Things I'm scared of...

[Magpiespower]

Birds.

The flying kind.

All stems back to my childhood when...

- Our cocky almost bit my finger off.
- We were cleaning out my budgie Shamus' cage and when it came time to put him back in the cage we couldn't find him. Then I saw him. Well, I saw the end of his leg at least... hanging out of our pet cat Whiskey's mouth. Whiskey looked at me as if she knew she just got busted doing bad. Then Whiskey swallowed him whole.
- Me and my mate got swooped by the ferocious 'Killer Magpie' at Jenkins Reserve. Urban legend has it that this magpie killed a kid in NSW and would fly to SA, specifically Salisbury, for summer. Evil bastard swooped us for a good 500m.

I hate birds.

[Jase]

Birds.

The flying kind.

All stems back to my childhood when...

- Our cocky almost bit my finger off.
- We were cleaning out my budgie Shamus' cage and when it came time to put him back in the cage we couldn't find him. Then I saw him. Well, I saw the end of his leg at least... hanging out of our pet cat Whiskey's mouth. Whiskey looked at me as if she knew she just got busted doing bad. Then Whiskey swallowed him whole.
- Me and my mate got swooped by the ferocious 'Killer Magpie' at Jenkins Reserve. Urban legend has it that this magpie killed a kid in NSW and would fly to SA, specifically Salisbury, for summer. Evil bastard swooped us for a good 500m.

I hate birds.

I'm with you Magiespower, I hate birds too...

But not as much as I hate Moths...

Evil little buggers...

[Drop Bear]

Cows.

My work brings me in close contact with all manner of beasts including snakes, spiders, horses, alpacas, sheep, bulls, angry landholders and lawyers.

Dunno why but I can handle them all except cows.

cows... really??? may i ask why? and i really dont mean to be rude or sound like im having a go... just curious to know why? very random...

Dunno, just the way they move, so unpredictable. One minute they run away from you, the next they are trying to get real close.

Come on mate, how can you resist their beautiful big brown eyes??

[Lightning McQueen]

Drop Bears, nothing worse that frollicking through the forest and a drop bear lands on you, especially when you are taking nature to the extreme.

[Drop Bear]

Drop Bears, nothing worse that frollicking through the forest and a drop bear lands on you, especially when you are taking nature to the extreme.

Wearing pink shirts is what attracts me more.

[valleys07]

Heights and Spiders. Spiders are interesting, i dont jump or squirm, but no spiders live whilst around me.

[woodublieve12]

Cows.

My work brings me in close contact with all manner of beasts including snakes, spiders, horses, alpacas, sheep, bulls, angry landholders and lawyers.

Dunno why but I can handle them all except cows.

cows... really??? may i ask why? and i really dont mean to be rude or sound like im having a go... just curious to know why? very random...

Dunno, just the way they move, so unpredictable. One minute they run away from you, the next they are trying to get real close.

Come on mate, how can you resist their beautiful big brown eyes??

thats what i thought...

[Rik E Boy]

1. Not being able to breathe.
2. Heights.
3. Confined spaces.
4. Dogs (particularly those knee high and above).
5. People (I have Asperger's Syndrome, which affects my ability to communicate with and relate to other people; and people in general petrify me. I find the nicer they are to me, the more they make me nervous).
6. Deep water.
7. Ceasing to exist.
8. Norwood not winning another Premiership in my lifetime.

9. People dropping out of my Hogg leagues.

regards,

REB

[Squawk]

horses.

not really sure why. just looking at how big and strong they are, knowing what they could do to me if they wanted to gives me the creeps.

It'd be terrible if a horse were to give you a big bang

On a serious note, they can be flighty and unpredictable. I was once riding a horse and it clipped its flank on a piece of farm equipment. Needless to say, I soon found myself in a rodeo with no audience. Wasn't long before I was on the ground and the horse had taken off.

[mickey]

horses.

not really sure why. just looking at how big and strong they are, knowing what they could do to me if they wanted to gives me the creeps.

