If you're wondering what in Sam Hill is going on
in America (and who isn't nowadays), there's a Sam Hill Society in Arkansas
devoted to charity work. If you're wondering what in hell is going on in
Romania (and who isn't nowadays), there's a Society of Dracula building a
Dracula theme park.
Romania's Prime Minister is backing the project and talking about
a Gothic castle, hotel, golf course, a lot of scary dark rides, and 3000
new jobs.
But not everyone is happy. UNESCO Secretary-General Koichiro Matsura is afraid
the $30-million park will attract weirdos.
Crypt kickers, maybe, but not
weirdos.
Weirdos, according to ancient superstition, were malignant ghosts who often
took the form of a wolf. Two books on the subject were written by Montague
Summers, a Catholic priest in England. He called his two books "factual
accounts of the undead." Abraham "Bram" Stoker, who wrote "Dracula,"
penned short stories about the undead for children.
Nice guy.