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Q&A How to creep the reader out with what seems like a normal person?

Have animals react to them strangely It's a trope (with a surprising amount of real-world evidence) that animals can sense things wrong with the world that people can't. Impending earthquakes, can...

posted 5y ago by Ynneadwraith‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:46:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Ynneadwraith‭ · 2019-12-08T11:46:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
 **Have animals react to them strangely**

It's a trope (with a surprising amount of real-world evidence) that animals can sense things wrong with the world that people can't. Impending earthquakes, cancers, nefarious intentions etc.

Dogs raise their hackles and stare, cats slink out of the room. Easy to explain by him/her/it saying 'yeah, dogs and cats just don't seem to like me'. Bit strange, but hey ho. It happens to some people. Birds fly out of trees when they walk past, but birds are skittish anyway.

It's the worms that give it away. Every step on grass makes them writhe to the surface and wriggle desperately away. They touch a tree and the woodlice skitter out of the bark. Stand next to those tanks of lobsters in restaurants and they press themselves to the glass at the other end.

Yeah. Once you notice it. Terrifying.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-04-27T22:45:36Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 32