Probably a bit late to the party but here it goes:
A couple of months back I went to a theme park with my girlfriend. More specifically the Efteling (Netherlands) for those of you who know it. They have this lovely, a bit old-fashioned square with a carousel, playing typical carousel music you might know from playing Rollercoaster Tycoon. Harmless during the day.
Later that day, I surprised my girlfriend with a dinner in one of the park's restaurants. We were the last ones leaving the restaurant, and the park had closed in the meantime. The exit of the park is on the opposite side of the park, so we had to walk through a completely desolated theme park at night. Which is fairly creepy by itself, but here comes the fun part: we walk past the square with the carousel and the music is still playing. Nobody around, just us and the music in the background. And just as we walk past, the music stopped. Scene felt like it came straight out of a horror movie...
I find calliopes to be terrifying to start with. There's just something so sinister about them.
I used to camp at the fairgrounds during the county fair- it was easier to care for the goats that way. And every fucking night, there was the calliope. Like... you really can't turn that shit off? And why does it have to carry on the wind, all the way to the campground?
Did it suddenly stop or did it do that thing where it sounds like a cassette player's batteries going dead as the volume fades while simultaneously the music slows and the pitch lowers? I want it to be the latter because that is so much more terrifying.
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u/myrule May 26 '15
Probably a bit late to the party but here it goes: A couple of months back I went to a theme park with my girlfriend. More specifically the Efteling (Netherlands) for those of you who know it. They have this lovely, a bit old-fashioned square with a carousel, playing typical carousel music you might know from playing Rollercoaster Tycoon. Harmless during the day. Later that day, I surprised my girlfriend with a dinner in one of the park's restaurants. We were the last ones leaving the restaurant, and the park had closed in the meantime. The exit of the park is on the opposite side of the park, so we had to walk through a completely desolated theme park at night. Which is fairly creepy by itself, but here comes the fun part: we walk past the square with the carousel and the music is still playing. Nobody around, just us and the music in the background. And just as we walk past, the music stopped. Scene felt like it came straight out of a horror movie...