Cochise
Priest of the cult of the Dog with the Broken Paw
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Wasn't sure where to put this.
There has recently been some stuff published in the newspapers about not being able to remember anything from ones early childhood. As with all such sweeping statements, my response would be 'it depends'. I distinctly remember my first dog, who was run over when I was 4. (Name of 'Fella' lab/collie cross)
But perhaps more relevant, I learned to read at a stupidly early age, so early that I can't remeber not being able to read. I think I was taught by the nurses during my extended stays in hospital, which I also barely remember. (Apart from a red crane I used to play with). (I had something like 12 eye operations before I was 5)
Now to what caused me to post. The first supernatural thing I can remember reading about was a brown shapeless entity that haunted Sutton Road in Southend. This was reported in the Southend Standard newspaper, which I was reading at about age 5 . I could read newspapers before I went to primary school - and as evidence I still have children's novels I was given at that age - Jennings, that sort of stuff. You can tell the ones I had early because I had a tendency to chew the corners of the pages .
So, two things - can anyone else remember reading very early, and can anyone point me at any information regarding the Southend-on-Sea brown entity?
There has recently been some stuff published in the newspapers about not being able to remember anything from ones early childhood. As with all such sweeping statements, my response would be 'it depends'. I distinctly remember my first dog, who was run over when I was 4. (Name of 'Fella' lab/collie cross)
But perhaps more relevant, I learned to read at a stupidly early age, so early that I can't remeber not being able to read. I think I was taught by the nurses during my extended stays in hospital, which I also barely remember. (Apart from a red crane I used to play with). (I had something like 12 eye operations before I was 5)
Now to what caused me to post. The first supernatural thing I can remember reading about was a brown shapeless entity that haunted Sutton Road in Southend. This was reported in the Southend Standard newspaper, which I was reading at about age 5 . I could read newspapers before I went to primary school - and as evidence I still have children's novels I was given at that age - Jennings, that sort of stuff. You can tell the ones I had early because I had a tendency to chew the corners of the pages .
So, two things - can anyone else remember reading very early, and can anyone point me at any information regarding the Southend-on-Sea brown entity?
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