We asked what freaks you out, and you answered.
Some of you talked about your fear of flying, for example, or of being shocked. But typically the responses were of the creepy, crawly variety. Spiders. snakes. grasshoppers. Even throw a few sharks into the mix.
Here's a sampling of some of the phobias that are bothering readers at the Top of Utahââââ...
Heidi Olson, Roy
Grasshoppers
Give Heidi Olson a choice between two doors -- with Satan behind one and a grasshopper behind the other -- and she'll choose the devil every time.
After all, Olson says, grasshoppers "are terrible."
"They are the devil," she said. "I think maybe I was eaten by them in a former life."
It all started when she was very young, living in Morgan. A monster-sized grasshopper started working its way up her pant leg.
"We had a lot of them, but most of them didn't get that big," Olson said.
Today, she says, "If I just see one it's like a panic freeze-up. If one gets on me or too close to me I will actually go into an asthma attack and it's hard to breathe."
These days Olson enlists some help when one of the insects journeys into her Roy yard.
"We get one once in a while and my dog thinks they are a tasty sensation," she said. "I just send him out to find them."
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