Deep in the bowels of the earth
Ive had quite a few creepy paranormal experiences, I may post my worst later but until then the 2nd creepiest thing i ever felt was the first ( and only ) time I went potholing.
I'd been caving at novice level a few times and loved it, so when invited to an outward bound weekend that would have a potholing experience I jumped at it.
It was an easy one, level 2 I think.
There were 6 of us, the guide, 3 other experienced pot holers and then myself and one other who hadn't done it before.
I was quite enjoying it at first and then unease started to creep in, the further we got.
At around the 3/4 point we were in a very small chamber , just enough room for us all to sit and take a breather, with the roof barely inches above our heads.
Then the guide asked us all to turn off our head torches.
Along the way he had been telling us about cave spiders and other things that lived deep underground and how there were tons and tons of rock and earth between us and the fresh air outside
So we are sitting there in total blackness, the air thick and humid, with the occasional puff of cold air from god knows where, theres the distant echoing sound of water dripping somewhere, and I'm totally creeped out while he talks about how early explorers may have navigated these tunnels in total darkness and thats why we are sitting there in the dark to experience this.
I swear they must be able to hear my heart thumping, I was sweating, trying not to hyperventilate at the thought of enormous cave spiders crawling over me while sitting in a little cavern under a mile of rock.
It was like being blind and buried alive and totally and utterly terrifying
I have never been more glad to to see daylight an hour or so later.
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 23:06, 8 replies)

You had me at 'potholing'
It ends there.
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 23:07, closed)

potholing?
not a fucking chance.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 23:13, closed)

Want to know whats worse?
Cave Diving

no fecking way on this earth...ever
Ive looked down into underground pools with guide lines just visible below and thought
"You mentalists"
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 23:32, closed)

No No No Nooooooo...
Potholing is for people that find jumping out of planes too simple... There is no way on this planet I could be made to do that, let alone the water dip sections - Darkness yes, Small spaces not much of a problem, unstructured holes in the side of hills no thank you.

Heart attack over.
(feedingtimeatthezoo day 1 of his bikini diet started, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 0:19, closed)

Fuck that.
It makes me short of breath thinking about it. I wouldn't want to end up like this chap...
www.grantham.karoo.net/paul/graves/neilmoss.htm
(Rsoles, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 1:01, closed)

Holy crap
That just makes me shudder in terror
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 1:33, closed)

Not for a million.
Fucking mentalists.

There's a little bit in a childrens book, 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen', where Colin is working his way through a small tunnel that's barely big enough for him. I'm old now and still get the creeps when I remember reading that.

And this : tinyurl.com/3d3nbev
( His Popiness the Hole Invaded Poland on, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 23:22, closed)

Oh yes
I read that too, and got freaked out
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 2:12, closed)