When were you last really scared?We'd been watching the Shining. We were staying in an old church building. In hindsight, taking the shortcut home after midnight, in the mist, through the old graveyard was a bad idea.
I'm not sure what started it, but suddenly all the hairs on my neck had gone up and I was crapping myself. It was almost as bad as when, after a few cups of coffee too many and buzzing on caffeine, I got freaked out by my own reflection in the toilets.
When were you last really scared?
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chthonic, Thu 22 Feb 2007, 15:43)
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Open WaterI was really genuinely scared last Saturday when I got cut off on a small island at sea.
It was a lovely day and we had walked out to this little island that you can only reach at low tide. My husband & I decided to have a little half an hour sunbathe there before heading back. But when we tried to get back the sea had rolled in and completely trapped us. It happened to be a Spring tide, apparentely, which meant it was particularly violent and strong and it was inching up visibly as we stood there dumbfounded. There was a strip of swirling water between us and land about the width of a motorway.
Long and short, I leapt in fully clothed (minus shoes and socks) and waded back in waist deep water. My husband stood there pissing himself with laughter watching to see if I made it. I did but one of my trainers didn't, it was sacrificed to the gods of the sea. He then followed and also made it but gained a nasty cut on his foot which is I think was karma for making me go first.
The whole thing gave me a newfound respect for the sea! It was all a bit scary.
(, Thu 22 Feb 2007, 16:59, Reply)
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