re: What is the most terrified you have ever been?

Terrified? THe only time I can think of was when I was bluff charged by this guy while hiking. He's taking an aggressive posture in the pic. Was about 20 yards away. No spray or firearms on me.

I’ve told the story. Mountain Lion a few feet behind the tree I was sitting against while hunting. Almost dark and it started roaring and squally, pissed and wanted to find me bad

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This was a really sad day for the O-T too for the exact opposite reason than for you.

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You know what's sad? Anyone on here I know who would say this would be joking, but I am not familiar with you enough so I assume you are serious.. And if that is the case that is pretty sad. You take someone on a message board that serious you want the to die.

You need to go out and socialize in the real world.

Also, why are you trying to fit in on here? That's what people like you do when you try to say over the top "insults" to me. That isn't going to get you to be more well liked around here.. Since you obviously care about shite like that.

Giving my youngest a bath, oldest normally chills in his room and plays with his toys. Come back out and his door is open and so is the sliding door to the back patio. Didnt have a fence in the backyard at the time. Eventually found him 3 houses down playing with their dogs. Terrifying 15 minutes for me. Absolute rock in my stomach.

Weve since put up a fence and all sorts of locks. Feels like breaking into a vault just to get outside now.

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No spray or firearms on me.

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Why didn’t you just wave your penis at him. That’s what I do. They just run off after that. Show him who’s boss.

I was pumping gas at a small station off the highway between Greenville and Charleston. My wife and two daughters (4 and 5ish) got out and were walking to the store to get a drink etc. Hillbilly POS in a blacked out rig throws it in reverse without looking and is headed straight for all three of my family. Wife is talking to girls and does not see it coming. I jump and scream at the top of my lungs enough to somehow get the attention of all parties. But I thought I was going to lose all three.

one hospital said that my daughter possibly has a brain tumor. she was 4. went to get a second opinion. did the scan. doc says it'll take about 4 hours to get results. i can't tell you how terrified i was for that 4 hour span. results came back negative.

From almost burning alive in a car wreck, to being a scared little boy alone, in the dark, and at his sleeping, alcoholic/ pill addicted and loving father's side praying he'd start breathing again when one day he did not; or begging my cousin to let me sleep while in a state of severe hypothermia waiting on SAR to get us off the wrong side of a flash flooding mountain river that we were fly fishing on; to getting stabbed (yes stabbed, trashy I know, but I didn't know it'd go full trashy) in a run-of-the-mill fisticuff match when I was 16 over some slaw arse chick who's fat now, and more: I've had quite a few "Is this the end?" moments where I truly questioned my mortality and the finite nature of life and living.

But, because today I live, all of those incidents give me hindsight and learned me on living: I will not ride with a fool at the wheel, I will revere a child's innocence; I will enjoy food and wine while living out my futile days under the sun but with moderation and thanksgiving; I will not fight a man but I will kill him if needed...

...I will not be on the wrong side of a river when it starts to rain, no matter how big the trout are or how great they're biting...

However, the scariest moments by far- the ones that made (and make) me recognize the fragile nature of existence in slowed time and space- have always been when family or a friend's time was up: When the piper had come to be paid and when hindsight and learning had run its course.

Those have been- and are- my scariest moments.