To ask what irrationally scared you as a child? *lighthearted*

[liverbird10]

My mother insists I was terrified of the Chef from Sesame Street as a toddler, I would howl whenever he appeared on screen.

I was also petrified by the 2ft Bugs Bunny my brother bought me.

A few years later, it was the Gorgs from Fraggle Rock. I seem to have got over that fear though, my fella resembles a blond one slightly.

Was anybody else round here equally odd?

The wheelers from return to oz

The Wurzel gummage credits.

I was terrified of falling down the plughole as a child and would refuse to shower because I'd have had to stand over it.

I was afraid of snakes coming out from under my bed and tickling my underarms so would sleep with my elbow tucked under my head to kind of hide my underarm. The thing is, I got used to sleeping like that so now I can't sleep any other way and it's causing all sorts of problems with my shoulder!

The film the witches 😳😳😳😳

I was terrified of the man in 'the Fox and the hound' Disney film. Used to be hysterical when the film was on.

Public/unfamiliar toilets
Tree roots
Broken windows
Loud noises

Rod Hull and Emu

Also a fear of trains, getting stuck in or falling out of train doors to be specific, for a few years in primary school after watching a video in school about train safety. Luckily my mum humoured me and we got the bus everywhere!

werewolves, having to pull the curtains upstairs when it was already dark, and Rod Hull.

Rod Hull sent me behind the sofa every week. i was terrified of him. i still am, a bit.

Yes to filters in swimming pools, in my head they posed quite a few potential dangers..... trapped hair, limbs & obviously a shark getting through.... Absolutely hate them even now!

Also hated the film Charlie & the Chocolate Factory - I seem to remember a child getting sucked into the chocolate making machine which made me feel queasy & I've avoided it ever since!

@Timeforsinging81

spooky crosspost about Rod Hull!

The Harpies from Jason and the Argonauts. 1963 film.

We went to an outdoor living history museum a while ago and I pointed out one of the old fashioned brick shit houses in the yard of a house. It was separated into two: a coal section on one side and the outdoor toilet on the other. There were some dummy feet showing under the toilet door to show that someone was on there and surrounding them was a load of coal that had fallen from the bunker. Anyway, my dc2 saw that and then absolutely refused to go to the toilet for the rest of the morning until I forced them because I could see they were bursting. It turned out they thought that if you go to an old-fashioned toilet you'd turn to coal like that man we saw earlier!

The Daleks.

The draughts. DM would always close the window before I went to sleep “to stop the draughts getting in”. For years I was convinced they were little monsters floating around intent on attacking children in their sleep.

Dodgems at the fair. More specifically when the pole touched the mesh in the ceiling and created sparks.

The head in art attack. I used to hide behind a pillow when he came on!

Being in the car at night especially in the rain, silent crying scared as I didn’t want to tell my mum

Seeing a toilet with the seat up: it looked like a monster with a wide open mouth; the adults would forget that it was right at my eye level, and that to lower it, I would have to reach as high as I could. If I wasn't careful, it would fall with a great bang.

There was a time when I played pin the tail, aged 6, and my friend's older teen sister was in charge. I was scared of her, because she looked grown up, but everyone called her a "girl". (Childish logic!) When it was my turn, she looked me in the eye, advanced on me with the scarf stretched out between her hands, and said in what I thought was an evil voice "you're next!". I ran out of the room. However, by switching on kind and reassuring tones, she persuaded me to have my go. I found it oddly calming when she covered my eyes.

Mr Tickle. I thought his arms were chasing me up the stairs or coming out of the toilet

The witch/ wicked queen from Disney’s Snow White

Any large sea monster, shark or whale in swimming pool

Monsters under the bed. Still scared of them! And the theme tune to tales of the unexpected

The opening credits on Tales of the Unexpected.
And that a shark would come up the toilet and bite my bum

Grotbags! I used to hide behind the sofa whenever she was on

Apparently I was terrified of Tony the Tiger from the Frosties ad! 😁

Oh and in crossroads Somebody wakened from a coma it scared the shit out of me don't know why. One minute they were lying in a coma and the next their eyes opened, I found it absolutely terrifying

The child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He terrified me.