Things/ places that inexplicably give you the creeps...

[nuitdesetoiles]

Ice cream Vans
Mime artists
Brighton
Glastonbury
(Apologies to residents of the above 2 places)

[TheYearOfSmallThings]

Nothing inexplicable about finding mime artists creepy. They are nothing BUT creepy!

[AwkwardSquad]

Manchester. Doesn’t give me the creeps exactly, but it feels hostile to me. Glastonbury - visited once, mid 80s, weird atmosphere.

[NymphInYellow]

As a teenager, I freaked out in a cathedral and had to get out asap. Pretty sure it was Wells cathedral. I just felt like something was pushing down on me, and this sense of panic/doom. Once outside, I was completely fine. St David's cathedral was the opposite, calm and peaceful, and I enjoyed walking around it.

[Ozgirl75]

I was in the Wye valley once near an area of caves and it was so so creepy. I was on a PGL holiday and we were a bunch of 13 year old rat bags and yet loads of people were quiet there, we were all pleased to leave.
I told my parents about it when I got home and they said they had a creepy experience in the exact same place about 20 years earlier, where some odd things happened when they were there on a walk.

[Lunariagal]

Only ever once been to Alston, would have been mid 90s.

One shop i remember in particular was a tourist / trinket / nick nack shop. It had a big sign on the door saying children weren't welcome. I can't remember the precise wording. I didn't have children at the time (and didn't particularly like chikdren), but it was that poorly worded and downright rude that I decided not to go in either.

And 25 years on its the only thing I remember about the place.

[Artus]

Im not woo at all, quite the opposite, but Waylands Smithy , a prehistoric site on the Ridgeway. Something terrible has happened there a long time ago, I'm sure.

Someone once told me that birds wont fly over it. Nonsense I'm sure, but it feels very strange to me.

[Rainbowandscarlett]

York minster-I used to live there and refused to walk past it

There is a tower block at the other side of the town I live in and I can walk past if I’m on the other side of the road-but only just

Lincoln-it’s very pretty but I was glad to leave

[Mangermaid]

Small, quaint old shops give me the creeps, especially old diy and sweet shops. I think it's a throwback to when I was a child and I used to pinch things from shops like that and I got caught.

[BlackAmericanoNoSugar]

When I lived in London ages ago and England were playing the world cup. I have no interest in football so went out to the supermarket while the match was on. I was so incredibly creeped out because it was like a post-apocalyptic film with empty streets.

We visited friends in a cute costal town north of New York. There were white picket fences and clapboard houses, it was exactly like the start of a horror film or Stepford Wives.

[Bettina500]

I love these threads they're fascinating.

Bristol definitely has a vibe, I wanted to like it but found it strange. Parts of it felt quite intimidating and I felt uneasy walking round the docks.
Some of the small villages around Rutland have a very unfriendly vibe.
I find military vehicles, planes and freight trains creepy.

[Xiaoxiong]

I have never been to Savernake Forest but after that MN classic story on here, I can't even see the name of it without feeling a bit crawly. I googled pictures of it, and even the trees look really menacing and threatening!

[Seeline]

Any large area of still water - particularly if it is enclosed by trees or hills/valley sides.

I love the sea and rivers, but find the silence of still water very unnerving.

[Aposterhasnoname]

My dog freaked out at the twelve apostles stone circle on Ilkley moor. He’d been happy as Larry running round sniffing at rocks, but the minute we stepped into the circle his hackles went up, he was barking and pulling like mad to get out. He ran full pelt away from it, DH was struggling to keep hold of the lead. Once we got away he went back to happily sniffing round again. Was the weirdest thing and so unlike him.

[NaughtipussMaximus]

Our spare room. It’s a newish house, and generally I feel fine in there, except on winter evenings when I go in to shut the curtains. If the landing light isn’t on, I feel a huge sense of panic as I’m leaving the dark room, until I can get to the landing and switch the light on. Weird as I’ve slept in there on occasion and felt fine.

[DianaOfTheLakes]

@Spied

Was it near Brothers Water? Do you know the story? A lot of people get creeped out near there.

[AuntieMarys]

Canal locks

[RUOKHon]

Nodding Donkeys give me the creeps. There used to be one in a field on my bus route in the way to school. Made me feel cold to look at it.

[DianaOfTheLakes]

@Spied

The story is below. I know a lot of experienced swimmers and hikers who have had a feeling of shortness of breath come on suddenly when near Brothers Water.

A newspaper article dated 25th January 1786 stated that two brothers aged 16 and 19 had set out across the frozen lake one winter’s morning to visit a friend on the other side. Their father was working in nearby fields, and at the end of the day saw his sons start to make their way home. The father knew the ice had thawed somewhat during the day, and desperately tried to warn them. But sadly, they didn’t hear him, or misunderstood his signals and he was too far away to prevent them walking towards the centre of the lake. Under their weight, the ice fractured, and their father watched helplessly as his two sons fell through to their deaths.

[cattypussclaw]

Staithes. Small fishing village up on the Yorkshire coast, near Saltburn. Wonky houses, blank windows, few people. There's a short story by Stephen King called Rock & Roll Heaven about a couple who drive into a rural isolated town and then discover that they can't leave. I knew exactly how they felt when in Staithes!

[WeCameToDance]

Very specific and I don’t want to speak badly about it because other than this it was a lovely lovely place. The swimming pool in some holiday cottages in Glastonbury.

It was only a quiet place so you had to pull the cover on and off yourself when using it. It had the most horrific atmosphere. Every time I turned around I felt like I was being watched from the other side. It just felt heavy and oppressive in there.

I could barely stand being there with dh but he decided to take ds back to the cottage on one of the days and I really wanted to swim. I tried to tell myself it was fine and I was being stupid but the minute he left I just noped right out of there! Left still soaking wet!

[viques]

@TheYearOfSmallThings

Nothing inexplicable about finding mime artists creepy. They are nothing BUT creepy!

Ditto clowns.

When we were kids my dad used to take us to Blackpool Tower Circus, he always bought the expensive seats in the front row so the clowns used to always come over to say hello. Ugh, being menaced by middle aged men with thick greasy makeup plastered over five o clock shadow, no wonder I hate clowns to this day.

[BreadSaucery]

@cattypussclaw

Staithes. Small fishing village up on the Yorkshire coast, near Saltburn. Wonky houses, blank windows, few people. There's a short story by Stephen King called Rock & Roll Heaven about a couple who drive into a rural isolated town and then discover that they can't leave. I knew exactly how they felt when in Staithes!

Oooh, me too! There were a couple of little villages on the coast like that. I think it’s the way they are slowly edging towards the cliffs.

[EdwardCullensBiteOnTheSide]

Violent torture films affect me really badly, like Saw and Hostel etc, but recently read about The Human Centipede film, just what on earth goes on in people's heads that think these things up? Since I've had kids I just can't watch anything remotely like that it absolutely freaks me right out.

[hettyhooverdoover]

Portland Bill

[tellmewhentheLangshiplandscoz]

@Xiaoxiong

I have never been to Savernake Forest but after that MN classic story on here, I can't even see the name of it without feeling a bit crawly. I googled pictures of it, and even the trees look really menacing and threatening!

Is that the one in which the poster chases a puppy into the woods?
Jesus holy Christ that's a cracker of a scary thread. It would make an awesome mini movie