Thursday, October 13, 2011

Thing #9 Flickr

Okay, since Halloween is just around the corner and my mind has been drifting towards that holiday, I happened to find some interesting images on the following flickr.

http://www.webpronews.com/nightmares-fear-factory-has-the-best-flickr-photostream-ever-2011-10

These are from "Nightmares Fear Factory, a haunted house in Niagra Falls.  The pictures are taken in the house as the visitors are being spooked.  The reaction from the vivtors occur when a car coems crashing through a wall towards them. 

Justin Perry explains:

 What the people in the photos are seeing is a car coming at them at high speed, crashing through a wall.
The Nightmare Fear Factory tour is completely pitch black so that you can’t even see your hand in front of your face and your eyes never adjust to the darkness. For 10-15 minutes you follow these tiny red lights through the darkness. Guys in freaky costumes jump out at you from nowhere, often grabbing you and pushing or pulling you. The fear comes from a combination of people jumping out and grabbing you accompanied by creepy noises like eerie music, loud screaming, sinister voices, and even whispers right in your ear.
By the time you get to the part with the car you’re thinking, “holy crap these people might just be crazy enough to let this car run me over.” And that is the reason why people are looking so terrified in the photos.
In all, about half a million people have gone through the Nightmare Fear Factory over the last 30 years and of those, about 100,000 have chickened out and had their names put on the public “chicken list”. There are some potential privacy issues, as your tour is recorded and played live in the lobby, and of course when you get to the car part they take your picture and post in on Flickr if you look ridiculous enough.

I don't think we would be able to use this in our library although it would be fun to set it up. I would be game. :)