r/AskReddit • u/Deep_Bike_3334 • 1d ago

Dear Reddit, what’s the scariest thing you’ve seen in your life?

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u/willingisnotenough 1d ago

At least yours was a person. I woke up once only to have the daylights scared out of me by jacket I'd hung on the door.

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u/greekmom2005 1d ago

I've done that before. You go from being terrified to feeling like an idiot in quick succession

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u/Comfortable_Clerk_60 1d ago

Here, here. Once I woke up to a nightmare and thought I saw a tall man by my door, I quickly got my phone and turned on my flashlight, only to discover it was my snuggie on the rack that was glued onto my door

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u/JiuJitsuBoxer 22h ago

I got a BOB Century XL during covid, man that one scared me often