Have you ever given yourself the 'fright of your life'?

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Shitting hell, I just went to out something in my household waste bin and glanced down.
I'm not a huge fan of spiders, and thought there was a whole mass of them on a bin bag in there..... (shivers at the thought)

Then I realised I'd pinched the shoots off an acer plant and thrown the bits in there.

I once looked in the mirror and to my horror saw my hair line absolutely full of nit eggs. Then I realised I'd used a face scrub earlier in the evening and hadn't washed it off properly 😄

I do this all the time. I suffer from psychosis and have hallucinations. They're terrifying. Until I realise its not real and then I just feel silly.

I had a laptop charger that was on the fritz went to show DH how it stopped charging if you changed the angle and it went bang with a nice big spark, thought I'd killed myself and blew all the fuses in the house. Thankfully I was holding the large insulated part so didn't get hurt.

I got a fancy new phone probably 10 years ago with all new features on it.

There was a bit on it that said SOS and I didn't know what it did, so I clicked on it, nothing seemed to happen, so I just said "Heeeeeelllllllp meeeeee pleeeeeease" in a really dodgy voice, and forgot about it.

One night, months later I fell asleep whilst messing about on my phone. At about 4am I was awoken to a private number calling and when I answered I heard "Heeeeelp meeeee pleeeease" it was like something out a horror movie and I was terrified.

It wasn't until about 6 months later, after wondering many times about the fate of the mystery caller that I pressed a button on my phone and immediately got a call from a withheld number saying the same thing then it clicked that it was some sort of safety thing, it was my voice that I had actually recorded and I had freaked myself out 🤣

Iron shot out a two foot long flame when it blew. I'd stepped back from the board at that point thank God.

Hoovering the stairs the other day, I missed the last one as I stepped backwards. So stepped from the second one onto the floor, but could feel it wasn't right and kind of fell before I put my foot down 🙈 my stomach nearly fell through my arse, life flashing before my eyes... clumsy fucker!

I woke up in the middle of the night with a stranger sitting on the end of my bed. I was terrified. Terrified I tell you. My blankets were just too tight around my feet.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one!
And to those who are shaken by their experiences.

Sorry not really me scaring myself but..,
Woke up in the middle of the night years ago & there was a face an inch from mine! I screamed & reared back. But it was little 4yr old DS - he’d gotten out of bed & come in to see me. 😂
He’s 6’ 3” now.

@DifficultPifcultLemonDifficult

I got a fancy new phone probably 10 years ago with all new features on it.

There was a bit on it that said SOS and I didn't know what it did, so I clicked on it, nothing seemed to happen, so I just said "Heeeeeelllllllp meeeeee pleeeeeease" in a really dodgy voice, and forgot about it.

One night, months later I fell asleep whilst messing about on my phone. At about 4am I was awoken to a private number calling and when I answered I heard "Heeeeelp meeeee pleeeease" it was like something out a horror movie and I was terrified.

It wasn't until about 6 months later, after wondering many times about the fate of the mystery caller that I pressed a button on my phone and immediately got a call from a withheld number saying the same thing then it clicked that it was some sort of safety thing, it was my voice that I had actually recorded and I had freaked myself out 🤣

Sorry, but I'm actually howling at this 🤣

I once fell into a swimming pool in a house where l was nursing an old lady on night duty. It was my first time there, it was pitch black everywhere when l arrived, and the Housekeeper let me in.

There was a map of the layout of this place and where to find clean linen, medical supplies, and the downstairs bathroom. This place was huge, an old Manorhouse, that had been totally refurbished and upgraded. The owners, who’s mother l was Nursing lived on the upper floors, overlooking stunning countryside.

However, l needed to find the medical supplies and linen Cupboard, followed the map, and opened the door into what l believed was a massive conservatory with a highly polished marble floor, just lit by the moonlight. Took a step forward, and Splash! In l went!

It was a beach-like Swimming pool, with graduated access, and the Marble Floor, was in fact still water! Thankfully l had not managed to fall into it further along, and it was only my legs and the bottom of my uniform that was wet! I apologised to the owner before l left the next morning, and he thought it was hilarious! He then invited me to bring my swimwear the next time l was on duty and enjoy a Proper swim before heading off for home!

@DifficultPifcultLemonDifficult

I got a fancy new phone probably 10 years ago with all new features on it.

There was a bit on it that said SOS and I didn't know what it did, so I clicked on it, nothing seemed to happen, so I just said "Heeeeeelllllllp meeeeee pleeeeeease" in a really dodgy voice, and forgot about it.

One night, months later I fell asleep whilst messing about on my phone. At about 4am I was awoken to a private number calling and when I answered I heard "Heeeeelp meeeee pleeeease" it was like something out a horror movie and I was terrified.

