{"id":23318,"date":"2015-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/kids-say-scary-things\/"},"modified":"2015-05-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T00:00:00","slug":"kids-say-scary-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/kids-say-scary-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids say scary things"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Chilling accounts from parents who reveal some of the creepiest things their kids have ever said.<\/h3>\n<p>Highlights from the online conversation on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reddit<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The fog people<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t&#8220;When my youngest daughter was three, I went into her room at bedtime to tuck her in. I walked up to her bed and noticed that the floor was wet. I asked her why the floor was wet, and she told me &#8216;I was spitting at the fog people. It makes them go away.&#8217; She did this numerous times. Scared the sh*t out of me\u2026&#8221; [Serioussargasm]<br><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<br><br \/>\n\t<strong>Not a toy<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t&#8220;I wake up to find my three year old standing by the bed staring at me inch from me with a huge grin on his face.<br><br \/>\n\tHe just stares and grins\u2026<br><br \/>\n\t&#8220;What are you doing?&#8221; I finally say.<br><br \/>\n\t&#8220;Nothing&#8221; still grinning\u2026<br><br \/>\n\tAt this point I realise he&#8217;s got his hands behind his back.<br><br \/>\n\t&#8220;Are you holding something?&#8221;<br><br \/>\n\t&#8220;No.&#8221;<br><br \/>\n\tI look anyway. He&#8217;s hiding our largest carving knife behind his back.&#8221; [Boronx]<br><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<br><br \/>\n\t<strong>The other man<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t\u201cWhen my son was about 4 or 5, we were in the toilet before his bedtime. He was brushing his teeth and dropped his toothbrush. I picked it up for him, and when my eyes met him he just started at me and said, &#8220;Dad, why does that man have a knife&#8221; and pointed behind me. Quickest 180 I&#8217;ve ever done&#8221;. [Benswargle]<br><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<br><br \/>\n\t<strong>Wannabe your mother<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t\u201cMy daughter said to me that there is a woman who watches her watch movies in her room, and sleeps on the ceiling above her bed when she sleeps. She also says it does not like me and wants to eat my heart. My kid watches Elmo and a f**king dinosaur train. Where the hell did she get this from?&#8221; [eps421]<br><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<br><br \/>\n\t<strong>Down with the ship<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t&#8220;My brother grew up being terrified of water, I&#8217;m 4 years older than him and during the nightly battle for bath time when he was about 3 or 4 I asked him why he is so scared of the water (being a water baby, as my mum put it, I just didn&#8217;t understand)\u2026 He looked at me\u2026 And I remember this word-for-word\u2026 &#8216;I was in a big unsinkable ship, we hit the biggest iceberg and then it was really busy, and then I got really cold and wet, I went to a warm, bright place and waited until my next family came&#8217;\u2026 My mum heard it all and decided bath time was over. The creepy thing is that my brother was born April 15th 1992 &#8211; the Titanic sunk April 15, 1912.&#8221; [Cordy88]<br><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<br><br \/>\n\t<strong>Satan is born<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t&#8220;My three year old daughter stood next to her new born brother and looked at him for a while, then turned and looked at me and said, &#8216;Daddy its a monster\u2026 We should bury it.'&#8221; [Like_I_was_Sayin]<br><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<br><br \/>\n\t<strong>In another life<\/strong><br><br \/>\n\t\u201cWhen my daughter was three, one day she said to me, &#8216;Don&#8217;t you remember, Mummy? Before, when you were the daughter and I was the mother, they came and chopped all our heads off. Chop, chop, chop, chop, chop! The whole village.&#8217; She made vicious chopping motions every time she said the word, chop. I was so taken aback all I could think of to say was, &#8216;Fortunately sweetheart, I don&#8217;t remember the head chopping.&#8217; Her response was, &#8216;Well it happened and I remember it really well.&#8217; Eep.&#8221; [joysprite]<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/vics-in-a-tizz\">VICS ARE IN A TIZZ, SAYS DWAYNE RUSSELL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/videos\/rugby-star-makes-117-000-dollar-blunder\">WATCH RUGBY STAR MAKE A $117,000 BLUNDER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chilling accounts from parents who reveal some of the creepiest things their kids have ever said. Highlights from the online conversation on Reddit: The fog people &#8220;When my youngest daughter was three, I went into her room at bedtime to tuck her in. 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