The more you know.

As a kid I'd often visit the beach with my grandparents, just to peacefully watch the waves crash for an hour or so, and maybe look for sea glass or rocks that I'd later find were only pretty when wet from the sea water. On these trips we'd often see a man or woman slowly walking down the beach with a metal detector, smoothly hovering the thing over the sand. It was fascinating. I'd imagine what they would find - old coins, perhaps - maybe in a treasure chest, abandoned by the nonexistent pirat…

Most people have at least one story they can tell that will freak people the f*** out. Sometimes they're wholesome moments of coincidence - like those people who realize they were photographed years ago at the beach at the same time and in the same place as their significant other . Sometimes the tales are terrifying. That's how a former coworker was able to convince me that ghosts are real. My party trick of a tale involves meeting and chatting with Keanu Reeves the first time I got stoned. Le…