When I was little I was generally only scared of two things: vampires and aliens.
When the lights went out, however, my imagination would sometimes get the better of me.
I'd think there was something -- or someone -- lurking in the closet, or waiting for my tasty little foot to dangle off the edge of my bed.
While I don't have any tangible proof of these creepy creatures, there's no question they were, in fact, there. And waiting for me.
What's more, I swear to gawd there was something -- or, again, someone -- living under the creaky stairs at my grandparents house. I shuddered whenever I had to go downstairs to get something; every time I went I knew there was a chance I'd never get back.
Even today -- when I'm working late at night, especially -- I can get a little freaked out. I think I hear things, I think I can "feel" someone watching me through the windows, or from behind the door.
Did I just hear something?
Exactly.
But I digress.
I recently stumbled across a collection of beautiful pictures depicting common childhood fears: the boogie man under the bed, the monster behind the couch, the goblin under the stairs, and more.
The album can be found
here courtesy of kontraband.co.uk.
So it turns out I WASN'T imagining it. Finally, after all these years, we have proof.
Thankfully, though, I managed to evade these bad buys as a little person and now I manage to scare them away on my [grown-up] own.
I could say something cute and cliché about grown-up fears being just as scary, but let's face it: The uncertain economy has nothing on the monster under your bed.
And I've seen far scarier things at the bar.
At least the boogie man has manners: Unlike Captain NoChance, he keeps his distance and doesn't talk your ear off or repeatedly try to buy you a drink.
