What's the scariest book you've ever read?

The scariest book, well it wasn't a book, but it was a real live beast! Like It's as big as a jaguar. Its claws are as big as cups. It has four ears, two are for listening and two are sort of back-up ears. Some of the ears are on the inside of its head.

It has a retractable leg to leap up at you better. Its tail is made of magnets, so if you're made of metal it can attach itself to you. It lights up at night. For some reason it has a tremendous fear of stamps. It only has eyebrows on Saturdays. Instead of a mouth it has four arses. It lives on the moors of Craggy Island, or at least the place where there should be moors. Many of the locals think it might be a kind of giant fox!

When I was 11 I bought the book Alive thinking it was an adventure story like Jack London's books which I loved.

It was about a soccer team involved in a plane crash on a snow covered mountain. Most froze to death. I got a little crush on one of the guys and then he died and the other passengers ate him.

It was not supposed to be scary, I know. I could not put the book down until I finished it but afterwards I cried for days.

Dougal no!

I'm going to have nightmares now from seeing that :(

Dat's a-not scary Father, I am Liniker, and made it how you say...appropriate...even for da bambinos. Now a couple of books in the Old Testament, they-a scare me.

'The Fire Within' by Graham Watkins. If you like Stephen King or Dean Koontz...this book is right up your alley. I place it in my top 5 scariest/freakiest of all time...a fantastic read:

http://www.mindspring.com/~coatl/pages/fire.htm

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Gerald's Game ....Stephen King...wicked spooky

Salem's Lot...Stephen King

Ooh Father that looks to be a terrifying book for sure - I am hiding behind the sofa now!! When I was little I used to get really scared by Beauty and the Beast - the picture of the Beast used to send me into hysterical crying fits lol! :o) xxxx

A ghost story called Naomi's Room...can't remember the author though...

...scared the bejesus out of me!

IT by Stephen King. I was living alone, and I could NOT finish the book.

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