Growing up, as a child what story/fable scared you the most?
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Dad used to tell us the story of the Jersey Devil that lives in the pines here in Jersey.  Used to scare the h*** out of me.  Kinda took the fun out of camping.....
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In grade school we toilet papered some houses.  When I was 15 a friend of mine on Halloween hit a girl (roughly 5) in the face with an egg.  It was embarassing to say the least.
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I have fallen into a hole. \n\nI was about 4 and my grandmothers yard was being dug up. It was a giant trench. \n\nI freaked out and screamed until my aunt heard me and got me out.
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When I was about 17 years old, walking with an empty bottle of Coke in my hand, suddenly an urge to get rid of the bottle, I threw it high onto a wall, in an open area filled with long grass, the bottle splashed on the wall, and these four small kids came out screaming with fear from the long grass.\nNow I am 56, can't get the scene out of my head. Sorry who ever you were.
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I think the scariest one I have seen was Thirteen Ghosts, that movie was sick and I haven't ever watched it again. Anytime it comes on tv, I don't watch it and if someone is watching the movie, I will leave the room. It really creeped me out.
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Yes i have. I was about, 5ish. (Im 13 now) My family moved in with my granmother when we moved from Michigan. I had a bad dream or something and I went to my parents room. (I'd never done it before) My mom just rolled over and told me to go back to bed. On the way back to my room, I saw a flicker at the corner of my eye. Looking directly at it, I saw nothing. Changing tactics, I looked out of the side of my eye.  A old man was standing there, watching me. Scared out of my wits, I asked, "Who are you?" He looks at me and smiles then disappears into thin air. The next morning, I told my grandmother what had happened. She cried and told me " That was your Grandfather, he was just being your gardian angel, Torrie."  From then on, I got up every night, watching for him but he never came back.
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I am a Paranormal Investigator, so I've definatley had experiences in that capacity.  I also grew up in a house that had some strange "goings on."\n\nHere are just a few of my experiences:\n\n** When I was a little girl my bedroom was downstairs by the staircase going up.  I hated to sleep with the bedroom door open because I would hear strange noises coming from the kitchen and the staircase.  I made my Mom move my bed to the wall opposite the staircase because I would swear that something was standing on the stairs and trying to reach through the wall to get me.  Granted, I was 6 years old at the time.  But I remember very clearly one night in particular.  I was deeply asleep when the bed started to shake.  I woke up and yanked the covers over my head.  I lifted up a corner to glance out and saw a black hand reach up towards me.  The hand put one finger at a time on my blanket until four long, pointy black fingers were within inches of my nose.  I was so scared I couldn't even breathe.  Suddenly the hand yanks on the covers.  I yanked back and screamed with all my might.  My parents came running and finding me sitting up and screaming for help, tried to convince me I had a nightmare.  To this day I don't know if it really happened, but even just thinking about it gives me the willies.\n\n** When I was about 17 my parents went away over night.  I was in command of the house for a full 48 hours and was thrilled.  I borrowed a bunch of movies, popped some popcorn, and settled in for a night of relaxation.  Halfway into the first movie I heard a strange scraping noise coming from the front window.  I turned my head and watched in horror as the window slowly opened.  My rational self was telling me the window was unlocked and probably warped, so not to worry.  My rational self quickly gave up that opinion when the window slammed shut very quickly.  My reaction probably would have been funny had someone been around to see it.\n\n** One night at my aunt's house, at least 9 of my family members and I were sitting around the dining room table playing Taboo!, which is an extremely loud game to play.  Suddenly all of us became quiet at the same time.  Footsteps could be clearly heard from the floor above us, but everyone in the house was around the table.  Somehow I was elected to go check it out.  As I'm walking up the steps a blast of cold air comes by me and the bathroom door at the top of the stairs slams closed.\n\n** While staying over night in a haunted B&B with several fellow investigators, my roomie and I very clearly heard the sound of snoring in the room.  We walked around to every room in the building, but could not find the source of the snoring.  Once back in the room the snoring ghost continued to keep us company for several minutes.\n\n** During the course of a paranormal investigation of a private residence I said to the homeowners, "We haven't been able to find anything yet tonight."  Immediately after that we heard several loud bangs on the ceiling over our heads.  We were on the second floor and everyone in the house was within my line of sight.
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You are thinking of "The Haunting" 1963, starring Julie Harris and Claire Bloom.  I think it is available on DVD.\n\nIt scared me a lot as a kid too.
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When i was about 12 i was bunking off school when i heard some banging, I looked out of my bedroom window to see 2 men kicking my next door neighbours door in.\nI was so scared i didn't know what to do we didn't have a phone back then.\nI ran to a friends house and stayed with her mom until the police came. \nThe scariest thing was i knew 1 of the men and he was big trouble.\nLuckily he was caught and sent to prison and i didn't end up gettin a kickin. \nFor a good while after i didn't want to be alone in the house but i got over that with time.
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my scarriest moment was when i first met Ms.vecchio! it scares me jus to think about it uhh! u know wat im talkin about sam ...lol!
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Yea one day I was lying in bed. I was about 11 years old. I woke up in the middle of the night to find a ghost standing beside my tv. I was so scared. But since i knew that someone had died in the house I just covered my head for about ten seconds and lokked again and it was gone.
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when I was a little girl I seen two  ghost dovermen pitcher dogs it was hella scary they were in my kicthen by the fridgerator
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I'm sometimes scared of waterpipes, but only if I think about it too much.  But I am scared of those pipes that come off heaters that have all the insulation.  There's one in our attic that I have to step over every time I go up there, and it freaks me out.  The other thing I'm scared of are fire-sprinkers in my building, but thats just cause I'm afraid they'll go off and get my stuff wet.
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Oh my gosh yes!  I am deathly afraid of heights and mice!  I would never make it on fear factor....lol.
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Mine would be fear of heights and arachnophobia. I hate spiders!!!!
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I saw the ghost of a little boy. I was staying in my friend's house in France (the house was four hundred years old), and one night after my friend was asleep, I saw a white face suspended over me. It was a little boy, probably about eight years old and he looked mischievous.\n\nThe next night my friend was asleep and snoring. There was a very long and solid bureau between us that was at least six feet long and very solid. We had a couple of books on it, and she had a few knick knacks on it in the middle. None of these items could have fallen off by themselves. I suddenly heard this sound almost like wind but there was no wind outside. Suddenly everything on the bureau was on the ground as if an arm had gone along the bureau and knocked everything off. I can tell you that my friend was asleep and I had not been moving, and none of those things were touching each other or on the edge of the bureau. It was very creepy!
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i guess my biggest fear would be losing one of my children or grandchildren