What freaks you out...gives you the heeby-jeebies?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

Personally, it's usually spiders. I'm not even going to go into it. It can be just pictures. They FREAK me out. Oh and just sound of chainsaws make me lose it. Went to a haunted warehouse one year. The Chainsaw got a LITTLE TOO CLOSE and I ran out of there.
On Edit: I forgot Cornfields. Damn. I never should have watched children of the Corn. Or Signs... Damn you Stephen King! Damn you M. Night Shyalaman!
So, what freaks you out?
Duckie

[Spacemom]

In Scarey Movies

where people/demons/whatever crawl across the ceiling. Totally flips me out! :wow:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

2. Didn't you just love Constantine then?

:evilgrin:

[StaggerLee]

7. I feel ya on that one

I've only seen a handful of X Files episodes and I happened to catch one were a demon or something like that was crawling around and up on the ceiling.
:scared:

[Flaxbee]

34. oh god yes, that's horrible...

I also saw a movie where someone bent over backward and crawled around on hands/feet with his head twisted forward and he just sort of skittered along, chasing someone. It was horrible! Horrible!

I usually like bugs (fascinating to watch, esp. spiders) just so long as they're not on me unexpectedly. Don't mind it if I know a spider or ladybug or something has landed on me - have seen it approach or whatever - but if I look down and there's a bug or something on my leg (even if it's on the jeans or sweater or whatever I'm wearing) I'll jump 20 feet in the air and shriek. Can't seem to control that reaction.

Hate mosquitos, tho. The little buzzing sound they make as they're swooping by your ear freaks me out, I must admit.

[Cats Against Frist]

37. Oh, yeah -- that scene in Exorcist, the director's cut

Where she runs down the stairs in a backbend -- those unnatural physical feats are pretty terrifying. Even an episode of "Charmed" freaked me out, because the bad guys just kind of floated. Brrr.

[khashka]

1. Virtually nothing

One of my screennames is "spiderbrother".... and chainsaws are just foreplay.....

There is a lot that makes me angry.... very little that freaks me out.

Khash.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

5. NOTHING makes your skin crawl?

[khashka]

14. Pretty much nothing....

There was one thing once, but it's really gross.


Khash.

[Fox Mulder]

3. Gnomes.

:scared:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

4. Not aliens?

[Fox Mulder]

6. Pffft.

Aliens are nothin'.

:)

[hickman1937]

8. Sometimes just reading DU.

So much hurt. Sometimes I have to let 3 or 4 days go by before I log back in. Other than that, the dark. Not being able to see clearly scares the shit out of me.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

11. I'm with ya...

My mom's house is haunted and I'm terrified to be there at night. And when it was completely dark at the dorm when the lights went out, I had to run down the hall to find someone. That place was freaky.
Duckie

[hickman1937]

15. I can't sleep in a totally dark room.

You know, that dark that's like a black blanket covering you and and you can't get out? It's like that old question, would you, given the choice, rather be blind or deaf. I think maybe I could adjust to deaf, but blindness is terrifying.

[distantearlywarning]

9. Spiders. Yuck!

And I don't like to watch movies or TV shows about exorcism or possession.

[hickman1937]

13. If you hate ants, spiders are your friend.

I have spiders in my home and no one is allowed to kill them. I'm also the only one in my condo building that doesn't have a problem with ants all summer.

[nutsnberries]

10. BATS

i know they are wonderful little creatures, but i've had a couple of bad experiences with them.
they creep me out.

[khashka]

16. You and I are never gonna get along

I LOVE bats......there was this Australian newscaster who would go on air and would broadcast with his pet bat underneath his shirt..... I have never been so jealous!

Khash.

[nutsnberries]

23. i'm sorry to hear that

:cry:




will it help any if i tell you that i truly love that there ARE bats ... i mean ... where would we be without bats ...? all eaten up by mosquitos probably!

BUT i need them to stay away from my personal space and i'll try to stay away from theirs.

i love looking into bat caves that are behind glass like at the National Zoo, but I get creeped out wondering if maybe one of them has excaped!

:scared:

[ailsagirl]

29. Oh, I love bats!! Very good for the environment and cute as the

dickens, to boot.

