When I was a child, I would take a leap to my bed so I didn.t get close to the edge of the bed and pulled under

[debm55]

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by a monster. What part of your house was the scariest-basement , attic.closets. under the bed or any other. BOOOOOOOO

[Ocelot II]

1. The basement in one house we lived in,

because it was dark and creepy and had one of those old-style furnaces that had arms that looked like an octopus. That thing scared the bejeebers out of me and I absolutely refused to go into the basement. We lived there when I was between 4 and about 6.

[debm55]

3. Thank you Ocelot II yes our basement was creepy. too. No switches for lights you had to go down and turn the lightbulb.

We lived in a two story duplex with the only bathroom in the basement. We lived there until I finished 8th grade. from the time I was born.

[captain queeg]

11. That sounds like our basement when I was a kid

There was a big old furnace with ducts going out in different directions. It was a coal fired furnace and had to be stoked by hand so I had to take my turns going down and stoking it. I guess because I had to go down there often it wasn’t as scary as the attic. I think about that now and how inefficient it was and how there was no insulation in the walls. Winters were rough there but my mom discovered electric blankets so at least once we were in bed it wasn’t too bad.

[Permanut]

2. Slept in an unfinished attic when I was a kid..

I was okay with that, but it was kinda dark. I listened to scary shows on the radio - The Shadow, and the Green Hornet, oh, and the re- broadcast of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds. So I kinda scared myself.

[debm55]

4. Permanut. thank you. I was always afraid of the bats. Our bedroom had the attic door in it.

[Dale in Laurel MD]

7. For me it was the stairs (behind a door) from the upstairs hall to the unfinished attic.

Strange thing is: once I got to the attic I was fine. But until we moved out when I was 18, just going by that door gave me the willies.

[debm55]

9. Thank you Dale in LaurelMD. I wonder what there is about attics that frighten us?

[johnp3907]

26. I still listen to that stuff!

[Permanut]

33. Same here..

and the Lone Ranger, with Brace Beemer! Is that a cool name or what?

[captain queeg]

5. There was an attic that was sort of forbidden to us and I had to walk by it to get to y bedroom.

I think it might have had a single bulb light by the door or maybe none at all because it was dark and scary there. I hated walking past that door and had nightmares about something coming out and getting me. It was a big old house and there was only one bathroom downstairs so I’d hold it all night rather than going by there in the dark.

[debm55]

6. That does sound very scarey. I had the attic door right next to my bed. Once I jumped on , I like you, stayed on.

[mgardener]

8. Definitely

The basement.

[debm55]

12. mgarderer, thank you . That is the only place to use the bathroom. You had to go down two flights of steps to get there

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It really wasn't a bathroom --but a toliet in the center and a tub by the furnace. We would brush our teeth and wash faces in a plastic dish tub upstairs.

[GentryDixon]

10. Stephen King said there was someone under the bed...

to grab his ankle as he was getting into bed.
😬

[debm55]

13. I saw that in King's "IT" and it reminded me of being a child. I also wonder if it was a common fear of children. The

book came out when I was an adult. So I had no idea that other kids feared under the bed.

[MuseRider]

14. Same as you.

I always wanted my bed in a certain place so I could actually jump from the door and land my whole body where the boogies could not get me.

That is gone now but I do get a tingly feeling if a foot or hand hangs over the side. 70 years old and I have to make the safe adjustment before I can sleep. LOL

[debm55]

15. Thank you MuseRider. That is so funny. I haven't done that since I moved to a ranch in the burbs. But I stil remember

[maptap22]

16. I had a very small closet in my bedroom....

my sister told me the boogeyman lived in it. I recall lying awake staring at it in terror. 😳

[debm55]

17. Oh I am so sorry for you, maptap22

[Polly Hennessey]

18. It was the closets. Before bed I would check the ones

in my bedroom. Was someone lurking in there before bed? I never checked during the day. Nighttime is still a little scary. 😱 It’s so dark. Maybe I read too many Nancy Drew books.

