PhobiasWhat gives you the heebie-jeebies?
It's a bit strong to call this a phobia, but for me it's the thought of biting into a dry flannel. I've no idea why I'd ever want to or even get the opportunity to do so, seeing as I don't own one, but it makes my teeth hurt to think about it. *ewww*
Tell us what innocent things make you go pale, wobbly and send shivers down your spine.
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chthonic, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 13:34)
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The House Spiders...Spiders, or more precisely the "House Spider" (Google it for images of the beasties).
Before me and the other half got our house we used to spend a lot of nights at her parents house out in the sticks
One night while falling asleep I became aware of a scratching/rustling noise in the room, sounded quite close.
I Ignored it to start with but it soon started to get to me, so I climbed out of bed and turned the light on...
... and right on the headboard above the other halfs head was a huge house spider, must have easily had a 5" leg span, biggest spider I've seen outside of a zoo.
So I try to coax the other half out of bed without letting her know there's a bloody huge house spider just inches from her face (she's far more scared of spiders than me). At the second attempt she moves and I reach for the fly swat (live and let live I know - but there was no way I was gonna co-habit with this 8 legged monster)
Am a little bit shakey but have a swing at it anyway... and miss!!! The f*cker dashes behind the headboard.
At this stage we're debating wether to sleep elsewhere or to try moving the bed when the beast comes back out from behind the headboard, gets to the top and holds its front legs in the air just like the "boss" spider on Aracnaphobia. It was either some kind of attack pose of it was just mocking my piss poor first effort to kill it, either way in the next few moments my head clears and my hand steadies and I take another swing - this time there are no mistakes and the terror is over.
Took bloody ages to get to sleep after though, any tiny noise had my senses tingling.
Length: about 5inches
(, Fri 11 Apr 2008, 12:29, 2 replies)
Iknow that feeling, except i was on my own, in my room and the thing came up the wall besides my head, jumped out of bed, grabbed a trainer and started swinging like one of the Tapas 9...
Missed...spider ran further in the the corner...bugger.
I was up till about 4 o'clock in the bastard morning waiting to try to kill the damn thing!
(, Fri 11 Apr 2008, 13:26, closed)
:-)"any tiny noise had my senses tingling".
Spider-senses?
(, Sat 12 Apr 2008, 12:35, closed)
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