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Oh God, that’s an awful situation to be in or even experience. I couldn’t imagine what my parents would feel if I accidentally got on a train and traveled hundreds of miles away from my parents.. Glad you’re alright though!

Although this might not have been a near-death experience, it sure was a bit of a deadly position to be in. So 5 years ago, there’s this carnival that always visits our county for 10 days in the month of June and they had a guitar swingy this where it’s around 70 feet tall and the bottom part of the guitar is where people got on the ride and were swung 70-

-feet into the air and wooshed back down as it repeats its procedures, (there’s probably a Youtube video displaying the ride), like a ferris wheel.

So back then, when I was 11 years old, I was (and still am,) a very sentient person. Whenever I get to a certain height where my heart can’t handle the speed and height, I begin to panic and I could possibly have a heart attack, (I had heart surgery when I was 5 so my body is very sensitive when something involves speed-

and height). Despite knowing this, I was still an idiot daredevil. So without my mother noticing me, I sneakily hopped onto the ride. The problem was, the seatbelt was broken, and by the time I noticed the seatroken didn’t function, the ride was already beginning to swing. 2 minutes later, I was crying in fear, wondering if I-

was actually going to die that day. With my sensitive body and the seatbelt not working, I was for sure thinking that that was how I was going to die. A minute later, the ride stopped and I’m glad it did, cause if I had another minute in that damn ride, I would have probably gotten a heart attack or fainted.

Moving along, Are you terrified of any animal? Or any animal you hope you never encounter?

yeah, yeah, since its the weekend, ive rested a bit and am not that stressed compared to when i was on friday. my physics teacher assigned another at home lab, which is like this thing where you have to record of the motion of a ball and when it rolls off a desk. you have to set that up, record, use some editing software to get data for four separate graphs and write a whole lab.

-materials used, procedures, data, and analysis. i was a bit annoyed because its such a tedious assignment, so i was kind of fed up on friday, but ive pretty much have completed it so its mostly good now.

i definitely consider that as a near-death experience. i have a huge paranoia when it comes to rollercoasters/rides that have to do with seatbelts. im always afraid if the safety precautions are going to fail.

being 70 feet in the air and having a broken seatbelt is so terrifying considering the fact that if you fell, you would have had really serious injuries or you would end up being dead. glad that youre past that though.

and yeah, my experience was pretty bad as well since there could have been this creepy old man just swooping me up from the train, possibly kidnapping me, and me being tortured or killed.

not to mention that i would probably never be able to see daylights again or ever being able to reunite with my mother.

i dont really have any major fear of animals, but just the ones that have the capabilities of killing/seriously harming a human, so like sharks, hippos, crocodiles, alligators, any weird sea creature, etc.

really though, im most afraid of the animals that i cant see, so like the spiders that are lurking in the hidden shadows of my room, or the infinite amount of dangerous sea creatures lurking around the murky sea waters under me, or the snakes that are silently slithering around the tall grasses.

what about you? what animal phobias do you have?

Ohhh, that sounds sorta fun. I’ve never done something like that during school but recording and editing a few motion videos as you graph the ball’s motion sounds like a relaxing task (for me lol). Might take physics-

-classes but physics involves tons of math and I detest anything that involves math. Still, it’s nice that you got that out of the way for the weekend and don’t have to worry about it.

And yeah, it’s a good thing I came out of that ride safe and sound. I did however ride that ride again 3 years later as I was more mature and had a bit more knowledge of what I was getting myself into. That said, I’m terrified-

-of roller coasters and everything about them. From how high they go, to how fast they travel down when they’re at the tippy-top. I have never rode one and probably not allowed too but I would however love to ride one someday.

For sure. Anyone that looks vulnerable would probably get taken advantage of no matter how old or young you are. But good thing you ended up alright.

That’s reasonable. I’ve seen a few National Geographic episodes on how dangerous a hippo or alligators can be agents humans and what they’re capable of doing.

I don’t fear many animals since most of the animals I have a big fear of live in other countries but I would go with weird, eerie small insects that often wander in my house or in the wild that I have never seen before.

If one were to climb on my arm, I would scream like I have seen a ghost in the middle of the night. I have a huge terror of small insects, even more of those that are built like rollie polles. Also, I guess hippos and venomous snakes.

Gonna go with a summer question since it’s summer after all.

Are you more of an indoor summer person or an outdoor summer person? In addition, what is your “perfect summer vacation” day with whatever you picked