As a young boy I was fascinated by a double page spread in my Ward Lock encyclopedia that showed loads of prehistoric creatures in one pic; mammoths and pterodactyls and T rexs and so on. Also, the airing cupboard was in my bedroom so this meant that the noise from the hot water tank was in reality the dinosaurs ready to get me as I drifted off to sleep. Terrifying but I loved that picture so much I kept on looking at it.
MrsAmbrose has just admitted to being scared of the Thunderbirds ‘Mole’ because she didn’t know where it might come up out of the ground- perhaps in her house.
What troubled you, something silly now but proper scary at the time.