It wasn't until about 6 months later, after wondering many times about the fate of the mystery caller that I pressed a button on my phone and immediately got a call from a withheld number saying the same thing then it clicked that it was some sort of safety thing, it was my voice that I had actually recorded and I had freaked myself out 🤣

😂😂😂

Years ago I was doing a sponsored bike ride along a disused rail track.

We had set off late and there were a catalogue of errors (slow puncture etc.) but off we went.

Along the way we past a disused railway station on the left. Interesting we noted and on we went.

We stopped for lunch, which was more like dinner time, and headed back.

It was starting to get dark and all we had (catalogue of errors) were one front light and one rear light between three of us.

We formed a line and cycled along the rail track, hoping to arrive back at the station soon.

Then, I noticed in the dark that we were passing the disused rail station again in the misty darkness. On the left.

Somehow we had taken a wrong turn at the village and were cycling the wrong direction back the way we came and not to the station as we thought.

It was really bloody spooky. The front light ran out of battery so we then walked pushing bikes with one rear light to guide us and what moonlight there was through the trees. At one point, the person leading fell down a bloody ditch.

They were okay apart from a scraped leg fortunately and eventually we made it to the last train with seconds to spare.

@DifficultPifcultLemonDifficult
That made me laugh 🤣🤣🤣

Put my work trousers on the other morning and noticed a thread coming off the hem...cue a spider crawling out and scuttling across the floor

I lived with my friend in a smallish flat for a while. She mostly worked nights and I was up and out for a 6am train on weekdays.

One morning I woke up feeling like death, called in sick and went back to bed, didn't think to message her. Because she usually worked nights I assumed she wasn't home, and because I went early to work she assumed I wasn't in the flat when she got up.

We scared the actual life out of each other when I walked into the living room and she was there having her breakfast, both of us assuming the other one was out. Screams turned into properly painful laughing

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Hoovering the stairs the other day, I missed the last one as I stepped backwards. So stepped from the second one onto the floor, but could feel it wasn't right and kind of fell before I put my foot down 🙈 my stomach nearly fell through my arse, life flashing before my eyes... clumsy fucker!

Sorry but I'm cracking up at this!

I was cleaning the bathroom and this bloody handprint appeared.

So I cleaned it off and it kept reappearing.

I was in a panic trying to clean this bloody handprint while every paranormal horror movie I've ever seen started playing in the back of my head, really freaking me out.

Turns out I had cut my hand cleaning (nothing serious), didn't realise and it was my own bloody hand print I was getting so worked up about.

O was having an early night for once and was reading in bed. Suddenly a big black 'thing' appeared on the ceiling. It was the fucking cat's tail wafting over the lamp. It was really terrifying. I don't know how I managed not to shit the bed. I ended up being up later than usual as I'd spooked myself so much!

I woke up to find an evil demon in the bedroom, it wasn't until several years later that I learned about night terrors. I'm still very proud of myself for telling it to fuck off (in a squeaky voice) and throwing a pillow at it

Mirror maze, London dungeons. Scared the crap out of myself by walking into my reflection in an ironically unexpected mirror, in the time it took for my brain to figure out what the heck was going on I'd profusely apologised to myself for walking into myself and explained to my own reflection that I thought it was another person and questioned why was I still talking to a mirror.

Years ago when I lived alone I woke up to find myself touching someones hand in the bed next to me, I swear my heart stopped until I realised that I had been lying on my arm and caused my hand to go
completely numb and I was holding my own dead hand.

Some of these are hilarious!

I was in my lounge with all the doors closed, all alone in a creepy house in the middle of nowhere watching a scary thriller, while the kids at their dads, when the something/someone bumped the internal lounge door.

Absentmindedly thought it was the dog trying to get in, until I noticed the dog at my feet looking at the door with his hunches up.

Something bumped the door, again and again and again ....

Fucking terrified, I jumped up and grabbed the only weapon I could find, a child's toy light sabre.

Crept up to the door as the knocking kept going, flung the door open and shouted "GET THE FUCK OUT MY HOUSE"

No one there!! Something brushed my foot, looked down and there was my robot vacuum cleaner innocently going about his business hoovering the floor.

Honestly, when I sat back down and the adrenaline starting leaving my body, I was shaking like a leaf!

But what a sight I must have looked in my fluffy pjs, red angry face swinging a plastic light sabre!

I'm sure any would be burglars/monsters would have run in horror 🙄 NOT

🤣🤣 this thread has given me a good laugh.

Glad I'm not the only daft person who terrified themselves.

Pissed in a pub years ago when I saw my doppelgänger ahead of me. Being pissed, it took longer than it should have to notice said doppelgänger was accompanied by my friends doppelgängers too, and was in fact a very large wall mirror..