Comments on: Time is on his side, and on his sweatband: Q&A with Jonathan Stephens of TIMEBANDITS Watches

By: Stefani

Stefani — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:17:49 +0000

My favorite X-Files episode is Ice from season 1. I was such an X-Files nerd. In addition to the VHS tapes, which only had 4 episodes each as compared to today’s full season DVDs, I also was a big fan of the books. I recall one about an atomic bomb testing on an atoll that went wrong and how a survivor used the spirits of his family to exact revenge on those responsible. My favorite Kim Manners episode was Humbug.

My favorite watch is definitely D36P. It is very 70s/early 80s prepster and instantly reminds me of my favorite outfit from early elementary school.

My supernatural experience occurred when I was in high school. Some friends and I were out for a hike. We were big outdoor nerds and just learned how to orienteer properly with a compass so we went off trail to see how complex of a route we could create without getting lost. All of a sudden we came upon a house. It was obviously abandoned but not in terrible shape. It appeared to be early 1900’s architecture and was mansion by the size standards of those days. We explored inside and found some left behind old antique furniture. There were old food containers in the kitchen like cereal boxes. The house looked like someone had left abruptly In the basement we opened the electrical switchbox and noticed some dates scratched on paper. The dates were from the late 80s. What spooked us the most was when leaving we realized the house had no road coming to it. Not even an overgrown road. It was surrounded completely by old growth trees and we were about 9 miles in to the closest road. The dates we saw in the house did not match at all with the rate of vegetation growth. Trees just do not grow that fast in 8 years. Being nerds we later searched county records and could find no account of the house. We hiked back to the area a few times over the next few months but could never find the house again.

By: Lily N

Lily N — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:12:25 +0000

One time, I was sleeping in my bed when I felt a hand running down the side of my leg. And it felt weird, but I didn’t really think of it as weird at the time (I was still half-asleep at that point). A couple seconds later I happened to glance outside my balcony doors and noticed a little girl standing on a ladder. I did a double take and she was gone. That was all it took to get my heart and mind racing for the entire night.

I think the whole thing was a dream, but it was still spooky.

Anyways, I LOVE X-FILES!! One of my favorite episodes has to be “all things.” Unfortunately, Kim Manners didn’t direct that one.

Like the watches, but fave is d45s

By: mri

mri — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:35:41 +0000

ok, i’ll go first. my story’s kind of long though. it was the end of the summer before i headed off to college. i was hanging out with my friend after a movie. we were looking for something to do and someone had told us about a supposedly haunted house nearby. we drove to go see it, but as we approached the house down a long, curving, dirt driveway, we both broke out screaming at the same time for no other reason (that we could see) than being squealy high school girls. we couldn’t even see the house and we freaked, turned the car around, and hauled tail home. about halfway home, i distinctly felt a left hand on my right shoulder, and panciked for a split-second, but then felt fine. i told my friend about it, but she was just freaked out.

not too freaky…yet.

i went to sleep that night and had a dream about the exact same situation. only this time, as we came down the driveway a man came running at the car screaming “leave us alone! why won’t you leave us alone?!” just as we turned the car around, he reached the car and was beating on the hood still screaming, and he chased us down the road. the left hand i felt on my right shoulder turned out to be my grandfather, who had passed away a few months before, and he said “don’t worry, he can’t follow you.”

if i’m lyin’, i’m dyin’.

i like watch H45BK.