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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Thank god for quick reactionsA few years ago I was driving through New Malden (beautiful place I know) in South London. It was a main road so I was probably doing around 30 mph.
I could see a woman and her kid (probably 4 years old) waiting to cross ahead. When I was around 20 feet away, the little kid decided to try to cross on her own. It is during these moments that you find out how fast your reactions are and luckily it turns out mine are pretty fast. I slammed on the brakes and did a proper screeching skid, coming to a halt inches from the kid.
The mother was just standing there on the pavement paralysed looking at me. I sat there for about 30 seconds just shaking before, very slowly, pulling away. I even got a round of applause from another driver who was waiting to pull out onto the road just ahead of me and has seen the whole thing. When I got home 10 minutes later I was still shaking.
That was one of the scariest moments of my life. I came within inches of squishing a 4 year old. It still makes me shudder to think about it now.
(, Mon 26 Feb 2007, 14:24, Reply)
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