Silly things you feared as a child

[Slash]

I just saw something that reminded me of a previous childhood experience which made me think this was a good idea for a thread.

What are some sill things you feared as a child that you reflect on now and find humorous?

One of mine was pretty young. I had wrecked a toy outside and had touched the circuit board for the first time. For some reason, I thought I was going to die and was preparing myself for it all week

 

[Sage Ages]

Clowns.

 

[Bopop4]

THIS.



Mission 5 from Ace Combat 4. I remember it being WAY darker on screen , and the combination of the dark, and that music made me so scared when I crashed that I wouldn't play the game for a week.

'Specially when you're 10.

 

[G.T.Ace]

I was always afraid of some sort of boogeyman when I was very young (I imagined him, like most would imagine the Death). I didn't want to be infront of a window, with the blinds up, when it was dark. I also closed my hands when sleeping, so he couldn't grab them and drag me into death.

When I saw this some time ago:
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/horrifying-house-guest-shadowlurker
I got effin' scared again.
Still shocked how close this is to what I imagined back then and no one actually told me any stories which could lead to that thinking, it all came from my own strange thoughts.

 

[Tornado]

Big numbers.



Not a joke.

 

[AOS-]

Horror video games, or games that may have come off as such. I was pretty scared of even just watching my dad or sister play Resident Evil 2 on PS1. Carrying that forward, I was still hesitant about playing Devil May Cry 1 when Dad bought it for me out of the blue... because it was dark and all and the music was intimidating.

Then there was basements, and basement washrooms being occupied by spiders all the time.

 

[Badasp5.0]

M113 Salt Monster and Balok from Star Trek the Original series. Dad used to watch ST at night and seeing these on the credits used to scare the **** out of me.

That and the US national anthem that was played right before the TV channel would go off the air at night was always creepy it was kinda slow IIRC. (I bet most of you don't remember that, since Im old) LOL

 

[Bopop4]

Big numbers.



Not a joke.

Physically or numerically?

Oh, and those little alien things from galaxy quest when they go to get the beryllium sphere.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Can't think of the majority of my childhood fears at the moment. But what does come to mind is this Mario poster.

My brother had one hanging in our room that we shared as kids (bunk bed) and it would always creep me out. Especially at night with some light shining on it.

 

[G.T.Ace]

M113 Salt Monster and Balok from Star Trek the Original series. Dad used to watch ST at night and seeing these on the credits used to scare the **** out of me.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061220174651/memoryalpha/en/images/7/7a/M_113_Creature.jpg[ /IMG]

[IMG]http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110331033509/memoryalpha/en/images/b/b3/Balok_puppet.jpg[ /IMG]

That and the US national anthem that was played right before the TV channel would go off the air at night was always creepy it was kinda slow IIRC. (I bet most of you don't remember that, since Im old) LOL[/QUOTE]

Reminds me that I was afraid of E.T. and got scared in that one scene, in Flight of the Navigator, where Max is getting angry or something. :lol:

 

[ND4SPD]

This is a weird one. I used to be afraid of the sound of a flushing toilet. As a child I used to flush the toilet, quickly cover my ears and run out of the washroom as fast as I could. I wish I could have seen my 7 year old self to do...

 

[Eks]

Seeing airplanes fly over at night caused me to become paralyzed in fear, not even kidding.

Also, the 'King Ramses' Curse' episode from Courage the Cowardly Dog. Particularly the way the King Ramsey guy was animated and its voice. Made me strongly dislike looking outside at night, yet I'd do it anyway.

 

[Slash]

I was always told the bogeyman might get me when I was little but I was never afraid of it.

I still am afraid of the dark though. To the point I still have a lamp on a night or something that illuminates my room enough that I can see around. I had a morbid fear that something would always lurk in the dark areas of my room to the point is scream for my parents until someone woke up and came in and did something about it. I know nothing was ever there but for some reason I can't shake it, even now. Never grew out of that one.

About the Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes, I was always afraid of the one with the purple pudding or something. That dude was freaky

 

[edawg456]

Clowns.

Still hate them to this day.

 

[Sage Ages]

I used to be terrified of music....

Freaking music.



If you were playing this when I was 5, I'd have a freaking heart attack.

