I hate haunted houses. You guys can have all the fun you want at establishments like Nashville Nightmare all you want. But, count my ass out. I just don’t like what it does to my ‘fight or flight’ reflex – like…my instincts are telling me to fight, but I can’t fight because I know it’s just regular people in costumes. So, it drives my anxiety through the roof and makes me jumpy as hell. I don’t enjoy being scared like most people do – it makes me incredibly angry and standoffish.
But, that’s just the gimmick itself. I’ve never had to worry about having legitimate harm inflicted upon me. That is until now. Apparently, you now have to deal with people potentially stabbing you because they can’t tell a real knife from a fake one.
Metro Police are investigating the stabbing that happened Friday night at Nashville Nightmare, a popular Halloween attraction in Madison. At this attraction, people dressed up in Halloween costumes roam the grounds, interacting with guests and working carnival-type games.
According to an incident report from Metro Police, officers were told that a group of four friends had gone to Nashville Nightmare and while inside the venue area, they were approached by someone whom they thought was a character there. Nashville Nightmare says they also believe the person involved was an employee, who has since been placed on leave.
The possible employee, dressed and talking in character, Greenfield if the victim, a friend of Greenfield’s, was messing around with her. Playing along with whom she thought to be a character from the attraction she said “yes.” The unknown person then handed Greenfield a knife, which she thought was a prop knife. The person, speaking in character according to Greenfield, then said, “well here, stab him.”
Police said Greenfield, only playing along and believing the knife was a prop, stabbed the victim. Greenfield told us she even joked saying, “ha,ha gotcha!”
But when Greenfield pulled back, she realized the terrifying truth.
“His arm was gushing blood like something out of a horror scene,” Greenfield said.
What the fuck did I just read?
My main question is “how do you not immediately tell that a knife is not fake?” If someone hands me a knife and says, “here, stab him,” my immediate reaction is NOT to just fuckin’ stab someone! I’m pretty sure I’m going to notice right away that the knife is indeed real. Even if I don’t, WHO DOESN’T CHECK FIRST!?!?!
Like, you just trust someone in a costume without even looking over what they they just handed you?
My mind is blown by this happening! What an absurd visual – blood gushing out of someone’s arm…”haha! Gotcha!” What is this? House of 1,000 Corpses? Is this a Rob Zombie movie?
’tis the season, I guess.
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