# Seeing shadow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083 "2015-05-15T01:15:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/1 "2015-05-15T01:15:49Z")
Is it vampires or the Easter Bunny who’s shadow you cannot see? Need answer fast! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/2 "2015-05-15T03:34:51Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Is it vampires or the Easter Bunny who’s shadow you cannot see? > Need answer fast! Personally, I can’t see either. Then again, I can’t see the OP, so I might not be the most reliable of witnesses. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/3 "2015-05-15T05:12:24Z")
I think you have it backwards. Bunnies are nothing _but_ shadow. They look solid and three-dimensional, but this is merely an optical illusion. Vampire, of course, are merely poor souls afflicted with a disease. And shame on you for perpetrating that ghastly stereotype. Is this not the 20th century after all? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/4 "2015-05-15T13:47:11Z")
With your luck it’s probably [![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ingdKs6L39k/VBMXhsMyaeI/AAAAAAAAA5M/kw7OFOFmf9w/s624/Photo%25252020140912115544.jpg) ](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ingdKs6L39k/VBMXhsMyaeI/AAAAAAAAA5M/kw7OFOFmf9w/s624/Photo%25252020140912115544.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/5 "2015-05-15T13:53:40Z")
This thread made me think… If we get a vampire groundhog, then we will always have an early spring. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/6 "2015-05-15T14:29:02Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > With your luck it’s probably > [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ingdKs6L39k/VBMXhsMyaeI/AAAAAAAAA5M/kw7OFOFmf9w/s624/Photo%25252020140912115544.jpg](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ingdKs6L39k/VBMXhsMyaeI/AAAAAAAAA5M/kw7OFOFmf9w/s624/Photo%25252020140912115544.jpg) Have you seen my backyard? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/7 "2015-05-15T17:22:52Z")
I thought it was their reflection in mirrors you couldn’t see. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/8 "2015-05-15T17:57:47Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > I thought it was their reflection in mirrors you couldn’t see. Damn! I gotta go check the backyard. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/9 "2015-05-16T00:52:22Z")
In case you need help in eradication ----- [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/37/whats-the-best-way-to-kill-a-vampire](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/37/whats-the-best-way-to-kill-a-vampire) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/10 "2015-05-16T00:58:36Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > In case you need help in eradication ----- > > [What’s the best way to kill a vampire? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/37/whats-the-best-way-to-kill-a-vampire) Dude, I don’t know if it is a vampire or an angry Easter Bunny. Oh crap, gotta go! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/11 "2015-05-16T01:08:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Dude, I don’t know if it is a vampire or an angry Easter Bunny. > Oh crap, gotta go! Assume vampire. I can’t find anything on killing the Easter Bunny other than [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/c-c-MUD66gQ/hqdefault.jpg "Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-c-MUD66gQ) And I’m not sure I trust YouTube as a source. Although, come to think of it, there have been several Easter Bunnies at the last few Zombie Walks so you could always try a head shot? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/12 "2015-05-16T01:17:15Z")
I’m thinking [zombie smurf](http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/180/7/9/smurf_zombie_by_hidreley-d7ohtaw.jpg), it is sort of blue… Damn, BRB ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/13 "2015-05-16T01:40:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > it is sort of blue… You could offer it some candy or a cold beer - that could cheer it up. Try a Reeses - if it sucks the peanut butter out with its fangs, its a vampire. If it asks why it isn’t egg shaped, it’s the Easter Bunny. If it does both, we’re back to my earlier post. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/14 "2015-05-16T01:47:13Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > You could offer it some candy or a cold beer - that could cheer it up. Try a Reeses - if it sucks the peanut butter out with its fangs, its a vampire. If it asks why it isn’t egg shaped, it’s the Easter Bunny. If it does both, we’re back to my earlier post. It’s trying to have sex with the dog. Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) was a broom, I have a cross and a 12 gauge with my coin collection of silver dimes stuffed down the barrel. Gotta go ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/15 "2015-05-16T01:59:41Z")
I’m rather disappointed that this thread has made it this far without a mention of [Bunnicula](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnicula). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/16 "2015-05-16T02:07:20Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I’m rather disappointed that this thread has made it this far without a mention of [Bunnicula](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnicula). Jesus, Mary, and Joe Cocker on a stick, I’m busy here, Okay? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/17 "2015-05-16T06:03:27Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I’m rather disappointed that this thread has made it this far without a mention of [Bunnicula](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnicula). I considered it but the other image was just too darn cute. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/18 "2015-05-16T12:04:01Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I considered it but the other image was just too darn cute. The dog seems to think it is cute, I’m not so sure. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/19 "2015-05-16T15:35:07Z")
Is anyone besides me concerned that **carnivorousplant** appears to have adopted a baby vampire? Although I can appreciate the comment above about beer, I think the application is wrong. Drink the beer yourself. If you still can’t see it, then…take a nap and try again later. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083/20 "2015-05-16T17:58:22Z")
No sign of the darn thing this morning, and the dog is still asleep. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-shadow/720083.md?page=2)