![]() On a farm, a herd of cows trample their owner. In a church, a priest exposes himself to his parishioners. At a school, pupils mutilate one of their teachers. At first people think nothing much of it, just noting its strange colour, but it soon turns out that anyone who gets caught in the fog … changes. When a large crack in the ground opens up in a village in Wiltshire, a yellowish vapour rises from the fissure and sets off across the countryside. In The Fog, it’s not quite clear what the titular mist is. Nothing is always scarier than something, and who knows what might be lurking in that dense mist, so close but invisible. ![]() But it’s that primal fear I mentioned that we can’t get away from. It’s not alone, as there are also its sisters smog (smoke and fog, creating the infamous peasoupers of London) and vog (volcanic ash and fog). Fog shrouds our view of the world and has led to numerous disasters throughout history, from ships running aground on rocks, to lives being lost in wars when views are suddenly obscured. ![]() Nonetheless, fog stirs up the primal fear – that of the unknown. ![]() Sure, when you get down to basics, it’s pretty much just a low-lying cloud. “The village slowly began to shake off its slumber and come to life.”įog is one of the strangest weather formations the planet throws up. ![]()
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