[BattyDem]

20. I love bats!

Have you seen my avatar? ;-)

I even have a bat tattoo!

[lizzieforkerry]

35. My cousin loves bats, too. They creep me out, we have one in my garage.

Any idea how I can get rid of him- not harm him, just convince him that there is someplace else that is better.

wait, on second thought. I wonder if you are my cousin...I never thought to ask her if she is on DU. Jess?

[mtowngman]

12. snakes

I give them all the room they need.

[Dude_CalmDown]

17. Republicans.

They just give me the fucking creeps.

[DainBramaged]

21. Me too, and you just KNOW them when you see them

Their haircuts on the women, bellies on the men, they smoke seegars, the have those loser 04 bumper stickers on their cars, and they wear awful, I mean awful perfume or cologne.

[Dude_CalmDown]

30. Republicans would make a great costume

The hair, the clothes, the dumbfuck look on their faces - only problem is that most people at my company wouldn't realize I'm wearing a costume - they'd just think I saw the "light."

[BattyDem]

18. Centipedes FREAK me out!

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

19. Yeah, I'm with you...

Those legs are just...EWWW!!

[BattyDem]

22. Oh yeah, the legs just creep me out!

:scared:

[ailsagirl]

27. I got bitten by a HUGE (4 inches?) centipede in Maui once

It was in the house (hidden in a towel that was on the
floor) and I inadvertently stepped on it. It felt as if
I had stepped on a hairbrush... then I saw this thing
with all its legs slither under a suitcase.

Yow, that was a surprise!!!

[BattyDem]

32. THEY BITE????

Oh damn ... I never knew that. Now I'm really freaked out!
:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:
If I EVER saw a 4 inch centipede, I'd have a heart attack!

[ailsagirl]

42. This one did-- I didn't know centipedes got that big!! We had to

track down a doctor (it was late) and determine whether
the bite was serious. Fortunately, it wasn't. But I think I
sprouted a dozen grey hairs after that incident!!

There's a pic of one here:

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/cent.html

It's the fifth photo down... I'd post it here but it's rather
freaky looking.

As to whether they bite... according to this forum:

Do centipedes bite and how big are these suckers?

YES! They bite and it hurts! Been bitten on the arm and the hand and both times the area bitten swelled up
and was sore for a good 24 hours. The last one I saw which was in the garage last week was an easy 6 inches
long and about the width of my baby finger. Suckers are fast too...

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=1&tid=34543899

[BreweryYardRat]

74. Heh, in that case...

Don't ever go to Haiti or Hawaii. A google search turned up a pic of a 6 inch Haitian centipede. Almost posted it, but decided I wouldn't want your untimely death on my conscience. ;)

[SW FL Dem]

24. I HATE snakes!

Even the harmless ones. It probably stems from an abusive boyfriend in high school who thought it was funny to scare me with them.

[NewJeffCT]

25. wasps, hornets & bees

spiders never bothered me... just those flying things that sting.

[ailsagirl]

26. Dams and elevators

They scare the hell out of me.

[Initech]

28. Being really close to edges

I'm not kidding, I get seriously freaked out when I get near an edge or a ledge. Especially if it's four or five stories up. I also really HATE climbing up ladders.

Now, to contrast that, I have absolutely no fear of flying whatsoever. In fact, I even go out of my way to request a window seat on a plane. Weird, isnt it?

[Floogeldy]

31. The personification of dogs

Once, as a small child, I was sitting on the front porch early one morning. A dog came walking down the street, walked up the driveway, and down the sidewalk to stand right in front of me. He then made a sound with a tonal inflection reflecting that he was asking me a question, while at the same time shifting his head to one side in a very human manner. It scared the shit out of me and I ran back into the house.

Ever since then, if I see a pic of, for example, a dog wearing an overcoat and hat, I freak.

True story.

[Cats Against Frist]

40. OMG -- holy shit.

I just did my first DU spittake.:spray:

Sorry to laugh at your horror. I suggest you NEVER watch the movie "Summer of Sam."

[Floogeldy]

41. It's okay!

:)

It was really weird. The dog was trying to communicate something to me. Probably, he wanted food but I was too young (like, five years old) to understand.

