Posted in Things That ARE Scary on Jul 25th, 2008
Back when I was in elementary school, my family took an annual vacation to my grandparents’ house in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Being that my dad has 6 brothers and sisters, my grandparents’ house was quite large and included a sweeping upstairs loft, large dining and kitchen area, and huge basement that ran along the entire [...]
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Posted in Things That ARE Scary on Jul 12th, 2008
When I was just a young’in, my elementary school would take us on a trip to Starr’s Cave Nature Preserve Area at the end of each year. This was meant to be a fun outing, in which we were lead through historic Starr’s Cave by an experienced nature guide. I remember tunneling my way through [...]
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Posted in Things That ARE Scary on Jun 19th, 2008
Ever since I was little, I have always been scared of cheerleaders. They’re just so…peppy, and creepily robotic. They seem to have unlimited amounts energy contained within their small bodies, allowing them to yell and clap and do flips across the floor like those little toy puppies.
In high school, I admit to being a cheerleader [...]
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Posted in Things That ARE Scary on Jun 16th, 2008
This is an obvious given for one big reason… they are full of dead people. You are literally walking no more than 6 to 10 feet above these dead bodies of people you never met. It creates quite an eerie feeling. There is just something weird about walking through a cemetery. [...]
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Posted in Things That ARE Scary on Jun 1st, 2008
It is hard to tell whether it is because of certain horror movies, their creepy makeup or that they are generally older males playing creepy dress up for little kids. But something about clowns are just scary. It really doesn’t matter if they are making jokes or throwing pies in people’s faces, clowns [...]
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Posted in Things That ARE Scary on May 29th, 2008
Wax museums are some freaky shit. My first and only memory of visiting one of these scary hellholes was at the young and innocent age of 8. My parents thought it would be educational to take me to a wax museum with historically-themed displays. Everything was going great until we came to the one depicting [...]
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Posted in Things That ARE Scary on May 28th, 2008
Salespeople are just plain creepy. I know that they are just doing their job, and that is what they do for a living, but here’s a newsflash: being excitable and overzealous makes people nervous, not inspired to buy a product.
I’d like to share a true story with you. I met a nice young woman at [...]
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Posted in Things That ARE Scary on May 19th, 2008
Thousands, if not millions of people in the world are scared of flying. And can you blame them? You are in a giant piece of machinery filled with jet engine fuel about 35,000 feet in the air. But even if you are not afraid of flying, there is something about [...]
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Posted in Things That ARE Scary on May 9th, 2008
Why these things even exist is beyond me. It’s as if an 8 legged insect that could climb walls, spin sticky webs and poison its prey with venom was not enough. They also had to have the ability to jump. This is pretty much one of the scariest things you can experience, [...]
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