Monday, 15 February 2010

Ghoul-Channeling Rabbits of East Sussex

One of those "you couldn't make it up" articles in Metro today. (Metro is a free newspaper that gets handed out to morning commuters in the UK, with regional editions for each locality. For the rest of the day discarded copies then lie scattered across the seats of trains and buses like hastily abandoned corpses after mob hits gone wrong.)

Meet Ralph – a monster bunny which weighs as much as an average three-year-old child, and became so big that TV 'medium' Derek Acorah wanted to check him out.

Acorah, star of Most Haunted, felt Ralph was behind the spooky goings-on in the family home.

‘We are pretty sure our house is haunted by something or other, so Ralph went up to London with friends of ours to meet Derek Acorah,’ said owner Pauline Grant. ‘They said it was pretty spooky and he had a good old chat with Ralph about the spirits in our house.

‘He seemed to think Ralph was channelling the spirit of a ghoul. It sounds like a load of old nonsense but Ralph isn’t your average rabbit,’ she added.

If you're a DM and you can't find inspiration in this for an adventure hook I don't know what's wrong with you.
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  1. NathanRyder15 February 2010 at 21:32

    The article is brilliant. I wish they had written it in a better tone though:

    "What's that Derek? A ghoul you say? What about the fact that this rabbit's mother was listed as the biggest rabbit in the world - any connection? No? Definitely a ghoul. Right..."

    Perhaps you should watch Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit for further inspiration!

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  2. Michael S/Chgowiz15 February 2010 at 22:36

    That hare's look says "I'm going to fucking kill you all and eat you."

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  3. Fran Terminiello15 February 2010 at 22:43

    You mean they actually let the kid handle the ghoul-infested rabbit? what irresponsible parents! I love derek acorah, fave moment was when he got 'possessed' by the spirit of a monkey. silly man

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  4. Daddy Grognard15 February 2010 at 23:10

    Where the hell did I put my Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?

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  5. noisms15 February 2010 at 23:46

    Dungeonmum: My favourite Derek Acorah moment by far was the "Mary loves Dick" episode. See if you can find it on youtube.

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  6. Trey16 February 2010 at 01:25

    That is one seriously big rabbit.

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  7. thekelvingreen16 February 2010 at 03:13

    Didn't Acorah just do a Michael-Jackson-is-dead tie-in, where he channelled the prince of pop himself? Genius.

    I would run this in Call of Cthulhu in an instant, but I've already done a "ghoulish goings on in Sussex" scenario.

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  8. thekelvingreen16 February 2010 at 03:16

    I've just read the article, and that's my home town. Which, given that it's a sinkhole of corruption and evil, would explain such spontaneous mutation in the local wildlife.

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  9. Lee B17 February 2010 at 03:53

    devious "watership down" rabbits + undead = true terror.

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  10. NathanRyder17 February 2010 at 20:05

    Hmm... Is there an RPG version of Watership Down? Strangely, there's something about that setting which could have a lot of scope (at least it seems that way in my mind).

    Against all odds... Enemies from all sides... Strange alliances... Lots of exploration...

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