True story!

[last_texas_dem]

72. It's so interesting you mention that

because one of my biggest fears is dogs walking on their hind legs, which is quite similar. I used to have recurring nightmares where a pack of dogs would be walking towards me zombie-like, and I would always wake up just before they surrounded me! I had no idea anyone else had this similar fear, but I know exactly where you are coming from!

What's funny is that I love dogs; they are one of my favorite types of animals. So long as they aren't walking on their hind legs towards me and trying to kill me!

My other major fears are looking into mirrors in dark rooms (I turn my head away from the mirror until I can get the light on!), and very intense or dead-looking eyes make me nervous. Dolls, especially porcelain ones, can be pretty creepy because of those fixed eyes.

[Mutley]

33. Spiders do it for me, too.

And when I'm in a house at night and it's completely black outside, I feel like someone is standing just outside my feild of view watching me.

[Cats Against Frist]

36. There was this show on, about ten years ago

I think it was an HBO America Undercover, or something -- about ritual satanic abuse. Anyway, the documentary interviewed this couple, who had been accused of ritual satanic abuse of their children, or something -- and these two -- holy shit -- were the scariest fucking people I've ever seen. They looked like hellspawn -- the guy looked like a little imp and had pointy eyebrows, and talked in this really weird high-pitched voice, and the wife looked ultra-creepy, too.

Thinking about that -- in tandem with the Reagan/Bush/Johnny Gosch/Lawrence King stuff freaks me the fuck out.

Also -- sharks. I don't swim in any water that I cannot see through. I used to, but as I get older, I get more paranoid. There are some sick-os out there who could easily dump a freshwater shark -- like a bull shark -- in a lake or something.

[henslee]

38. Finding out that an old friend I lost touch with is now blogging and

he is the most self absorbed materialisic, sushi eating psuedo intellectual digital corporatist. He used to be such a straight shooter, down to earth, mellow and wonderful. Money fucks you up.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

39. Power woodworking tools

Especially radial saws and table saws. Anything with a rotating blade.

Rollercoasters can be scary too.

[DainBramaged]

43. Discovery channel had powertool drag racing early this year

no lie, goofiest thing you ever saw

[mahatmakanejeeves]

45. I've seen that.

That's not so scary, because everyone stands back as the power tools head down the drag strip. I just don't like being anywhere near a radial saw or a table saw that is pluged in. I don't even like to listen to one.

I have no problem driving a car up on a pair of ramps and crawling underneath to work on the exhaust, transmission, or whatever.

[BlueWolf]

44. Ants

I'm a big outdoorsman too, which causes a bit of a problem, but I hate ants. One time I unknowingly sat in a massive ant hill while camping, and when I finally noticed the ants crawling all over me, I went hysterical, running around the forest screaming and brushing off my body like a mad man. My buddies never looked at me the same way since. :crazy:

[Left Is Write]

46. Centipedes. Especially the huge ones.

[Clintmax]

47. Seeing someone get an injection.

I have to turn my head every time someone gets a shot on TV and the camera doesn't pan up to their face or something.

I hate shots. :scared:

[Texasgal]

48. Scorpions ( not the sign ) ; )

Living in central Texas, they are EVERYWHERE!!!! :scared:

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

49. Clowns

(shivers)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

50. Clowns.

Millipedes.
Silverfish.
But mostly clowns.

[helnwhls]

51. other people

the greatest hell is to be alone with yourself

[grannylib]

52. I'm with ya on the spiders; if it's got 8 legs and it's not seafood, I

don't like it.

Otherwise, nothing much spooks me except Reich Wing whores in the WH.

[datasuspect]

53. creepy walking killer dolls, mr. yuck, and poison labels

like this movie:



or that other one (i forget what it's called) where there are a bunch of them walking around.

these things scared the piss out of me as a kid:





so did the moon.

[u4ic]

Most of the guys who hit on me

WHAT rock do they come out from under?:shrug:

[henslee]

63. Hey doll.. What do you say you and me blow this lounge, jump in my

benz and cruise to a nice quiet thread, just the two of us.

[u4ic]

70. Unless THIS is the rock

uh...I don't think so. :eyes:

















:P

[henslee]

79. dupe.

