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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First night in my brother's houseNow, ever since I was a kid I've occasionally had nightmares about someone sneaking into my room at night and grabbing me in the dark while I'm lying in bed. It's one of the reasons why I first started sleeping with the door closed.
About six years ago I moved in with my brother and was trying to get to sleep on my first night there. Then I hear a creak, which might have been the door moving. I don't hear anything else, so assume it's just that I'm not used to the noises the house makes yet.
All of a sudden something lands on my chest and, if I hadn't been frozen with fear, I'd have screamed like a little girl. It takes a few seconds to remember that my brother has a cat and, apparently, she likes to sleep in what is now my room.
Of course, after a few months I can't sleep unless she's lying at the foot of my bed.
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Ijon Tichy, Thu 22 Feb 2007, 21:17,
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