# There is evil in my backyard. It's in a cooler.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 16, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132 "2003-04-16T18:19:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 7
### Author:  [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/121 "2003-04-18T03:56:11Z")
That’s strange. I can’t access the photos at all now.
It shows up listed as an album but I can’t view it…
Did anyone else who saw them get a phone call with no one there?
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### Author:  [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/122 "2003-04-18T04:07:15Z")
Aren’t you worried about your dog? It drank the evil.
I would worry about demon possession if I were you.
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### Author:  [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/123 "2003-04-18T04:24:01Z")
**Yah Avoozl!**
_Kudo points to those who reconigise this saw-off Cthulhu reference_!
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/124 "2003-04-18T04:45:53Z")
Well, **Velma** (and family… well, and _neighbourhood_, by now), I’m glad you survived. I’m glad The Evil is now dissipating harmlessly in the open air. But I concur with **BluMoon** : keep an eye on that dog. Especially if it starts digging holes in the lawn or using the computer.
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### Author:  [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/125 "2003-04-18T05:22:14Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by neuroman \*
> \*\*Is the opening of this cooler going to be anything like the opening of the fridge in Ghostbusters? \*\*
[Bill Murray]
Aaugh! Look at all the junk food!
[/Bill Murray}
**Velma** , that was disgusting. Burn the cooler, then burn the ashes.
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### Author:  [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/126 "2003-04-18T12:11:01Z")
Did you eat the crackers?
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/127 "2003-04-18T12:59:30Z")
Mmmmm . . . evil crackers . . . .
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### Author:  [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/128 "2003-04-18T13:09:17Z")
Did anyone order any photo gifts of the Evil?
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### Author:  [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/129 "2003-04-18T14:41:36Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by BluMoon \*
> \*\*Aren’t you worried about your dog? It drank the evil.
>
> I would worry about demon possession if I were you. \*\*
She got the hiccups.
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### Author:  [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/130 "2003-04-18T14:46:51Z")
Well there isn’t much more evil than hiccups!
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### Author:  [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/131 "2003-04-18T15:44:37Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by LostCause \*
> \*\ ***Yah Avoozl!**
>
> _Kudo points to those who reconigise this saw-off Cthulhu reference_! \*\*
Do you, by any chance, have tentacles for arms and have an unnatural obsession for hexapods? Or hexapuss, as the case may be?
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### Author:  [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/132 "2003-04-18T15:50:45Z")
Well, being inspired by the the **Evil in the Cooler** , I have quickly thrown together a short scenario (for role-playing games) about the Horror that Lingers In the Cooler.
It uses the Windows system ([The Window](http://www.mimgames.com/window)) and is not really very geeky, so I hope those who are interested in experiencing the Evil in the Cooler firsthand will find it interesting. (I have a mix-up cooler and freezer, but the same principles apply, I guess)
**The Horror that Lingers in the Cooler (or Freezer)**
[http://kx.creaion.com/TheHorrorThatLingersInTheCooler.htm](http://kx.creaion.com/TheHorrorThatLingersInTheCooler.htm)
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### Author:  [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/133 "2003-04-18T17:23:28Z")
**LostCause** , that’s hilarious. I’m going to get some friends together and run through that in a week or two. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/134 "2003-04-18T17:46:30Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Baker \*
> \*\*Remember the film _Cat’s Eye_, a collection of Stephen King short stories? Don’t remember the title of the one short, but it had Hal Holbrook and Adrienned Barbeau. \*\*
That was “The Crate”, from the movie “Creepshow”. Loved that flick… 🙂
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### Author:  [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/135 "2003-04-18T18:19:50Z")
Well, I am glad that you were able to open the Cooler without incident. However, I’m afraid that evil did NOT disappear harmlessly. That greenish slime was most likely eggs–the spawn of Evil itself.
And the dog drank it.
Has the dog sprouted a third eye yet? Tentacles? Have you noticed any suspcious giant Pod-shaped objects in your backyard?
I fear that this is not over…
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### Author:  [@Curate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curate)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/136 "2003-04-18T18:32:35Z")
May I suggest that the act of observing the evil simply caused it to turn into some other evil? I also have a strong yet difficult to explain sense that the gray thing’s name is Earl.
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### Author:  [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/137 "2003-04-18T19:52:24Z")
They say that the cooler is still…
out there.
Regards,
Shodan
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### Author:  [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/138 "2003-04-18T20:05:46Z")
Did anyone else notice that the **Cooler of Death** posted _immediately_ before **Velma**? In fact, the **Cooler of Death** tried to convince us it wasn’t interested in us, then **Velma** came along to tell everything was fine.
I think the **Cooler of Death** got **Velma**. :eek:
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/139 "2003-04-18T20:07:18Z")
> [@](#):
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> I think the Cooler of Death got Velma.
Zoinks!
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### Author:  [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-evil-in-my-backyard-its-in-a-cooler/169132/140 "2003-04-18T20:19:06Z")
and he would have gotten away with it too
if it wasn’t for those meddling kids!
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