I commend JohnnyB's latest missive to those of you who wake up in the night, disturbed by a noise which could be (a) some leaves blowing across the roof, (b) three large grizzly bears searching for porridge in your kitchen in a bizarre Goldilocks revenge scenario, or (c) one of the things Johnny suggests - and you know you've imagined them all when it's happened to you.
Which reminds me:
When I was young (oh, about 10, I think) we had a teacher who told us a story which he purported to be true.
It seems that a youngster was awakened one summer by his curtains blowing gently in the breeze. One of the curtains billowed out in the shape of a face. He pulled the curtains and there was no-one there. So he went back to bed and closed his eyes. Then an intruder appeared in the bedroom and...
And, I've no idea what happened next because I was scared shitless by that story. And even on the hottest nights I can't bear having windows open in case the curtains billow in the shape of a huge, scary face.
Eurgh! It still gives me the willies. And not in a good way.
So - what ghosty-scary-type things still scare you, years after you should have got over them?
4 comments:
I can't look in mirrors in the dark. All thanks to reading The Amityville Horror. I can't even remember what happened, but it's the reason I always leave my bathroom light on all night...
No, no, no. This time of year (and maybe any time during the year) it's just Santa snoopin' around to see if you're being naughty or nice. Or nicely naughty (you get really good presents for that one).
It takes a lot to wake me up in the middle of the night - and it usually has something to do with worrying about unpaid bills. That's way scarier than faces in the curtains or looking at mirrors in the dark!
I cant look in mirrors either, I'm fecking ugly.
ok ok i'll join in but promise not to laugh as this is really really dumb just remember I was maybe 7/8 years old and I was looking at life from that perspective......
For a number of years I was scared of the KKK and often thought I cought the end of a robe swishing past my open bedroom doorway.(I know i'm a white guy but as i said I was young and didn't understand this stuff much)
Where it started was from watchingan episode of 'Roots' and they had these horrific characters (KKK guys) dressed in robes with pointed hats, sitting in horses burning houses and hurting people. That upset me for so long, I thought they would come for me too.
This is all true i'm sorry to say.....
chux
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