Things that scare you

What are actual fears you've had in your life?


This is for inspiration for the story.

I thought through a few things that have really gotten to me in movies, and even in childhood nightmares, and it seems like 2 specific things stood out.

1. Almost-human things, it ties back into the uncanny valley we were talking about, but things that seem just slightly inhuman are really scary. The cat-people in an old Scooby-Doo film kept me up for weeks.
2. Things becoming alive that shouldn't be. One of my scariest nightmares as a kid was when when i dreamt that appliances in my room would try to attack me. On it's own not too scary, but when something calls out specifically to you, it becomes uncanny. A computer that displays it's own messages. A radio that whispers it's owner's name. Things like that.

I'll post more as I think of them.
-Caleb Ference

Any eye irregularities are weird. Even if they're just two different colors.

bees, they are frightening although i can hold a spider or a snake w/ no problem