Urban Legends/the unexplained

I'd have these "awake" dreams every now and then where I think I'm awake but I can't move or scream and I have a feeling something is gonna like freaking eat my head off.
It only happens though when I don't get enough sleep or exercise, primarily during long school holidays or during exam week.

And sometimes whenever I lose something I check out all the spots I think it'd be but it always ends up somewhere in my room, even if I don't recall placing it there. Like one time I was looking for a hammer and I found it under my pillow (which was on my bed).

I'm pretty sure this is the fancy pantsy way of saying it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

We used to find 'human' poo in the woods and find discarded clothing but that could have been anyone doing that. But it always filled us with a fear on the unknown.

Maybe that's just your normal cult of hippie streakers?

There was once this guy who lived across from me, who incidentally was the guy who did my glasses, and he had like this insane wolf dog. I used to think it was a magical wolf thing. It was kinda like a magical wolf dog. I imagine it had magical properties. But I can't be sure.

I also used to have kinda lame friends who would send me lame chain mail messages. Apparently I'm supposed to have died two years ago while drowning in a pool of my own blood, killed by a creepy clown killer who escaped from the zoo, oh and a random serial rapist who by all means should have buried my body underneath the billboard on the main road. Luckily I got a new email address and now I only get emails from various colleges :P

And then there was that daughter of my blahblahblahboringrelatativestuffblahblah who had me convinced that staring at little statues of Jesus was not a good thing and I had nightmares about little Jesus dolls crying for like weeks. It had never bothered me before and here she comes and makes me scared sh**less.
Oh and the creepy doll my cousins gave me for Christmas years and years ago. Supposedly it's been passed around as a Christmas present for years upon years. No one knows where it came from, all we know is that every so often a child will get for Christmas and then the child will never be seen playing with it and then another child ends up with it! Some say it's been circulating around for several decades never. being. played. Some say it's haunted, but I digress.

Scarey, that doll needs to be burned if you ask me. Did anyone used to be told in school; that if you looked in the bathroom mirror, said bloody mary 3 times and turned on the spot, she appeared in the mirror and you died within 24 hours.

I think I gave the Christmas doll to somebody else for their Bday or something :P
And the Jesus doll still sits in my room. Waiting...

The variation I heard of the bloody mary thing was that you will die on the night of you 16th Bday. Well that passed and either I'm dead and not aware or I'm just super duper magical like that. Apparently she was called bloody mary because she had a bunch of blood on her face and she lived in a tower. I forget the details. Wiki probably knows.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_%28folklore%29

There was one about the Candy Man or something and at a party once everyone went inside a locked bathroom and when they came out they swore they saw him since they all scratches on their arms...

Man. Creepy neighbors are the best. And by the best I don't mean the best.

Generally, I try and rationalise anything mysterious that happens in my life with ROCK HARD SCIENCE, and that keeps any fear of the occult at bay. Things that go bump in the night are almost always plumbing sections kicking into action, or the flat above me shifting dead bodies around.

As well as that, just thinking about all of the FPS heroes I've controlled in my life has given me the knowledge that I could survive against aliens/the living dead/ghouls/demons etc in similar circumstances, as long as I find a melee weapon first (increasingly powerful weapons will present themselves as I progress).

I work in a laboratory, the archetype of horror scenarios. At the weekend the lights are off and there are hundreds of strange machines bleeping, groaning and whirring in the background. I've only ever felt heroic, never afraid in such a scenario!

If I had such an alluring sidekick as yourself, there's no way I'd be able to successfully woo other women for my hareem.

The only time I've ever been scared was when playing Resident Evil 2. That's because there's no such thing as quick reactions on that game.

When I was young, I was convinced the field behind my house was haunted by Roman Legionnaires thanks to the stories bestowed on me by 'bigger kids'. The story went that if you were running fast enough you would hear them calling and chasing you, but only if you were moving at high speed. We used to walk into the field until we lost our nerve and everyone ran back (setting them after us!). Your ears play funny tricks on you at high speeds, I was convinced I heard them calling for my blood!