Thread: What is your 'Fear'

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We had our first meeting on Saturday - YEA - and our theme for 2008 is 'Face Your Fears' So we went around the table and discussed fears we have -

Funny I never knew my Sister was afriad of Scareacrows.

What are your Fears?

Great theme. You could do a lot with that.

Are you looking for fears or phobias?

I have this fear or drowning. Not sure why. I've been around the water a lot and I like to swim. I guess its just the worst way to go in my mind.

I have a phobia about heights. The newest King Kong movie made my stomach turn. I felt like I was going to fall off that tower. Gave me wicked vertigo.

Deep sea and heights. Not sure how easy it would be to incorporate those into a home haunt.. but fears nonetheless.

I remember a similar post awhile back. You might want to do a search on it.

1. Complete and utter darkness.
2. Touching the bottom of the lake at night.

Fear? Caught without clean underwear!

Spiders, heights, enclosed spaces, and creepy sounds. I get freaked out on my own mazes.

Originally Posted by john

Are you looking for fears or phobias?

I guess Both.

In the House and on the Trail we will have differnt fears/phobias set up. I am excited that I can use alot of different things from past years. Snakes, Spiders, Rats, Mice, Bugs, Clowns, Cemetary, Scary Dolls, Etc.

For my costume I bought after Halloween last year real Cheap, a Coffin costume, buired alive #1 Fear of mine, but than I think I might have a different part of my Costume in case the Coffin gets to be a pain, so I might be A mountian Climber or something as I am Really Afraid of Heights.

My aunt (50+ years old, youngest kid 12 years old) said she wanted to come Pregnant.

I have set up a Halloween Family Fued Game, so people will have to face a lot of fears to play ie: Public speaking (Number one fear of people, beats Death, so I guess if you are at a Funeral you would rather be in the Coffin than giving the eulogy) working with people you don't know, Etc.

It is interesting to know peoples fears, I am really looking forward to find out what gets to people to be able to Scare/ Creep them out Good!

Not being able to build new props...........

I'm terrified of all bodies water, but only in nature.

Swimming pool, I'm fine.

River, lake, ocean, I'm horribly terrified. And it can be traced to a singular event. I was 5, had a life vest on, wading in a river. The water was not deep, nor particularly fast moving. I slipped on a rock, and was carried downstream. The life vest was keeping me afloat just enough I couldn't sit down and gain my own balance. Ironically, had I not had it on, I would have been fine. A fisherman ended up pulling me out a mile downstream. Since then, I just plain don't like water in nature.

Other than that, I'm somewhat Claustrophobic. (spelling?) To a point where I have difficulty putting on masks for Halloween. But, I can still do it.

Not really scared of them, but I have a general distaste for birds. And I'm fairly sure it's mutual. Been pecked at and clawed a number of times. I swear I was even vengefully stalked by a bird for a month. (It's mate got trapped in our garage and I tried to shoo it out, but it flew into the top of the garage door and died, the male outside chirping and watching all this. For a month that male would swoop at me, and only me, every day and start making a racket)

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However, in general, I'ld say your best bets are

bugs
spiders
snakes
darkness

These seem to be fears we're all born with. Some of us learn to overcome them, some not. But watch kids, they are generally all scared of those to begin with.

Darkness and Claustrophobia seem to be good ones, but I am not sure how to do that on our trail. It is a trail is 3 - 4 feet wide through the woods.

Doing a search on this site I also found one that alot of people were afraid of.......
The Burger King Guy. I did a search on Ebay and with a mask I think I can come up with a Cheap Static Prop.