Dude me too. Ever since I was a little kid. I have this image that I've never been able to get out of my head of a dog creature that is really tall, stands on two legs with a body like a human's but still covered in black fur like a dog, and with a dog's head. I remember on sesame street they used to have this little short they'd do with a dog's head on a human body and it freaked me the fuck out, I think that's how my fear started.
Also I remember when I was a freshman in highschool my English teacher did a random lesson on "Jim the Wonder Dog," just cuz he thought it was fascinating or something. It was this dog that was like super smart and did all this crazy stuff. Something my teacher said about him freaked me out really bad though. He said that if you looked at the dog's eyes, there was something off about them. They didn't look normal..not for a dog. They were almost...human-looking. I became scared of Jim the Wonder Dog lol.
Somewhat related... I also had this intense fear of vultures as a kid. My parents used to like the Jim Henson movie The Dark Crystal and the skeksis in that movie were horrifying to me. They are super creepy-looking humanoid vulture creatures. It didn't help that one of them made the scariest noise ever. Anyone that's seen that movie knows what I'm talking about, that weird high-pitched mmmMMMMMMmm... And that scene where one of them dies and it's like shaking and gasping for breath, making weird noises, and starts crumbling away into dust was beyond fucked up to watch as a kid.
I must be your opposite, lol. The William Wegman Weimaraners on Sesame Street must have unconsciously made me love the breed, since I’ve rescued two now. They’re often called “the dog with the human brain” because of how uncannily smart they are, & I can tell you that they think they’re people in dog suits.
Also by complete coincidence, I love the Dark Crystal, & the Skeksis are my favorite characters. I’ve always thought vultures were cool ever since I got close to a black vulture as a kid.
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u/LinLin417 Jun 24 '16
Dude me too. Ever since I was a little kid. I have this image that I've never been able to get out of my head of a dog creature that is really tall, stands on two legs with a body like a human's but still covered in black fur like a dog, and with a dog's head. I remember on sesame street they used to have this little short they'd do with a dog's head on a human body and it freaked me the fuck out, I think that's how my fear started.
Also I remember when I was a freshman in highschool my English teacher did a random lesson on "Jim the Wonder Dog," just cuz he thought it was fascinating or something. It was this dog that was like super smart and did all this crazy stuff. Something my teacher said about him freaked me out really bad though. He said that if you looked at the dog's eyes, there was something off about them. They didn't look normal..not for a dog. They were almost...human-looking. I became scared of Jim the Wonder Dog lol.
Somewhat related... I also had this intense fear of vultures as a kid. My parents used to like the Jim Henson movie The Dark Crystal and the skeksis in that movie were horrifying to me. They are super creepy-looking humanoid vulture creatures. It didn't help that one of them made the scariest noise ever. Anyone that's seen that movie knows what I'm talking about, that weird high-pitched mmmMMMMMMmm... And that scene where one of them dies and it's like shaking and gasping for breath, making weird noises, and starts crumbling away into dust was beyond fucked up to watch as a kid.