is this spooky or what?

Cue X-files music; we're talking major spooky here. I keep thinking this has got to be a joke. Well, I don't know if it is or not, but there it is in breaking news: scientists have succeeded in creating "zombie" dogs. Seriously.

The dogs were clinically dead. The scientists sucked them of blood (okay, emotive verb there; I'm sure machines were involved), then replaced the blood with some sort of salt solution, then gave them an electric shock (am I the only one seeing Frankenstein raising his arms to the stormy heavens, lightning flashing down? I don't think so.). Three hours after being dead, the dogs were "perfectly normal". So, zombie maybe a misnomer there; on the other hand, brought back to life after being seriously dead ...

Also ... perfectly normal? We might be back on that what-is-normal kick.

They reckon they'll be ready to try it on humans within a year. Betcha there's going to be some fallout they're not bargaining on though. I mean, if you believe in a soul, and most Americans do by all accounts, what happens to it in a situation like this?

That's where the zombie thing comes in, doesn't it? Or am I getting confused with vampires? I guess none of them have souls. And Frankenstein's monster, that whole created-life thing -- I guess that's where the monster bit comes from; because he had no soul (Man can create life, but only God can create a soul; I guess that's the argument).

Well, I don't care what anyone says; I believe werewolves have souls! And ghosts. And dogs. And trees.

Or noone of us do. One of those.