[henslee]

80. Goldigger.

[DanCa]

54. Blood I can't handle it.

I posted that my niece is a hemophiliac when I see that stuff on the screen I just realize how fragile she is.

[datasuspect]

61. i have a nephew who has hemophilia

fragile. that's a good word for it.

[LeftyMom]

55. I am very, very afraid of heights.

The thing that scares me more than anything is being with my son someplace high, because I know that if he endangers himself I'll freeze up and be unable to save him. It's happened once before. Luckily somebody else (a child of ten or so, I'm ashamed to admit) was there to save the day.

[Guy Fawkes]

56. Zombies.

[samplegirl]

57. these

my last house i had them everywhere.

[Arugula Latte]

58. Spiders, extreme Christians, churches, broken bones

It's funny, I can watch an operation on TV if it involves soft tissue/organs. But something involving broken bones just makes my skin crawl.

Also, I was hiking and there was a massive overhang over my head. I felt like the entire hillside/cliff would come crashing down on me at any second. My hands were sweating. The people I was with were admiring the caves in the hillside but I booked out of there as fast as I could.

[no name no slogan]

59. Barbara Bush

"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths? Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"
-- Good Morning America,
March 18, 2003 (the day before the Iraq invasion)

:scared:

[frogmarch]

60. the thought of

someone walking up a steep hill without bending their knees.

[Lilith Velkor]

62. Corporations.

:scared:

[Digit]

64. Cockroaches

I am utterly phobic of these nasties:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.vanwal.com/pests-roach-american.html&h=201&w=360&sz=16&tbnid=7TEcUyRhvWkJ:&tbnh=65&tbnw=117&hl=en&start=42&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522american%2Bcockroach%2522%2B%26start%3D40%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

Emphasis on FAST, and yes, they can FLY!
Luckily, they are "normally" outdoor critters, but will come in when it begins to get cold outside.
:scared:

[amitten]

69. Oh God, yes.

I can handle any bug. Not roaches. They are...hostile.

[BreweryYardRat]

75. Chiming in.

And here in Florida, you can get them year-round.

[op6203]

81. Tops my list!

I can't stand those things! My dad had an old storage building in the backyard. It used to be his workshop, then we started using it for storage. Before long it was full of roaches. He decides one Saturday that we are going to all clean it out to sell it (this was years ago). I open the door and they start FLYING everywhere. I didn't know they could fly until that day. And I thought I couldn't hate them anymore...

OP

[UncleSepp]

65. Random Nazis.

Seeing a swastika, a picture of someone in a uniform, or a picture of a Nazi I recognize out of context makes my skin crawl. I can see it on the History Channel, in a book - I own enough books about that stuff - and it's fine, but if it's in a place where I see it by surprise or out of context... ugh.

Also warbirds out of context. I like airshows and will go see vintage planes, and I used to build model airplanes. If one flies overhead when I'm not expecting it, I have to be able to see it and identify it, or I will come very close to panic.

[scarlet_owl]

66. Spiders. I can't even stand seeing them on TV or in books.

I am seriously arachnaphobic.

[kittykatkoffeekup]

67. Jennifer Wilbanks

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com.nyud.net:8090/j/msnbc/Components/Video/050617/tdy_couric_wilbanks_050617.300w.jpg

No joke. She reminds me of a neighbor I once had. :scared:

[Rhiannon12866]

68. Birkas. They make my skin crawl because they make women look non-human.

There was also a pic I saw of a man who'd sewed himself into a bucket seat to get into the U.S. from Mexico. So there was just a seat, with a man's head. It totally creeped me out for the same reason...
:scared::scared::scared:

[u4ic]

71. Tendon cutting

I seen a documentary called "Legendary Sin Cities - Shanghai" http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/sincities/shanghai.html and it described how those with unpaid gambling debts had every tendon in their body cut and then were left for others, in the open, as an example.

I don't know whether to use the scared or puke smiley.

[pokerfan]

73. Bears

[enigmatic]

76. Clowns

Since I was a kid..

[MrScorpio]

77. Carnies!

Small hands

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

78. In "Chien Andalou" where they slice through an eyeball.

Ewww.