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#spookysaturday

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~meoralis~
For #SpookySaturday, I have this spine-chilling #wood #sculpture that guards the entrance of #BurgRegenstein castle. 💀 If I remember correctly, it's called The Eternal Guard or #Knight. I think this tree collapsed a few years ago, but since it was such a landmark on the castle grounds, local woodcarvers offered to turn it into a sculpture


#woodCarving #Holzschnitzen #Holzschnitzkunst #woodSculpture #Holzskulptur #Holzstatue #Holz #treeTrunk #Baumstumpf #Skulptur #creepy #spooky #skeleton #Skelett #moody #dark #Ritter #Harz
A tall, intricate tree carving depicts a medieval knight as a skeleton, holding a shield and a sword. The knight's armour and helmet are detailed, and the shield features an elaborate design. The carving emerges from the broad, gnarled roots of the tree, which are visible at the base. The setting is a dark, possibly autumnal, woodland with fallen leaves on the ground and trees and rocks in the background.
#harz
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Niamh Bernadette (They/Them)
The Moonlight Passenger 🌙 for #spookysaturday episode 13


You've been driving for a while now with only the moon as your guide. The GPS decided to stop working a while back. You usually wouldn't be out this late, but a friend needs you. She sounded a bit upset on the phone, so you agreed to meet her and help replace her tyre. Luckily you have a spare. What’s she doing all the way out here anyway? This was supposed to be movie night.
You start to come into a town. Finally, some civilization. You scan the streets for signs of life – nothing. The place is deserted. Your phone rings. You pick up – it's your friend.
"Where are you? I thought you were coming over this evening?"
"I'm on my way. Do you have your hazards on?"
"What are you talking about? Why would I need hazards in my living room?"
On the corner, a woman appears beneath a flickering streetlamp. She's waving.
The line crackles and cuts out.
You look down at the phone, then back at the corner – she's gone.
The headlights dim. Something creaks in the back seat.
You daren’t look.
You whisper, “It was you who called, wasn't it?”
Behind you, something breathes. ✨

#photography #amateurphotography #street #spooky #creepy #eerie #dark #moody #horror #streetphotography #bologna #italia #road #car #night #moon #fiction #story #creepypasta #scarystory #blackandwhite #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #italy #spookyvibes #europe #travel
The photo is of a monochrome night shot of a street scene. A full moon hangs in the dark sky above a quiet, cobbled street lined with old, dimly lit buildings. There are streetlights that illuminate the road and lead your eye towards the centre of the photo. A single car's headlights are visible and is coming into the foreground.
#travel
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Niamh Bernadette (They/Them)
No Tricks All Treats 🍫 for #spookysaturday episode 12 and #fotovorschlag "Hygge"

Here's a Gluten Free Mummy Brownie Recipe because the true horror story today is living in Italy and not being able to eat gluten. (Me) You can glutenify it if your body doesn't wish you harm! ✨

200g dark chocolate 60ish%
140g sugar
3 medium eggs
100g butter
90g gluten free potato starch
30g dark cacao powder
1 pinch of salt
Candy eyes
60g white chocolate for melting

Cut chocolate into squares, melt over bain-marie. Add cubed butter. Mic and melt together. Leave to cool.
Whips the eggs and sugar together in a bowl with an electric whisk until light and fully (5-10minutes).
Add the chocolate and butter into the eggs and sugar. (Use a spatula to get it all out!). Add the sifted cacao powder and potato starch. Mix gently until combined.
Pour mixture into a 18x25 cm lined tin and shove it in the oven for about 25 minutes at 180°c. (Timing might vary depending on oven!)
Take out and leave to cool.
Melt some chocolate in the microwave or bain-marie.
Cut the cooled brownies. Out on the candy eyes and drizzle the melted chocolate over them.
Voilà! Tasty treats to enjoy with the living or the dead! ✨

#photography #amateurphotography #ghost #cooking #spooky #creepy #eerie #dark #moody #horror #baking #treats #tasty #brownies #hygge #bologna #italia #home #italy #spookyvibes #europe
The photo is of two figures draped in white sheets (my partner and I), resembling ghosts. We are wearing sunglasses and the ghost on the left to be holding a bag of sugar and the ghost on the right is holding a bowl and a wooden spoon. You can see white kitchen cupboards in the background.
The photo is of 12 chocolate brownies decorated to look like mummies. Each brownie is topped with drizzled white chocolate to resemble bandages and two candy eyeballs. They are in a metallic baking tray.
#europe
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~meoralis~
#FotoVorschlag: Unterwelt (Tunnel, U-Bahn usw.) // Underworld (tunnels, underground, subway etc.)

