My only big bug fear was being like 6, and I went to bed early for some reason.

I was reading in bed and for some reason I had the idea to raise my book up. When I did there was a HUGE spider right on my stomach. Freaked me out! I had trouble sleeping, though now I can say that at least I went to bed early and found it when I was awake. Asleep in the dark I’d probably killed myself trying to kill it. (I have a fear of spiders to this day)

Other than that… well there was watching Poltergeist when I was young, then being home alone sick from school a few days later. It was a two story older house and I had no idea of the idea of houses settling. So when I hear what sounds like footsteps on the stairs and I know I’m by myself, well sick or not I was on the back porch two seconds later until mom got home a few hours later.

Oh and more recently. I lived in a very wooded area. I happen to be walking to bed when I hear something outside. I open the back door and turn on the light and at the bottom of the steps was a nearly 4 feet tall raccoon. We both sort of screamed and ran different directions.

The scariest thing that ever happened to me was when my mother used the Ouigi board to convince me there was a ghost out to get me. She thought she was kidding, but it had an effect she hadn’t planned on.

For the next six months I slept with my feet at the head of the bed because I was afraid a ghost would get me while I was asleep. I thought if I slept normally the ghost could choke me, but if my feet were at the head of the bed I could kick him off.

Pretty smart for a little kid. :)