Things that terrified you when you were a kid

[lucky number 7]

Ok since everyones being a bit of a **** recently I thought I would post a lighthearted thread.

What random shit terrified you for no real reason as a chap.

For me it was bloody measuring tapes , the metal tape part would move so fast and cut people. indeed my cousin told me that one time it cut him to the bone as a result I avoided them as best I could.


That and the wooden spoon..**** I hated the wooden spoon

[cyRil]

Gollum, Jeff Wayne's Musical War of the Worlds & Belladonna the witch in The Herb Garden.

[Tallshort]

My Dad

[Amobokoboko]

Mean big barking dogs.

[TRF_Olyy]

The opening of "Witches" by Roald Dahl.
I had a video that had Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory followed by Witches and never used to watch the second half of it

[lucky number 7]

Anyone remember the Female truck driver scene from PeeWee's big adventure ?

[HenryChinaski]

The moomins, in particular groke. Massive pranger that one

[racingmetrofan]

Old people! I remember my mum always saying 'never accept sweets from strangers, especially old people', so they always scared the hell out of me, especially as they're the adults most prone to talk to kids.

[TRF_Draggs]

Gollum, Jeff Wayne's Musical War of the Worlds & Belladonna the witch in The Herb Garden.

Bad experience? Excellent piece of music.

[irelandfan123]

My big uncle jimmy that tried to bath me as much as soon as my mum left the house .....

[lucky number 7]

Sharks always scared me too , statistically now I realize the foolishness of that

[cmac95]

Scar from the lion king and leaving any upstairs windows open going to bed, for whatever reason I didn't give a shit about the downstairs ones.

[big ginger 8]

Dogs

[lucky number 7]

Scar from the lion king and leaving any upstairs windows open going to bed, for whatever reason I didn't give a shit about the downstairs ones.

The ones the axe murderers like to get in from?

[cmac95]

The ones the axe murderers like to get in from?

Yeah I was only afraid of murderers who came prepared with ladders or were serious climbers.

[Feicarsinn]

My own mortality played on my mind from an early age.

[dullonien]

Teleporting dragons.

[Aedaphon]

Yeah I was only afraid of murderers who came prepared with ladders or were serious climbers.

... That was totally me at age 7. And I was 6 floors off street level.

[TRF_Ezequiel]

I was scared of scorpions when I was little. For some reason I thought they were more frightening than sharks, lions or other animals.

I got over it through the years of course, but 3 years ago, I got the fright of my life, when a scorpion walked into my living-room in South Africa. My 8 month old son was playing on the floor and I grabbed him, climbed on top of the kitchen counter and waited for my wife to come back from hanging the washing outside. She grabbed the thing, looked at it and threw it out. South African women are different from Dutch women in every way haha

[lucky number 7]

I was scared of scorpions when I was little. For some reason I thought they were more frightening than sharks, lions or other animals.

I got over it through the years of course, but 3 years ago, I got the fright of my life, when a scorpion walked into my living-room in South Africa. My 8 month old son was playing on the floor and I grabbed him, climbed on top of the kitchen counter and waited for my wife to come back from hanging the washing outside. She grabbed the thing, looked at it and threw it out. South African women are different from Dutch women in every way haha

That woman sounds alpha.

I was always shit scared of my reflection in windows at night ..

[04perryo]

When i was little clowns used to scare the **** out of me, stupid things. Also i hate horses still hate them now stupid things, i swear there out to get me... when they see me they just charge and the my trousers get a lot baggier lol

[TRF_Draggs]

I was scared of scorpions when I was little. For some reason I thought they were more frightening than sharks, lions or other animals.

I got over it through the years of course, but 3 years ago, I got the fright of my life, when a scorpion walked into my living-room in South Africa. My 8 month old son was playing on the floor and I grabbed him, climbed on top of the kitchen counter and waited for my wife to come back from hanging the washing outside. She grabbed the thing, looked at it and threw it out. South African women are different from Dutch women in every way haha

Yet every girl I know will do the same for spiders.

I'll have to have a better think, but I recall once I was deathly afraid of a snake. I didn't have a problem with snakes, but this was different. First of all, I don't even think there was a snake. I was outside a shop as a nipper, waiting for my dad or something. As a good child, I would not even think of leaving the very spot upon which I was standing, for fear of being taken away or getting lost. I was next to a vending machine or something and looked behind it. It was dark there, but in my mind I saw a big python laying in wait. My gut dropped. I was going to get eaten by this snake. Moving wasn't an option, so I remained perfectly still, watching it from the corner of my eyes.

Silly you all might say, but too this day I have not been kidnapped after running away from a store, nor have I been eaten by a snake.

[lucky number 7]

When i was little clowns used to scare the **** out of me, stupid things. Also i hate horses still hate them now stupid things, i swear there out to get me... when they see me they just charge and the my trousers get a lot baggier lol

Why are you normally on a rampaging erection while looking at them?

[04perryo]

Why are you normally on a rampaging erection while looking at them?

That wasn't what i meant...

[dullonien]

I was always shit scared of my reflection in windows at night ..

Seems as though it might be easier for you to list the things you weren't scared of, because if the list of things you were scared of includes the sight of yourself we might be here a while.....

[TRF_Draggs]

You must have been a frightened child, LN7.
I didn't like standing on piers. I always thought they would break away and float away. Even ones on small rivers!

[lucky number 7]

**** yeah I was scared of all sorts of shit... The Measuring tape was more of serious caution as opposed to fear but ghosty shit and all that got me.

That said people never scared me , the idea of a burglar or something was always welcomed with excitement as a kid and still now as my room has over the years developed the nickname "the armory"


Only thing that would really frighten me now is Spiders and if I had to walk through a forest alone at night.

[TRF_Draggs]

**** yeah I was scared of all sorts of shit... The Measuring tape was more of serious caution as opposed to fear but ghosty shit and all that got me.


Only thing that would really frighten me now is Spiders and if I had to walk through a forest alone at night.

Tape measure is indeed intimidating. I just don't put my fingers near it when it comes in.
Oh yeah.

Spiders don't really get me. If one falls on me I just flick it onto somebody else. Not my spider not my problem.
Happened a few days ago. I wasn't paying attention and something fell out of a pipe. I thought it was a drop of water and just saw a dark spot in my peripheral vision. Looked at my knee about ten minutes later and saw a spider just relaxing. Flicked him over to my mate. He didn't notice so I chose not to trouble him with this minor matter.

[dullonien]

Only thing that would really frighten me now is Spiders and if I had to walk through a forest alone at night.

Don't quote get the forest at night bit. There's nothing in a forest to hurt you. Walking through a dodgy area of a dodgy city alone at night on the other hand......

Spiders don't really get me. If one falls on me I just flick it onto somebody else. Not my spider not my problem.
Happened a few days ago. I wasn't paying attention and something fell out of a pipe. I thought it was a drop of water and just saw a dark spot in my peripheral vision. Looked at my knee about ten minutes later and saw a spider just relaxing. Flicked him over to my mate. He didn't notice so I chose not to trouble him with this minor matter.

For some reason, I imagined Karl Pilkington from the Gicky Gervais show saying that, and it instantly became hilarious.

[lucky number 7]

Don't quote get the forest at night bit. There's nothing in a forest to hurt you. Walking through a dodgy area of a dodgy city alone at night on the other hand......

I know , however a vivid imagination despite not actually believing on ghosts and shit means every second is hellish , the dodgy area doesn't scare me though , if there is light then I can see what comes at me , if you can see it you can fight it , or run from it.