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25. Thank you Haggard Celine. I included because for some bats and witches are a common fear. I am more scared of clowns

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Fri Oct 25, 2024, 02:56 PM

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When you were a kid, what was the scariest thing to you--Clowns, Witches, Bats, Monsters or other things. Mine was the [View all] debm55 Friday OP

My father. no_hypocrisy Friday #1

I am sorry no_hypocrisy. I know what you are talking about. debm55 Friday #4

+33. Harker Friday #7

sorry you are in our group Harker. debm55 Friday #19

I ended his bullying behavior, and my fear of him when I was ten... Harker Friday #23

Believe me I know.all too well. debm55 Friday #47

Right there with you. I didn't make noise, play the radio or have friends over when Dad was home. NoMoreRepugs Friday #10

Sorry, NoMoreRepugs. debm55 Friday #21

I wasn't aware that wasn't normal. NoMoreRepugs 12 hrs ago #94

Me either. I thought all families were like that. Short story . Mother, brother and sister were laughter on the couch. debm55 11 hrs ago #95

Damn. Glad you are here to tell the story. NoMoreRepugs 10 hrs ago #97

Creepy spirits, bad juju type of stuff. The Exercist, the Omen trilogy stuff freaks me out. Hotler Friday #74

Thank you Hotler. debm55 23 hrs ago #79

Ditto, I'm sorry to say. CanonRay Friday #51

Sorry for you CanonRay. debm55 Friday #52

I believe it was meant to be CanonRay Friday #53

The only think I learned was how NOT to raise my son. debm55 11 hrs ago #96

Yup. Hands down. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #98

Thank you Old Baldy1701E debm55 10 hrs ago #99

Spiders, and I've never gotten over it. Arkansas Granny Friday #2

Thank you Arkansas Granny. debm55 Friday #9

I'm not sure what it was but it lived under the bed. Phoenix61 Friday #3

I had that fear also. I would start at the door and run toward the bed and and make a flying leap to the bed so I could debm55 Friday #14

I still keep all limbs firmly up on the bed happybird Friday #43

Oh I am so sorry happybird. I see your point. debm55 Friday #46

I've never liked The Wizard of Oz either. Island Blue Friday #5

Clowns still scare me. debm55 Friday #15

My only nightmare happened after my mother took me to see Wizard of OZ in the early fifties ... marble falls Friday #45

Thank you marble falls. I was a teacher for 42 years. in fact Margaret Hamilton was Kindergarten teacher. I am sorry debm55 Friday #49

OMG CLOWNS! Shudder!!! Ziggysmom Friday #6

Agree even to this day clowns scrare me. debm55 Friday #16

Oh those monkeys were really creepy. StarryNite Friday #8

Thank you StarryNite. Yes those monkeys and clowns still get to me. debm55 Friday #22

I was afraid of the dark and afraid of spiders as a child Diamond_Dog Friday #11

Hey I would never eat at McDonald's because of the creepy characters. Especially the clown. debm55 Friday #24

I've always been more afraid of Haggard Celine Friday #12

Thank you Haggard Celine. I included because for some bats and witches are a common fear. I am more scared of clowns debm55 Friday #25

Okay, I hated The Buster Brown TV show's character Tige. He didn't look sinkingfeeling Friday #13

Thank you sinkingfeeling. I agree. I liked the RCA dog. debm55 Friday #26

Those flying monkeys were pretty disturbing. Ocelot II Friday #17

Thank you for sharing with us, Ocelot II. I used a night night too. debm55 Friday #27

School bullies. WestMichRad Friday #18

Back then I had a school bully, I even remember her name--Jane Russell. I went to a small Catholic school which meant we debm55 Friday #30

GHOSTS!!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Friday #20

thank you 50 Shades of Blue, I was more afraid of clowns. I thought all ghosts were friendly like Casper. debm55 Friday #32

GOD! My folks were Evangelical Judeo-Xtian---Nothing more scary. . . UniqueUserName Friday #28

thank you UniqueUserName. . With the long white hair and sour face. You know what else scared me. the eye in the debm55 Friday #35

Martians Cartoonist Friday #29

thank you Cartoonist I agree. There was one movie I saw that was about Martians , The head Martian was like an octopus debm55 Friday #36

Sounds like The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein Cartoonist Friday #39

Spiders happybird Friday #31

Thank you happybird. I am glad you got over some of your fears. debm55 Friday #37

