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[hXc_thugg]

I also used to think if I went into the furnace room alone, the furnace would eat me, it always makes noises and I thought it was its stomach growling.

Just like in Home Alone.

 

[Deleted member 4784]

I used to be scared of the guy on the Quaker Oatmeal box, but realized what an irrational fear it was at the age of five. I'm still working on the one that involves approaching guys. :lol

 

[GaimeGuy]

I used to be scared of the guy on the Quaker Oatmeal box, but realized what an irrational fear it was at the age of five. I'm still working on the one that involves approaching guys. :lol

CHUCKIE!

I was, and still am, terrified of any bee, wasp, hornet, yellow jacket, and any other flying insect with a stinger.

 

[Cafeman]

When dolls or dummies would come to life in scary movies. Remember the ventriloquist's dummy from the film "Magic"? I couldn't even LOOK at a picture of it. I still have never seen that film (it probably isn't even scary as an adult). The clown in Poltergeist added to my fear of dummies/clowns/dolls coming to life.

I used to watch Chiller Theater & Shock Theater as a kid, late Saturday nights. It's funny when I think of how my active mind would invent stuff as I went to my bedroom and tried to fall asleep under the covers, where (as Bill Cosby always said) the monsters can't get you. I swear I heard Dracula breathing in my ear one night, I could feel his very presence and was so scared I could not find a voice to scream for mom to come & stick a stake in him. It wasn't dumb old modern-day Oldman dracula either, it was Christopher Lee dracula!

I used to be afraid of being tied down, or locked in a tight enclosed area too. That's got to be a somewhat common fear though.

 

[pj]

I'm afraid of bees and spiders, but for some reason, not snakes. Maybe it's because snakes are easy to spot control, but spiders and bees can fuck you up ANYWHERE.

Closed spaces and darkness also freak me out because I have a very pessimistic imagination. "Oh god I'm never going to get out of here" "What was that noise? Probably a pack of rabid coyotes with anger issues"