Because we've all been creeped out by at least one of these ...

Some life lessons i09 would like to share courtesy The Twilight Zone.

Viral Flashback: It's Magic!

No, we're not talking Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I'm still yet to see any of those movies, as it were. Shame on me.
Anyway, this week's Viral Flashback will focus on sorcery of a stranger breed -- cheap magic-inspired VHS videos! And where do we get them from? Why Internets of course!

Viral Flashback: Noseybonk

Okay, who's taking odds this creep uses human flesh as fertilizer?

CREEP: "I'm gonna get her some flowers and ask her to marry me"

Videogum had a nice pickup this morning from the New York Daily News's Web site.

The video shows a bunch of Miley Cyrus fans huddled outside an NYC bookstore waiting for some face time with the teen idol. It takes a weird turn, however, when Georgia resident Mark McLeod shows up.

Dressed like he's about to trek the Yukon on a dog sled, the forty-something McLeod seems to get weak in the knees at the simple suggestion of being near Miley. He happily tells reporters he plans on proposing to her when she signs his copy.

Yeah, OK. Pretty run of the mill fandom, whatever.

But when he casually mentions how she secretly communicates to him through pictures ... things start to get a little weird.

Whether or not the folks who edited this news report realized they were enabling this stalker or just figured they'd keep McLeod in the reel because he was hilarious (probably the latter), I'm not sure, but fast forward the video to 1:10 to get to the good stuff.

Heck, maybe the video editor was a Radiohead fan ...

INTERNETS: "Logging off" IRL needn't be so traumatic ...

When you can send e-mails from beyond the grave!

"Posthumous e-mail services are an example of what has been described as the 'transcendence industries,' enterprises that ... allow you to leave vital posthumous instructions for family and friends concerning such things as funeral arrangements, financial records, estate details, and insurance plans.

[These services] also address the intricate netiquette of virtual relationships, since, as Wrafter points out, “many people now have more friends online than off.” This service considers the posthumous needs of the techno-savvy, habitués of MySpace, LiveJournal, Flickr and other community-based sites, as well as online gamers who can spend years building up an in-game personality and maintaining virtual relationships. “People know you, engage with you, expect your presence. Suddenly you are gone. It’s inexplicable,” says Wrafter."

Interesting. Maybe by the time we are all old bags our wills will all be done electronically, that's a tad creepy.

I'll tell you what I would like to see, however -- old grandmas writing gold-digging daughter-and-laws out of the will and posting the videos on YouTube.

Now that would be entertaining.