[debm55]

36. Thank you Polly Hennessey. I never checked the closets as I was afraid what would pop out.

[arkielib]

19. Under the bed for me too.

I had a recurring dream that dead people were under there and would try to pull me under. I think that was probably the result of being taken to a funeral or visitation and viewing the body at way too young and age!

[debm55]

37. Thank you arkielib. I agree. Young children should not be taken to funerals. Our's were always open caskets.

[JoseBalow]

20. The struggle is real

[True Dough]

23. There's competition!

I love gingerbread cookies too!

[True Dough]

24. There's competition!

I love gingerbread cookies too!

[debm55]

38. That in itself is scarey.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. My Mom's Parents' House Basement

It was a true cellar. Dark, damp, dirt floor, no lights. When I was a little kid, I went down there once with my uncle, to get pickles.
That was enough. Just the once.

[Luciferous]

22. I grew up in an old farmhouse with a

cellar like that and it was so creepy. The trapdoor to get into it was in my parent's room. When I was about 12 they had the house raised and put in a full basement.

[debm55]

39. My aunt's house was like that. It was frigtening.

[True Dough]

25. I used to write reassuring messages on my bedroom walls to help me be brave

[OAITW r.2.0]

27. Were you scared of snakes? My sisters were....And still are.

Never got it it, they were harmless little garter snakes.

[debm55]

40. Yes , all snakes. I kid down the the street a few years ago raised exotic snakes. When he left, he left the snakes free.

One day I went to get the mail and say a snake in the middle of the road. It stood straight up and these flippers came out from the sides of his head. I couldn't move. I had never seen anything like it before. My neighbor came out with a trash can and threw it at the snake. It wonder into a another person's yard. For awhile I was afraid to get the mail. I hope it died. I was an adult at the time.

[underpants]

28. I still sleep with a hand under the pillow so if the monsters attack I have a hand free for punching

[debm55]

41. Good idea underpants.

[OldBaldy1701E]

29. My closet. But, only at night. (n/t)

[debm55]

42. Thank you OldBaldy19701E Yes, Closets are scary.

[johnp3907]

30. I once saw a shriveled hand reaching up over the side of my bed.

I shot straight out of the bed and into the hall. I crouched down so I could see under the bed, and I thought I saw something vaguely human shaped lying under there. I eventually determined it was just some clothes. I stayed out there for a long long time, until exhaustion forced me back into bed. I told myself that this thing - whatever it was - was just cold and wanted a blanket. I subsequently convinced myself it went from house to house, spending one night at a time under the bed of a child that lived there, and that since it'd just been in my house it would be a long time before it got back to me.
As I got older I came to realize that I must've dreamed it. But I'm 59 now and I can still see that hand as vividly as I thought I did all those years ago.

[debm55]

43. That is spooky, I dont' think I would have gone back in.

[Diamond_Dog]

31. In the basement of my childhood home there was a garbage incinerator

It was inside a little enclosure; you had to open up a door to get at it. My mother often gave me the dinner garbage to take down there. I had to open up the lid and drop the bag of garbage inside. There were flames inside and I was scared to death of encountering a spider. No light until you fumbled around and found the pull chain hanging from the ceiling attached to a bare bulb. I would run down there, open the door, open the lid to the incinerator, drop the garbage in, and run back up the stairs like a bat out of hell.
Very scary experience for me!

[debm55]

44. It sounds like it . I would be afraid of the flames. and falling in.

[moniss]

32. Have you looked lately? May still be under there.

Scariest part for me was any place my parents were.

[debm55]

45. Thank you moniss. Me too.

[Intractable]

34. It wasn't under my bed. It was outside the neighbor's house.

When I was four to six, I was terrified by two scary-looking trees. They were so much bigger than the others.

But, it wasn't personal. In my mind, they came to life at night smashing the entire neighborhood.

[debm55]

46. Yes , tree can be spooky. especially at night and during a storm.

[Figarosmom]

35. No places scared me.

But I couldn't go to sleep with my feet exposed because I was afraid the monkey paw would grab them. I think it was a twilight zone or one of those shows

[debm55]

47. thank you Figarosmom. Do you still feel that way?

[Figarosmom]

48. Up into my 40 yeah

It became habit. Now I can sleep with my feet on top of the covers.