read an article which stated 40% of people in the United States believe in Ghosts. And, of those 40 percent… more than half have reported experiencing an encounter with a ghost. Some claim to have seen them, others have felt their presence.

Now that particular number works out to 60 million Americans who believe they have had a paranormal experience.

Like I said…. this is WAY bigger than BOO.  It adds up to an awful lot of transparency walking around.

Supposedly, I reside in the 2nd most haunted city in the U.S…..   Savannah, Georgia is first.

I, for one, believe in the “Other Worldly”…. yet I live with a total skeptic.

WE also live with a Ghost… so it all evens out.

So, on this Hallowed Eve…. just remember… don’t be afraid of that which you can’t explain.
Whether it concerns ghosts… or other matters in the living world. Not a one of us can know everything. There is much which can be said about that fact.

And one more thing… on Halloween… eat lots of candy and remember the “Teddy Bear’s Picnic Song”….

“If you go out in the woods today
You’re sure of a big surprise.
If you go out in the woods today
You’d better go in disguise.”

“If you go out in the woods today,
You’d better not go alone.
It’s lovely out in the woods today,
But safer to stay at home.”

Way, way, way bigger than BOO….  I mean… if the “Teddy Bear Picnic Song” is even singing about it….