It'd be terrible if a horse were to give you a big bang

On a serious note, they can be flighty and unpredictable. I was once riding a horse and it clipped its flank on a piece of farm equipment. Needless to say, I soon found myself in a rodeo with no audience. Wasn't long before I was on the ground and the horse had taken off.

But did u ride for the full 8 seconds....

[trev]

Sharks

x2. Stems from a very close encounter with a Great White whilst surfing off Middleton when I was 21.
I found out two things that day.
1) I CAN walk on water.
2) Adrenaline is Brown.

Stopped surfing completely soon after. I just couldnt get the coal black eyes and toothy expression out of my head.

[Bully]

clothes Moths. Had a dream of one once eating me alive when i was young and now im scared of them. And seen as they normally come out at night it scares me even more

[Booney]

Add me to the list with heights.

But it is odd, I can climb a ladder and while on it I am crapping myself, in a bad way, but once I get where I am going ( a rrof top etc ) I'm fine. It's just the transition period I cant take.

Rats. Mice, no issue at all. Pick them up and throw them out the house, but a Rat? On the table like the women in old movies screaming for mercy.

[westcoastpanther]

Clowns

Carnies, you know circus folk....

[Pag]

Being upside down.

Don't mind heights so much, as long as my feet are closer to the ground than my head. Can do the ferris wheel and the Giant Drop and all those sorts of rides with no probs, but the Double Ranger at the Show & Lethal Weapon at MovieWorld I will never do again.

[valleys07]

x2. Stems from a very close encounter with a Great White whilst surfing off Middleton when I was 21.
I found out two things that day.
1) I CAN walk on water.
2) Adrenaline is Brown.

Stopped surfing completely soon after. I just couldnt get the coal black eyes and toothy expression out of my head

Wow trev, did you actually get bitten or managed to get away....not too many people would be able to tell that story i would have thought

[trev]

x2. Stems from a very close encounter with a Great White whilst surfing off Middleton when I was 21.
I found out two things that day.
1) I CAN walk on water.
2) Adrenaline is Brown.

Stopped surfing completely soon after. I just couldnt get the coal black eyes and toothy expression out of my head

Wow trev, did you actually get bitten or managed to get away....not too many people would be able to tell that story i would have thought

Nah wasnt bitten , me and a mate were just sitting on our boards about 200m from shore, when this big head full of sharp teeth popped up in between us.
It was less than a metre from me and looked Kinda like this

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We had no inkling that it was there until it was ,well, there
I don't recommend the experience to anyone!

[mypaddock]

Heights... Until last week when I jumped out of a plane from 14,000ft! Was the biggest rush, absolutely loved it. I'm definitely going to do it again!

[Psyber]

There is not much I'm actually scared of any more after years of overcoming fears on principle, but I don't like tight enclosed spaces.
Large caves don't worry me but I wouldn't willingly crawl through tiny tunnels like "cavers" do, though I could do it if it were necessary.
I'm not too worried about intruders, and have never had a break in in any of my homes, but I do have a machete handy on the off chance of ever needing it.
[ I have several "edged weapons" left over from the days when I fenced and collected such things.]

I was scared of spiders and bees as a child, probably due to my older sister's influence, but got over it after I'd been nipped and stung by a few, and didn't die.
Venomous snakes don't frighten me but I treat them with respect and caution, and only handle non-venomous varieties.
I'm more cautious about sharks these days than I used to be.

[JAS]

Cows.

My work brings me in close contact with all manner of beasts including snakes, spiders, horses, alpacas, sheep, bulls, angry landholders and lawyers.

Dunno why but I can handle them all except cows.

cows... really??? may i ask why? and i really dont mean to be rude or sound like im having a go... just curious to know why? very random...

Dunno, just the way they move, so unpredictable. One minute they run away from you, the next they are trying to get real close.

If it's any consolation fish you're in good company...once heard the great naturalist Sir David Attenborough being interviewed and he said that the only animal he's scared of are cows.

Regards
JAS