What were you most scared of as a kid?

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  1. Chinspinner

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    I've just taken a look at the website and the following made me laugh: -

    Analysis

    If you are to take the data behind the Faces of Belmez at face value, this could very well be one of the most audacious examples of paranormal phenomenon that has ever been recorded.

    There have been reports of skeptics discovering that the faces had been painted on the floor, possibly by Maria's son, Diego, but the reports have never been conclusive and have been based mostly on untested hypothesis and assumptions. Strangely, this is a paranormal case where the observations side with the ghosts and the skeptics are introducing false data!

    Conclusion

    Face the music -- these are the faces of ghosts.


    haha, those pesky sceptics. I don't know about anyone else but the in depth scientific analysis of the phenomenon here, combined with the incredibly convincing photographs and the very strong rebuttal of nameless sceptics has certainly changed my opinion on the existence of ghosts.
     
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    matwoolf Banned Contributor

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    Yes.
    In 1979 the Bermuda Triangle, Human Combustion, Aztec Martians, Ghosts, Satan, impending nuclear apocalypse were my everyday reality on the streets of various nondescript villages. Remember walking over those fuzzy carpet squares thinking you might burst into flames?
     
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    In 4th to 7th grade, volcanoes. I was scared spitless one would suddenly grow out of a nearby cornfield like Paricutin did in Mexico. Got over that when we saw a film on volcanoes in Science class and one of my fellow-students cracked, "Tomato soup!" as the lava overflowed.

    In the 7th grade it was UFOs. And that was after I'd been collecting clippings on the subject for a long time. Arrgghh-- sudden and deep averse reaction. I was petrified that aliens would abduct me and take me far, far away where God wasn't and steal my soul.

    It took repeated readings of Romans 8:35-39 to get me past that fear. Without that assurance I would have spent my junior high years as a panicky mess.
     
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  4. HelloThere

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    My mum used to tell me that I would get sucked down them if I didn't get out the bath fast enough, need to guilt trip her for that... emotionally scarred.
     
  5. Boger

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    And this one is sure to give you goosebumps
    http://tinyurl.com/m2ae6nr

    webdomain is a spoiler
     
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    matwoolf Banned Contributor

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    You are a horrible boy.
     
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  7. HelloThere

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    That's weird shit man, I feel repulsed and strangely fascinated, much like when I'm shopping at Lidl.
     
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    KaTrian A foolish little beast. Contributor

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    What do your Lidls sell?? O_O

    The TV show Are you afraid of the Dark? caused all kinds of irrational fears in me as a kid. Like for a while I was afraid to look too long into fire 'cause that'd call up the ghost of a dead firefighter, thanks to one particularly creepy episode. I was also afraid of swimming pools at some point 'cause one episode had this super creepy corpse emerge from the water. Sure, it looks silly now, but for a kid that was friggin frightening. You did not want to meet that guy when you were still an insecure swimmer and most likely couldn't reach safety fast enough.
     
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    It's not what they sell, it's the price they sell it at makes me wonder how they manage to achieve such low prices, probably black magic/satanic rituals.
     
  10. KaitysDad

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    My neighbors HUGE white German Shepherd
     
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    No snake is a good snake in my book, sorry they just freak me out.. lol
     
  12. KaitysDad

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    Agreed
     
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    Volcanoes have always made me nervous and I live no where near any active that ones that I know of, lol.
     
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    I can't say exactly, but I think one of my greatest fear as a kid was fear of darkness (or rather, my imagination in the presence of darkness). Nowadays I love darkness (often more than the light), though I'm still quite afraid of it. ;)
    Heights is another thing I've always feared, though this fear has grown over the years (I can still stand heights, however).
     
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    @Komposten, my dear, you are all over the place. Please decide one way, or the other.
     
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    I was scared out of my life jacket by a huge gar when I was 4. I know there are no confirmed reports of gar attacks, but those damn fish have a permanent standing reservation in my fears. Maybe this is because it happened when I was so young.
     
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    wuss
     
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    I know
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    Oh, it's just the angle of the camera!
     
  20. JessAlways

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    Clowns. Scared me to pieces! I think a lot of people tend to fear them though.
    Also, I used to have (still do, sometimes) dreams where family, or friends would just kill me. They would ask to hang out, then they would just flat out kill me. One of them, I was worried would happen! The first part of the dream actually happened, I thought for sure it was the end of me!!
     
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    ... the Daleks in Dr Who .

    Anyone else remember the screech "Exterminate... exterminate!"?
     
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    Oh my, yeah, those were kinda scary!
     
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    Mum never had any fear I would stick my fingers in the electric sockets as a kid (well not that I did as an adult either). I was terrified of being electrocuted aka exterminated!
     
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    Haha! Aww!
    Yeah, boy, the cybermen used to get my too though. "Delete. Delete." Man! If anyone tried to touch my shoulder with their hand extended, I was thinking it was over!
     
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    I used to be afraid of mall escalators. I once had someone tell me that if your shoes weren't tied the laces would get caught in the escalator and it would cut your feet off.
     
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