Hmmm, könnt ihr es auch riechen? 😏 (Das Foto ist allerdings von 2014, der Bahnhof wurde seitdem modernisiert) // Hmmm, can you smell it too? 😏 (To be fair, this photo is from 2014, the railway station had been upgraded since)

#Godalming #subway #pedestrianSubway #passageway #urbanDecay #tunnel #Tunnelblick #tunnelVision #Unterführung #Bahnhof #railwayStation #SpookySaturday
A dimly lit, narrow, arched tunnel or passageway stretches into the distance. The ceiling and upper walls are rough, stained concrete with patches of dark mould or discolouration. A rusty metal beam spans across the width of the tunnel near the top, with rust streaks running down the wall beneath it. Along the lower parts of both side walls are angled concrete surfaces, beneath which are dark, possibly wet, areas. Modern, rectangular strip lights are mounted on the lower part of the right-hand wall, casting a bright, cool light onto the scene. The floor is a dark, uneven surface. The far end of the tunnel appears brighter, suggesting an exit or another light source. The overall impression is of a damp, somewhat derelict, underground structure.
#spookysaturday
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Niamh Bernadette (They/Them)
La Certosa 🪦 for #spookysaturday episode 11

No story this week, sorry! But this is the Cimitero Monumentale La Certosa. It's a very lovely place and if you're ever in Bologna I highly recommend visiting it - it doesn't look this spooky, it's just for the picture! 😂 In the background you can see Il Santuario della Beata Vergine di San Luca on the hill. ✨


#photography #amateurphotography #cemetery #spooky #creepy #eerie #dark #moody #horror #graves #bologna #italia #corridor #blackandwhite #bnw #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #italy #spookyvibes #europe #travel
The photo is of cemetery with headstones of various shapes and sizes - with grass and scattered flowers around them. In the background there is a row of manicured cypress trees which helps lead your eye toward a hilltop with a silhouetted church (San Luca) which is in the mid ground of the photo. Above the hill in the background, and takes up roughly the too third of the photo, there are dramatic clouds in the sky.
#travel
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Dorine
#spookysaturday I was, just like the man on the bridge, so taken up by the beautiful sunset that I didn't notice that there were two gallows hanging from the bridge. On the one hand I thought the contours were nice, but on the other hand a bit strange. But for spooky saturday that is just suitable. I took the photo in Isla Cristina #Spain #spooky #spookymood #goldenhour #goldenhourphotography #goldenhourphotos #sunset #streetphotography #photography #fotografie #photo #fediphoto #pixelfed #alttext
The photo was taken before a bridge on the beach. The wooden railing of the bridge slants upwards from right to left. On the right the black contours of several wooden uprights of the bridge. Through the wooden railing you can see a beautiful dark blue sky. On the right of the bridge the black contours of a man with a hat leaning over the railing towards the sunset. At the bottom of the photo the dark sand slants upwards from left to right. In between the setting sun on the water of the sea. The sky and the water are orange in color. In the middle a piece of the setting, bright orange sun. On the right two (black) gallows and a few strings hang from the bridge. That looks strange and a bit spooky.
#alttext
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Niamh Bernadette (They/Them)
Echoes from the Deep / Echi dal Profondo for #spookysaturday episode 10

"How many times do I have to do this?", you wonder. This is a futile mission. There's nobody but us. You've spent years studying, training, waiting to get out there into space. To explore new frontiers, see distant lands, discover if we are really alone, and instead you've ended up in this cramped room pinging out messages every day.
The message is always the same: "This is Terra. Is anyone out there?" And the answer is always the same - silence.
You type it out again. What is this now – the 6th or 7th year? Oh, it doesn't matter. Send.
The screen turns blank. Quelle surprise. Lather, rinse, repeat. Time to go to lunch. You start putting on your jacket when you hear the ping. The computer lights up.
"ENOUGH" fills the screen.
You try to triangulate the message – one of your coworkers has obviously decided to be a smartass today. A welcome break from the monotony. but unfortunately for them, all activity must be reported.
The signal isn't coming from in here or out there. It's coming from underground. Deep underground. Way way too deep underground.

