{"id":2155,"date":"2025-05-10T17:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T17:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/the-hitchhiker-effect-or-paranormal-contagion\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T17:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T17:43:23","slug":"the-hitchhiker-effect-or-paranormal-contagion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-hitchhiker-effect-or-paranormal-contagion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hitchhiker Effect Or Paranormal Contagion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You decide to visit haunted houses<br>\nIn the city you live in.<br>\nAn exciting event in your life.<br>\nA fun night with potential thrills.<br>\nA tour for a bargain price.<br>\nSix haunted houses in all.<br>\nThe first five a bust.<br>\nNo ghosts. No thrills.<br>\nNumber six does not disappoint.<br>\nThe air chills, feels heavy.<br>\nYou get the feeling something is watching you<br>\nYou sense it is dangerously evil.<br>\nBy now you are freaking out.<br>\nAnd wishing you never went on the tour.<br>\nYou excuse yourself.<br>\nAnd get the hell out of the house.<br>\nYou jump in your car and drive home,<br>\nRelieved to be safe<br>\nAnd out of that evil house.<br>\nAt your home you undress<br>\nAnd change into your night clothes.<br>\nYou get in bed and turn out the light.<br>\nThe air in your bedroom<br>\nGets chilled and feels heavy.<br>\nYou scream louder than ever in your life<br>\nBefore you pass out.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You decide to visit haunted houses In the city you live in. An exciting event in your life. A fun night with potential thrills. A tour for a bargain price. Six haunted houses in all. The first five a bust. No ghosts. No thrills. Number six does not disappoint. The air chills, feels heavy. You&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-hitchhiker-effect-or-paranormal-contagion\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}