What are You Afraid of?
Arachnaphobia
Spiders
To be a true insect, a bug must have this many legs
First Alert's CO600 detects it:
ammonia,
carbon monoxide,
radon
Carbon Monoxide
This Scottish cryptid is named for the freshwater body of water that it can be "found" in
Loch Ness Monster
Immigrants to North America decided to carve pumpkins, but in Ireland, Scotland, and Northern Europe Halloween celebrations included carving one of these root vegetables
Turnip
Claustrophobia
Small spaces
Sweet as honey, this flying bug is known for its cute "waggle dance"
Bumblebee
Agatha Christie taught us it smells like bitter almonds:
cyanide,
nicotine,
opium
Cyanide
Half-fish, half-woman, this cryptid is also known as a Mermaid
Siren
Halloween is thought to have originated in this European country
Ireland
Acrophobia
Heights
Once a common medical tool, now something to watch out for in some bodies of water
Leech
My philosophy is avoid this herb, Conium maculatum:
belladonna,
hemlock,
wolfsbane
Hemlock
Beware the Loveland ____, a humanoid amphibian first spotted in Loveland OH in the 1950s
Frog
Celtic priests and scholars, known as this, did rituals on Halloween to honor the dead, ward off evil spirits, and foretell the future
Druids
Glossophobia
Public Speaking
This spotted gal sometimes plays dead to avoid predators
Ladybug
First used by the Germans at Ypres, April 22, 1915:
bromine,
chlorine,
methane
Chlorine
This winged bipedal creature from West Virgina has its own museum!
Mothman
Halloween marks the start of Allhallowtide, the western Christian season encompassing Halloween, All Hallows' Day (All Saints' Day), and this day
All Souls' Day
Cynophobia
Dogs
This is the term for a scientist who specifically studies insects
Entomologist
Used to murder ex-KGB man Alexander Litvinenko:
plutonium,
polonium,
potassium
Polonium
Spanish for "goat-sucker," this cryptid is said to roam various areas of the Americas seeking out livestock to prey on
Chupacabra
One theory of the origins of Halloween proposes that it was influenced by Celtic Harvest Festivals, particularly this Gaelic festival
Samhain