To ask what scares you /freaks you out that you would not consider common? Mine is a children’s book!

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My 3 year old is obsessed with “We’re Going On A Bear Hunt” after having it read to her at preschool, she knows all of the words and we bought it as one of her gifts for her birthday.

We read a book every night at bed, whenever she reaches for this it gives me such bad goosebumps!

I don’t know if it’s the way it’s written, the pictures, I genuinely feel panic when they’re trying to get away from the bear and he’s in the background of the pictures and then at their front door and they’ve forgotten to lock it. I absolutely detest it 🥴 it gives me the right creeps!

This is baring in mind that all I read myself is psychological thrillers and I’ve watched so much true crime I could probably commit the perfect murder 😂 why do I have such a panicky/spooked response to a children’s book fgs!

The episode of the Simpsons where they think Mr Burns is an alien. I’m 35 now and still can’t watch it without hiding behind my hands 😂

I can't watch, "The Elephant Man" film. So sad. So horrible.

Remembered another one 'The Enchanted Castle'. Scared the crap out of me when the dummies started clapping at the end of the play.

Don’t they have alligators visiting peoples swimming pools over there?

I couldn’t cope with the thought of them just “popping by” to use your pool😱

In my DD’s book it says “retold by Michael Rosen” or something along those lines

Jumanji 😩

I don’t remember this but I believe I was aged 4 or thereabouts and we were on a family trip to the botanic gardens. I absolutely lost my shit when we went into the room with the giant cacti. Sobbing, shaking, refusing to walk any further. My parents apparently found it hilarious which I don’t think helped calm me down. No issue with giant cacti now and honestly not quite sure what my issue was then!

I get freaked out if ever I boil some penne and they end up all stood standing upright around the pan when I go to drain. I find it really eerie.

Puff the Magic Dragon used to upset me when I was little. Really sad.

<shudders>

Another pylon-phobe. Yuck!

Also very tall isolated structures give me the creeps. E.g. Statues/columns.

Cruise ships are too big.

Large clouds.

Hot air balloons.

Wind socks.

Very deep water.

Lancaster Butterfly House. A real panic attack aged 13. Terrible school trip.

Mine is actually funny. I'm not scared of spiders, mice, heights etc. Had a pet tarantula as a teenager.

What freaks me out is the face of the Statue of Liberty 😂😂 I can't look at it without feeling very uneasy

I always get creeped out by the people who walk around fairs and stuff on stilts. Don't know why but it just raises the hackles every time. My cousin used to be terrified of the scotch VHS tape skeleton 😂

Yes! Funnily enough, that never bothered me as it was drummed in to me to check pool as they did have an incident when they lived on a lake of one getting in to their neighbours pool.

They then moved to a house that backed on to one of the waterways (sea water) and their kids were told under no circumstances were they allowed to swim off their dock (they have a boat) due to seeing bull sharks/dolphins etc in their regularly.

Ewww this has given me a weird feeling! I’ve never had this happen!

Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons. Shudder.

Also hate clowns, I was 6 and went to circus and queued up for a pony ride. My Dad went to lift me on but one of the clowns picked me up to put me on it and shouted boo in my face, I burst into tears and I’ve hated them since.

Pantomime horses. I was once attacked by one at a wine festival.

Do you mean the 3D printing plastic?

The bear just follows them; it doesn't chase them. It reaches their house and they slam the door in its face.

In the last picture, we see the bear, hunched over, plodding back to its cave.

I don't think it's a scary bear; it's a sad bear that wanted to make friends.

I can't even listen to that as an adult without blubbing!

Also, and this is really specific, people talking about stair cases going down, like on a relaxation or hypnosis track. I'm lying there getting nice and relaxed then they start with the 'imagine you're going down a staircase' - urgh no thanks, sounds creepy, where is it thing, to the creepy basement?! What's in the basement? ! Shudder

Aargh me too. I used to think they kept sharks behind the bars. In hindsight it must have been the wave machine equipment but the actual FEAR every time I got near that far back wall...

Fondant fancy?

I have a thing about noses, not my own other people's, especially strangers. If anyone blows their nose, sniffs or anything nose related it makes me feel sick. Nose bleeds I would have to get anyway from very fast!