{"id":517,"date":"2019-02-02T17:57:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T01:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/?p=517"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:05:20","slug":"the-mystery-of-the-haunted-cul-de-sac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/?p=517","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of the Haunted Cul-de-Sac"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My cul-de-sac was reported to be haunted; not near my house, but at the other end.\u00a0 Most of the mysterious events seemed to be in proximity to the abandoned (vacant with a “For Rent” sign out front) house on the street.\u00a0 I had a carefully neutral response when informed by my daughter of the alleged haunting, but as a whole I was pleased–a haunted cul-de-sac is certainly interesting.\u00a0 At least as long as it’s the other end . . .<\/p>\n

As the unexplained incidents increased, it seemed like we might need to prepare for a Ghostbuster’s style end-of-the-world battle scenario.\u00a0 But instead of succumbing to fear of the unknown, my daughter and her crony, in true Nancy Drew style, founded a detective agency to investigate.<\/p>\n

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I don’t recall having read Nancy Drew books except for when her path crossed with the Hardy Boys and they collaborated on a mystery.\u00a0 For my daughter, however, they have been a source of entertainment–both during the reading and then during the inspired adventures.\u00a0 With a sleuth bag in which carry detective gear, one is always ready for a mystery.<\/p>\n

There was much detectiving and investigation as the girls went up and down the cul-de-sac and deliberated in their office (the gazebo).\u00a0 Eventually I was informed that all of the mysterious occurrences had a logical explanation.\u00a0 I think this was a relief to my daughter who replaced fear of the unknown with confidence of comprehension.\u00a0 However, now she needs another mystery.\u00a0 Also, I will miss living on a haunted cul-de-sac . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My cul-de-sac was reported to be haunted; not near my house, but at the other end.\u00a0 Most of the mysterious events seemed to be in proximity to the abandoned (vacant with a “For Rent” sign out front) house on the street.\u00a0 I had a carefully neutral response when informed by my daughter of the alleged … Continue reading “The Mystery of the Haunted Cul-de-Sac”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,7],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-books","tag-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}