Imagine you are walking alone on a street. Slowly the street lights begin turning on, indicating the imminent approach of darkness, casting an eerie glow upon the cold, cracked concrete. Instinctually you begin to quicken your pace, aware of every sound and movement in the darkness. As you round a corner something catches your eye -- a shadow and it is following you, closing the gap between you and it increasingly by the second. Your heart begins to race as every sense in your body is abnormally heightened. Images of other worldly monsters begin to crowd your mind as you run the race for your life. Finally you muster the courage to steal a glance behind to find it is no beastly or paranormal monster. It’s a human.
The most frightening monster is not an other worldly creature; it is an evil human being. Someone that you interact with on a daily basis that has the potential to become your greatest nightmare. The thought of serial killers or evil people has always disturbed me greatly because of its basis on reality. There are evil people in the world who inflict pain on others and that is an undeniable fact. Also, unlike vampires or any other monster, we interact with people everyday. How many people do you encounter daily, and how many of those people do you not really know? How easy would it be for them to kill you?
In every person there is the potential for evil. I think recently the draw towards making humans the monsters is because the idea that anyone around you has to potential to viciously kill is possibly more disturbing than that of a stereotypical monster because it is unexpected. You never know a human is the monster until he has struck and it is too late. We live amongst monsters.
That is a really creepy thought, and I like that you brought up that the world's most skilled killer is a human. Especially for the fact that we live in New Orleans where murder is a daily reality, it is disturbing to know that any person you come into contact with (or maybe even not) could be the person who is that skilled killer.
ReplyDeleteThe guns, the knives, nor the explosives are not to blame for the deepest of our misfortunes; It is its' creators who are at fault, humans. Humans are the ones who intentionally inflict pain, injury, and suffering upon others. They lie responsible for the harm done unto others. So, I agree that there is truth in the claim that humans are walking monstrosities. This truth makes this blog quite unsettling to read.
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