Be Honest....
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I think I'd be startled seeing a girl in a place where she should not be. But I don't think I'd run and scream.
Oh cmon, she appeared and disappeared, was deathly pale and would scream before disappearing.
I think I would have passed out cold.
Pretty much this for me too!
GasBandit
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That's a good point, these shows never show you the ones who don't react "properly," those stay on the cutting room floor.
It's not a matter of it being a creepy little girl bit from scary movies, it's the point that someone is suddenly there, who clearly wasn't then isn't again. That alone is startling whether you're -stone cold- or not.
No, the one in the elevator. My original link.
Yeah, what the hell was with that? Who reacts that way? Stupid asses, that's who.
As for the elevator, I'm not claiming to be bad ass or stone cold or whatever, but I would've been more affected by the lights going out than the girl suddenly being there. My dad taught me to be paranoid about everything, so when faced with weird shit, my first instinct is that someone's trying to pull one over on me. (So far there have been no ghosts.) The kid screaming is another story--that would startle me. But if she then disappeared, it'd be back to "oh, it's someone doing this" and I'd start laughing like I do in every haunted house.
I'm no fun
.but what blows the whole video out of the water is, that there is no elevator.
GasBandit
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They're full of it. Screaming startles people even if they see you first and there's nothing odd about you and you're totally at ease. I know. Sometimes I've done it to my coworkers. We'll just be having an ordinary conversation and then suddenly I'll bellow "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" at them. They jump. Of course, it only works once, maybe twice, per person.
Also, it has to be said that those in central and south america have a TOTALLY different view on ghosts and the dead from those of us in North America and (most of) Europe.
Also, it has to be said that those in central and south america have a TOTALLY different view on ghosts and the dead from those of us in North America and (most of) Europe.
I think it's just the continued fear that I'm sceptical of. I would definitely jump back or gasp, but I don't think I'd stay in the corner or scream, I suppose. The fight/flight thing is certainly going to kick in though, and it's hard to know what you'll do. Easy to say I'd start looking for the rational explanation for her appearance when I'm not currently under the adrenaline rush of the initial startle. But I do think, or like to think, that I would be able to reject the idea that I was being haunted or having a supernatural experience pretty quickly.
I'll admit I would definitely be creeped the hell out and would probably flinch at the scream. The honest truth is none of us really know how we would react unless we were in the situation.
Except for all the hardcore badasses
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Except for all the hardcore badasses
. Irony.
You and Alanis M. seem to have the same defintion of the word I think?
So an internet bad ass, accusing others of being internet bad asses, is not ironic? Even though nobody made any references to being bad ass in this thread...
Even though you answered your own point, I'll clear it up. I clearly stated in the first post I'd shit my pants at the situation. I didn't realize that made me into some kind of internet badass?sixpackshaker said:
GasBandit
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Re: tsunami, once the water started rushing in from behind, I think I'd have tried to go around the cars in front... but if I didn't think of that in time, I, too, would have basically sat in the car thinking "Well, the car seems to be floating, so I'd rather not open the door unless I absolutely have to... and I'm pretty much at a loss for what else to do other than call 911."
You have more history than one post.
Please point out a moment when I claimed to be some kind of badass? As Guile said, I'm a family man and I've gone home.
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