I'm so perpetually charmed by the material conditions that result in "spooky" human experiences around here and the fact that they all HAVE explanations that are more interesting than "a spooky supernatural poor person did it" and people IGNORE those explanations just to be like, Goosebumps about it makes me so mad. its COOL to learn why sound travels weirdly in the hollers! its fun to learn about how specific landscapes produce specific experiences! I almost feel like the usamerican tendency to be like "there has to be an Outside Explanation" when presented with location-specific phenomena is a result of our flattening of places/the land into one monolithic concept of "outdoors" in our heads. naw. outdoors is different in different locations. there are location specific experiences that people will have or not have based on the material conditions of the location. because places are different.
