My mom once actually stepped in quicksand (thankfully only up to the top of her boot). It was in Canada. Yes, Canada has quicksand! She was visiting my uncle in Saskatchewan.

Unlike the movies, it fits its name. One minute she was walking, then suddenly it was like she fell into a pit, but couldn't get her boot out. I can't remember how the story ended. This was like 35 years ago that she told me about it.

I read a story somewhere of someone getting them from the oxalates in peanut butter.

They were eating like 1 kg a week for a month or two though.

I had a clear childhood memory of when gravity temporarily vanished and we all had to duck and cover under our desks. Years later I learned how gravity worked. A few years after that I realized my memory was impossible though it felt very real. This may be the root of my trust issues...

Stephen King wrote a story of just that happening to a guy. Except gravity didn't reverse he just kind of lost mass, but the result was the same.

This is like a non-Christian version of my childhood fear of "The Rapture."

You should anchor yourself to things.

Gamma ray bursts

The germans invading

Electrified bodies/puddles of water

Yknow, the usual stuff kids are afraid of...

When I was in my late teens, I ended up on a boat from Ft Lauderdale to the Bahamas. Theres no way no to go through just a little bit of the Burmuda Triangle. I remember freaking out / being super excited, wondering what crazy stuff things would happen on our journey. Of course, nothing happened. I was so disillusioned.

By now, satellites and GPS can just navigate us around the triangle, kind of like with hurricanes.

Especially since anyone can paint them on the floor anywhere!

Happened to me once. I was super drunk walking home and didn't see an open manhole in front of me. I got super lucky, though.

From my drunk perspective, I'm just walking along when suddenly the ground is nearly at my eye level. Then I realised I'm dangling there, with only my head and elbows outside. I dragged myself out and continued on home.

I have no idea how I managed to fall inside with both my legs at the same time and why my arms didn't hurt like hell, not even in the morning.

gas station sushi

I didn't know those 3 words existed in that combination and I'm frankly appalled that they do

Chubbyemu made me fear a lot of things

Don't forget 'for no reason'. As opposed to reasonable accidents.

I'm mildly scared of railings overlooking lower floors and such, thinking "I would get seriously injured if I somehow accidentally lean over this railing so much that I flip over to the other side and fall down."

I had the exact same fear when I was a kid, and crossing bridges was always very stressful for me. Even today, as an adult, it still bothers me a little, and when I'm driving I keep having these intrusive thoughts like: "What if I accidentally drive off this bridge?"