17 people share the unusual things they were afraid of as kids.

We all had some pretty irrational fears as kids, and some people are lucky enough to outgrow them.

Former children who now have access to Reddit are confessing the most ridiculous things that terrified them when they were children, and the Bathroom Giraffe needs to stand down.

1. Drclarko's nightmare should be a Michael Bay movie.

I used to have this repeating dream that scared me to death. I was always in a skyscraper made of windows, and a giant toddler would walk through the street. If the toddler saw you, you died. Weird f*cking dream, but I dreamt it repeatedly for years.

2. Next-Spirit was extremely fatphobic, but it wasn't their fault.

My neighbor with a big tummy. Blame my mother and nanny for this. They used to say that our neighbor has a big tummy because he eats children. Oh how I stayed away from that man. Now I don't even remember who he was.