(That's another reason to say no to fracking kids!!
This photo is one of my first astrophotography photos - so be gentle with it please. 😂✨)

#photography #amateurphotography #space #spooky #creepy #eerie #dark #moody #horror #fiction #story #astrophotography #nightsky #stars #aliens #alone #scarystories #spookyvibes #nightmare #bologna #italia #italy #europe
The photo is of a starry night sky, with a dark background and numerous white dots scattered throughout - which are the stars. The top portion of the image features a cloudy section that is has a yellow/green tinge to it.
#europe
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Niamh Bernadette (They/Them)
The Graveyard Shift / Il Turno di Notte for #spookysaturday episode 8

Night guard at a rural cemetery wasn't exactly the job you were looking for, but these past six months have actually been great. Nice and quiet, nobody to bother you, decent pay!
Tonight's the same routine as ever: check all the gates are locked, quick sweep along the outer walls, note any signs of damage, walk your regular routes and watch out for anybody who shouldn't be there. Same old same old, but you don't mind, you like the familiarity.
Oh, someone’s left the lights on in the crypts again. Better turn them off. As you get closer, you hear sounds - muffled voices and footsteps. Great. They’d warned you about teenagers sneaking in for a dare. Heading down the stairs, you call out "Okay, fun's over. Time to go home".
No answer. You walk down one of the corridors. You can hear footsteps and voices ahead of you, so you speed up and turn the corner quickly. Nothing. Damn, these guys are fast.
"You're not in trouble. You just can't be in here now".
More mumbling and shuffling. You turn corner after corner for – what? – 20 minutes? Has the crypt always been this big? You decide if you leave the door open, they'll eventually go home. You try to retrace your steps, peering down corridors – you don't remember it looking like this before. Did you take a right or a left here? Don’t remember this dead end…
You realize that the voices and footsteps have stopped. There’s now complete silence. Then the lights go out. Pitch black. You start feeling your way along the walls.
The voices are back, but they’re no longer muffled.
"It's our turn to chase you."
And the footsteps are clearer too. And faster. Much faster.

#photography #amateurphotography #creepypasta #spooky #creepy #eerie #dark #moody #horror #crypt #bologna #italia #corridor #night #walk #nightshift #voices #cemetery #lost #liminalspace #backroom #italy #spookyvibes #scary #night #alone #nightmare #europe #story #scarystories #fiction
An underground cemetery crypt. On the left is a long corridor with blueish green coloured fluorescent lights all the way down. Either side of the corridor is lined with plaques and flowers and wreaths. In front of you is a wall with some light and breakers boxes and as the floor continues to the right it becomes another corridor lined with plaques and flowers with the same blueish green fluorescent lights. The whole space is lined with these cold fluorescent lights and the walls are made of brick. The flooring is poured concrete with little puddles of water here and there. It is dark and cold looking.
#fiction
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Niamh Bernadette (They/Them)
Camp of No Hope / Il Campo di Nessun Speranza for #spookysaturday episode 7

You finally get to sit down with your friends after setting up the campsite. You haven't been camping in a while, but it's your friend's birthday so you are happy to be there, even if the weather isn't the best.
With the tents up and the fire crackling, you all gather around it and start talking and having fun. Couple of hours and some drinks and snacks go by, then the campfire stories start. A deranged serial killer that picks off groups one by one. A faceless demon that takes and tortures lost souls. A deranged hermit responsible for all the missing people around this area. A ghost looking for a new body to inhabit. The usual stuff.
After a while, you get into your tent and fall asleep. At some point you wake up, it's dark and you're cold. You remember you have an extra jumper in your car and it's not too far away.
You get your torch and start walking ti it. A few minutes go by. Huh, you don't remember this tree being here… Was the path always so long? Time goes by and you start to panic. You can't find your way to the car. You can't find your way back to the campsite.
In the distance, down a path, you see a light. Finally! One of your friend's is here! They're going to get a good laugh out of this.
"It's about time! I feel like I've been circling this place for hours."
No response.
"Okay, very funny. Now stop – how do we get back?"
No response again. Oh, what if this is one of the locals? You walk closer.
"Hello, sorry, I'm a little bit lost."
You can finally make out a figure holding a lantern. It's coming closer.
Oh God. The campfire story was true.

#photography #amateurphotography #spookysaturday #creepypasta #spooky #creepy #eerie #dark #moody #horror #trees #path #forest #walk #camping #campfire #light #lantern #italy #italia #cold #alberi #sentiero #spookyvibes #scary #night #alone #nightmare #europe #story #scarystories #fiction
A dark picture of a forest path. The path is covered in dead leaves and the on either side of the path is lined with densely packed trees with semi barren branches. In the middle of the picture at the end of the path there is a dark hooded figure holding a lantern.
#fiction
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