 

[wfooshee]

2 regular nightmares as a kid: tornados (grew up in soouthern Oklahoma...) and UFO invasion (no real explanation....)

 

[Lizard]

Always got scared when my dad played flight simulator. I always hid downstairs.

 

[Aquarelle]

I was terrified of Quicksand as a child.

Strangely it's been far less of a threat in my life than I was lead to believe.

I was also terrified of Tornados/Twisters/Cylones - which strangely enough was caused by the film "Twister".

 

[Mini Stiggy]

When I was little I was absolutely terrified of storms and lightning. Now I think lightning is cool.

 

[BlazeTheCat05]

Fire alarms. I would literally sit in class covering my ears whenever the principal said "There will be a fire drill sometime today."

 

[Nicksfix]

Balok from Star Trek the Original series. Dad used to watch ST at night and seeing these on the credits used to scare the **** out of me.

That and the US national anthem that was played right before the TV channel would go off the air at night was always creepy it was kinda slow IIRC. (I bet most of you don't remember that, since Im old) LOL

Every single episode of Star Trek (the ending credits) always left you with this picture. That used to scare the hell outta me. Laying in bed, trying to go to sleep, thinking if you open your eyes this creature will be standing by your bedside watching you.

Yes, I too remember the National Anthem being played right before a channel signed off for the night.

*closing notes and then the white static screen*

Also as a child, and to this day, I hate spiders and snakes.

 

[Racedude]

I used to be afraid of very large leaves when I was little. Not sure why, though.

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

When I was younger, I'd freak out if I got to close to the steps in my pool without realizing it because I thought there was a shark under there. I don't know why I thought that. I even remember thinking to myself "This is stupid. There are no sharks in here, why do you keep acting like there are?"

 

[Roger the Horse]

Letting go of my mother's hand, putting down my teddy bear, sneezing, the number 57, touching things with my right hand...

 

[Bobert power]

I used to be afraid of train horns at night. This went on until i was 8, and i still don't know why i was.

 

[nick09]

Looks like Squidward from Spongebob Squarepants.

As for me I had a fear of E.T.(It's face still scares me a bit), Heights(Has to be more than a few stories high to scare me now), and bugs(Still scared to a certain extent).

 

[Slash]

I was terrified of Quicksand as a child.

Strangely it's been far less of a threat in my life than I was lead to believe.

I was also terrified of Tornados/Twisters/Cylones - which strangely enough was caused by the film "Twister".

2 regular nightmares as a kid: tornados (grew up in soouthern Oklahoma...) and UFO invasion (no real explanation....)

When I was little I was absolutely terrified of storms and lightning. Now I think lightning is cool.

I am in the same boat. I used to have nightmares about unescapeable tornadoes and then check my window to make sure there wasn't anything coming when I'd wake up in cold sweat. Storms make me a bit nervous now but I also find them interesting.

When I was younger, I'd freak out if I got to close to the steps in my pool without realizing it because I thought there was a shark under there. I don't know why I thought that. I even remember thinking to myself "This is stupid. There are no sharks in here, why do you keep acting like there are?"

No offense

 

[Liquid]

Moths.

Which I'm now so over...

 

[Doog]

Fire alarms. I would literally sit in class covering my ears whenever the principal said "There will be a fire drill sometime today."

This, mostly because the fire alarm in elementary school made the most godawful buzzing noise that sounded like a thousand monsters screaming in your ears. I don't understand why they couldn't just use an old fashioned bell. Bells don't scare the piss out of you when you're seven. Fires are already scary enough, we don't need to have the alarms competing with the fire for scariness.

One thing that scared me when I was younger was the symphony of sounds our old heater used to make. It made buzzing sounds and groaning sounds throughout the night, but every twenty minutes or so, it made this sort of whooshing, sighing sound that was quite scary to me as a four year old, which led me to spend many nights covering my ears with a pillow during the winter. I outgrew it eventually, and the noisy heater was replaced with one so quiet, you can barely tell it's on.

 

[Bo]

I'm still a child, but an older one. I fear Bruce from JAWS, that is inescapable and will stick with me for life. I also hate plastic insects, fine with real ones though, and the dark kinda scares me still because I have witnessed adverts you can't unsee.