Scariest moments of your life?
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Aside from obvious ones like loved ones falling ill or dying, what are some scary moments that really shook you up at the time?
When I was a thirteen year old in the mid 1990s, I did dance classes for a while. One night, I was the last to go home because my taxi was really late in arriving. Instead of waiting with me even though I was, in the eyes of the law, a child (under 16), the dance teacher buggered off in her car and I was left in a really dodgy area of town, completely alone, at night. I was terrified, even though I was quite mature...I knew it was a bad area and could hear drunks just around the corner. Being alone made it scarier than it would have other wise been. There was a phone box near by so in desperation I made a reverse charge call to my grandad and begged him to find out where the taxi was. He was really furious that I'd been left on my own like and, looking back on it, I was surprised the dance teacher did it. I know I wasn't really her responcibility, but I've been to other evening clubs as a child where the people in charge always waited until absolutely every last child had gone away safely.
Anyway, when I look back on really scary moments, that's up near the top.
What about you?
When I was a thirteen year old in the mid 1990s, I did dance classes for a while. One night, I was the last to go home because my taxi was really late in arriving. Instead of waiting with me even though I was, in the eyes of the law, a child (under 16), the dance teacher buggered off in her car and I was left in a really dodgy area of town, completely alone, at night. I was terrified, even though I was quite mature...I knew it was a bad area and could hear drunks just around the corner. Being alone made it scarier than it would have other wise been. There was a phone box near by so in desperation I made a reverse charge call to my grandad and begged him to find out where the taxi was. He was really furious that I'd been left on my own like and, looking back on it, I was surprised the dance teacher did it. I know I wasn't really her responcibility, but I've been to other evening clubs as a child where the people in charge always waited until absolutely every last child had gone away safely.
Anyway, when I look back on really scary moments, that's up near the top.
What about you?
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aged about 11 stepped out in front of a car, can still hear its brakes,
a couple of years ago, did not see a bus(don't ask) and it sounded its horn and i stepped back as its mirror whistled past my ear
falling flat onto my back from a high branch in a tree, thought my back was broken
getting stuck in a high tree and thinking i would never get down, and there was noone around - had to wait for rescue
(i liked climbing trees!)
about a year ago, going up a stone staircase, a couple of flights up stepped to one side to let someone go past, lost my balance, started to fall backwards, and just grabbed the rail in time
things which seemed scary which probably weren't happened as well - just after 7/7, in norwich, at lunchtime, there was someones rucksack left in the street outside a shop, noone around, people called police, but i had visions of it blowing up at any second
also scared but not for myself, also in norwich - on a very busy street a girl let go of her dogs lead and it darted out into the road, nearly got hit by a car, and ran off down the street on the other side with people chasing it.
On a dirty weekend away with the then fiance, I phone home, as you do, to let my Mam know we had arrived safely.
Mam said there was someone at home wanting to speak with me. Assuming it was a friend/neighbour wanting to congratulate me on the engagement, I took the call.
Nope, it was a policeman looking for me, seems my 'fiance' had gone to the police and accused me of beating her up.
She had arranged the weekend away as a way of avoiding them.
So, I'm hundreds of miles away alone in a hotel room with this psycho.
I got the next train home alone. She was also pregnant, but thankfully, that had been faked too!
Loads of friends wanted me to sue her for defamation of character, but I didn't want to see her again.
then a midwife slapped me! :mad:
i dont know if i was scared or bloody mad..!!:mad::mad:
For the people who walk past as if nothing happen, Thanks for your help:mad:.
don't tell anyone, i was 14 when i got stuck, and a bloke helped me down, my face was so red!
Second, going out with a friend and some women (about 40 years old i was about 25), started talking to us. We thought they were being friendly, and when we left they appeared in the car park where my friend had parked (we didint drink), and we smiled and said "Hi". Next thing they ran at us, one grabbed my friend and started smashing her head into the ground and said to me "Your next", and her three big mates came and got me, they pulled me onto the floor and kicked hell out of me. When i screamed at them asking why they were doing it she replied, really evilly "Because we want to, no other reason darling". I have never been in town at night since and am now 37 years old:(.
f**k!!! :eek:
Oh my god Josie that is awful!! I hope you are alright and that the police caught the scum who did it!xx
just pain... sudden excrutiating pain. you know all that "life flashing before your eyes stuff". it's bollocks, there's too much pain
Wasn't scared at the time I was running, was just scared at the thought of what might have happened afterwards !
I got a text from my neighbour about 1 minute after saying 'A guy was looking up at your window, don't worry, I threw a bottle at him.'
That was pretty freaky!
I was also in Tampa, Florida, lost, at 2am in the morning - that was scary. Especially as there was a shooting that night.
Bloody hell!
i had parked in a backstreet car park somehwere, in the afternoon, noone around, but i wasnt bothered.When i returned to the car there was a bloke leaning on it, who asked me for money, he looked like a typical homeless person, very scruffy, i gave him a pound, he said "thanks mate", and went to leave.
As i started the engine i was suddenly aware of him trying to open the car door, i just reached over quickly and locked it before he was able to, suddenly overcome by a sense that this may not be a good situation.I caught a glimpse of his eyes as he bent and stared in the side window at me and they looked like nobody lived in them although his expression was not mean or anything - just indifferent.
I quickly left the parking space for the exit (only afterwards realising that i could have run over his foot, no idea if i did, i was that set on getting away) and as I rejoined the road, i saw him in my rearview mirror, stumbling towards the car with his arms outstretched.
I could not shake the thought that it was a zombie.I know that is stupid but that is the image i was left with and i was quite shaken by it.
The bees were following me in a big swarm, just like in the cartoons, and I knew if my sister looked back she would be terrified. Eventually we outran them and got to safety.
Then the adrenaline left me and I was so frightened I could have died. Was plucking bee stings out of my head for days.
Thank you
The women were never found, we didnt know their names or anything, and although we went to the police after casualty the police sadly seemed to dismiss it as "A drunken town fight", which anybody could see it wasnt, plus with no names they said it would be difficult to find them.
Interesting thing is about 4 years later i read in my local paper about a woman being jailed for viciously beating an 18 year old girl up and found out it was the same woman who had led the attack on me, apparently the woman was well known in this town (not by me as i dont socialise much), as being a well known drug dealer who had her kids taken off her for abusing them physically, so i suppose she got her come-uppance eventually, but she will be out by now :mad:
A jail sentence isn't harsh enough for anyone. It's always the victims who have to deal with it!