Ok, so, before I tell you my story, I need to explain how it happened. I when it happened, I lived in Grand Rapids, MI, near a store called Vids & Shiz. Yeah, crappy name, kinda, but most of it's stuff was gently used, and really cheap.
So, I was taking a walk one day, and I decided to stop in, see if they had anything new. After browsing the shelves for a few minutes, a saw a VHS case that didn't have a cover, so it must have been used, with only a white sheet of paper inserted under the plastic, with " LOiN_KiNG.WTF written on it. I laughed. Who worked here that was that dumb?
Anyway, I went up to the guy at the register, and asked the guy how much it was. He looked at, as confused by its crappy appearance. "Um, $3.50, I guess." I liked that movie, and I figured the worst that could happen would be more static than I'd like, so I bought it and went home.
Later that night, I was bored, so I decided to watch it. I put it in my VHS (which were still pretty popular back then), and pressed play, before plopping back down on my couch. At first, I thought my fears were confirmed, groaning as nothing but static came up for a solid minute. But just as I was standing up to try and fix it somehow, it switched to a (still rather blurry) scene with Scar and the hyenas. But it was different.
First off, Ed was just sitting there with a slightly blank, content smile. But his eyes were black, and oozing! I was unnerved, but figured it was some weird glitch or edit. "But Scar, you promised us weed if we helped you!" Banzai moaned irritably. I spit out my drink. Ok, that was NOT in the original. Scar's response was inaudible, just muffled mumbling noises. The video stopped, which I was kind of relieved of, to be honest. But it started again, this time really scary. The first thing I noticed was that now Shenzi, the female hyena, also had the black, empty eyes! She opened her mouth, letting out a low, warbly grumbling sound, which gradually grew louder, till the entire house shook! just when I was really starting to panic, it stopped, and her colors suddenly flashed, before going back to normal. She turned to Banzai, who now looked like he had one of those swirl-effect things focused on him. "THE MORTALS SHALL BURN" She said slowly, the screen pausing again for a second. Then it suddenly sprang to life, with Shenzi spraying hyper realistic vomit on everything!!! Actually, it looked more like strawberry milk, but it was still very realistic, as if someone was barfing it all over my tv!!! It went back to static, giving me a chance to catch my breath, and go get some popcorn. What, I was hungry!?!?!
When I got back from the kitchen, the static stopped and and it went to another scene of Simba and Nala... mating. Suddenly Timon popped onscreen, screaming "SURPRISE MUTHAFUCKAS!" He then threw a chainsaw at them, which caused Nala to blow up. (very UN-hyperrealistcally) Simba started crying. "omg why the fuck would you do dat she was pregers????" "She stole you from us, simpai" replied Timon, who was now dressed as a schoolgirl. Suddenly Simba started screeching, and Pumba rose from were he was behind Timon, looking posessed!!! "WELCOME TO HELL!!!!" he screeched, well before Tumblr. He then smashed up and down on the merekat, seemingly being controlled by the lion's shrieking. Pumba then awoke, seeing the smushed gore that was once his best friend stuck to his manboobs, and started sobbing! "That was for my girlfriend, and our babby!" Simba sniffed, tears streaming down his face. Then he launched across the sky, leaving the warthog to weep.
I was getting really freaked out now, so I got up to take the tape out, and probably burn it. It ended before I had to, the static turning to a creepily-smiling, black eyed Banzai, and Scar's famous line; "I'm surrounded by idiots", only with idiots replaced with "WEED", drawn out slow and eerie. It switched to a quick shot of what appeared to be Zazu dancing, and the it shut itself off, sliding out of my VHS.
I burned the tape (tho I probably should have returned it), and probably would have been able to forget about it, if not for one, horrible thing: Every time I tried to watch any VHS tape, the tv screen would have a strange darker area to it, as if it was stained.
In an outline of
dripping
strawberry
milk.