Walking skeletons. I blame Jason and the Argonauts and Ray Harryhausen. Midnight Writer Friday #33

A nurse with a needle in an ER. By the time I was eight I had had stiches seven times (including from being ... marble falls Friday #34

Thank you marble falls. I never had stitches. I think it was because I was so afraid of getting stitches. debm55 Friday #38

Gotten them, given them, including to myself. I can handle blood and guts, but if a child or animal is ... marble falls Friday #40

So sorry. debm55 Friday #42

No sorry needed. I did the best I could until I couldn't. My life in sum is better than the parts. I thank you ... marble falls Friday #48

Actually it was the tornado that scared me more Farmer-Rick Friday #41

Thank you Farmer-Rick . Excellent reasoning. debm55 Friday #44

The T-Rex lurking outside bedroom window. GPV Friday #50

HAHAHAHHAAH Thats funny but if it was an inflatable I would be scared too. debm55 Friday #54

The melting faces from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Basso8vb Friday #55

Oh that would be a terrible thing to see at even my age. debm55 Friday #57

Rats displacedvermoter Friday #56

The first home I lived at near an open dump would have rats running all over. I would run in the house. Some were very debm55 Friday #58

Air raid sirens SheltieLover Friday #59

I remember those too. We would cover our ears and run into our homes or schools. debm55 Friday #60

It was terrifying as a little kid. SheltieLover Friday #61

I'm right there with you, Deb. Mr.Bill Friday #62

Hi Mr. Bill . Yes, his arms were in one place and his legs in another. I was mostly afraid when they carried Dorothy debm55 Friday #63

Really big rooms with very high ceilings jmowreader Friday #64

Thank you jmowreader for sharing your post . Those are very high rooms, I would be scared too. debm55 Friday #69

other children. surrealAmerican Friday #65

Thank you surrealAmerican. debm55 Friday #70

When I was a kid, two things scared me. Different Drummer Friday #66

I don;t remember the space show, but those marionettes sure looked creepy with those eyes debm55 Friday #71

They definitely were! Different Drummer 20 hrs ago #86

Ghosts! Elessar Zappa Friday #67

That is very scary am glad though you are not afraid. I would be. debm55 Friday #72

Even as a young boy True Dough Friday #68

They are scary for sure debm55 Friday #73

Spiders sakabatou Yesterday #75

Thank you sakabatou debm55 23 hrs ago #80

The vast majority of my family.nt moniss Yesterday #76

Sorry debm55 23 hrs ago #81

Ghosts Emile Yesterday #77

That's scary Thant you Emile debm55 23 hrs ago #82

Nothing Haloween realted scared me, Halloween was fun and so were the costumes. lark 23 hrs ago #78

Thank you lark. I will let you in on a secret. I live in the Pittsburgh area.and was a zombie in Carpenters Night of the debm55 23 hrs ago #83

I didn't see that one. I wouldn't watch anything zombie related until Walking Dead came on. lark 22 hrs ago #84

Then you missed me. debm55 22 hrs ago #85

Other kids. malthaussen 20 hrs ago #87

Sorry Mal debm55 20 hrs ago #88

I've always been afraid of people without heads Mad_Dem_X 19 hrs ago #89

Thank you Mad_Dem_x.. I would freak out even now. I really don't like creepy or gory movies. debm55 19 hrs ago #90

Me either! Mad_Dem_X 15 hrs ago #93

Invaders from Mars. NNadir 19 hrs ago #91

OMG That is the one I asked about up thread. The head in glass ball with the octopus type body. People falling in the debm55 19 hrs ago #92

Anything mutated by radiation! crosinski 10 hrs ago #100

Thank you crosinski. I do remember the mutated monsters. Do you remember the giant lady. I can't remember the name of debm55 9 hrs ago #101

The iron lung. Second place to the creepy mortician dude at the funeral home down the street. WheelWalker 9 hrs ago #102

I was always afraid of getting polio because of the iron lung.--the real one. debm55 9 hrs ago #103

I'm referring to the real one. Like the one my friend, Patti across the street was in. Is there another besides that? WheelWalker 9 hrs ago #104

No I was afraid of the real one. that people with polio had to stay in. the thought of staying in that was very scary to debm55 9 hrs ago #105

When i was young, in the 50s i had an atom bomb dream that scared me. When i saw Terminator the begining of it was very Srkdqltr 8 hrs ago #106

Vampires! Lunabell 8 hrs ago #107