Sunday, April 6, 2025

Blobs And Photo Bombs


During our recent photo shoot of the Witch and scarecrow, we were trespassing on a property out in Downingtown (close to where the diner scenes were filmed in the 1958 film THE BLOB).  As we were getting to the end of the shoot, there was some movement on the hill behind the scarecrow and we saw three dogs coming our way with their owner.  I figured we were about to be tossed off the property by a [rightfully] confused individual.  Turns out she was also trespassing.  And she was pretty excited seeing what we were up to.    

She was an older woman from a nearby neighborhood who told us she typically walks her dogs there.  She said she was mystified when she looked from her backyard and saw a scarecrow in the far distance.  The dogs had come running at us with one of them barking heavily at the Witch.  The others seemed to be enjoying the open space, as their owner laughed and excitedly told us over and over again that she absolutely loved these weird creatures.  She asked a ton of questions about the props and took a load of photos.  She and the three dogs posed a few times for some photos with the Witch and the scarecrow...  I snapped away using her phone as we all blabbed and spoke about the property and its history, and our strange hobby of photographing monsters.  The dogs turned out to be the sweetest animals.  And the big one eventually stopped barking at the Witch.  

We said farewell and packed up the creatures and headed to the Downingtown diner for a terrific blob-themed breakfast.  They're VERY proud of their blob there, and I'd highly recommend it if you're ever in the area.  







6 comments:

BMan said...

What a great story. I had no idea there was still a Blob diner, proud or otherwise, out there in the world!

MR. Macabre said...

That's awesome, it's very cool to know that that diner still exists and is still in business. Those kinds of places are getting harder to find, small locally owned and run diners and restaurants. You may have just gained a new fan.

Mike C(JASONV123) said...

Thats awesome that the diner is still operational! Love to see you guys travels! Do you follow Kenny Caperton? He owns the Myers house NC. Full scale Myers house a few hours away from me in NC. He does a deal called on set where he takes folks to old horror film locations. Pretty cool adventures.

Rot said...

I’m familiar with that guy!

Revenant Manor said...

What a great encounter.

The Totally Normal Woman on some random spring morning just out walking her dogs on her oh-so-familiar quotidian route, probably mentally compiling her grocery list or what to make for dinner, and she suddenly finds that she’s stumbled into something wholly unexpected and bizarre, and ends up having an absolutely unique and engaging experience.

She’ll be telling that story for a while…the day she met monsters on a hill and had a great time doing so.

Rot said...

She asked if she was “allowed” to post them on her Facebook account… haha. Such a sweet lady.