Why Winnie The Pooh Scares Me
Spoiler: He chased me through the mall on my 16th birthday.
What fears do you have? Every person has at least one phobia, an extreme fear, of something, whether it is of spiders or needles or heights. For some fear motivates them, while others become paralyzed with the thought of coming into contact with the dreaded object or concept. What happens when the fear that a person has is of a cartoon character that many people love and is one of the most popular and heavily marketed characters for a global company like the Walt Disney Corporation? The character in question is Winnie the Pooh. This is a story of friendship, chases, laughs, and fear.
It was January 16, 1999, and the weather mild. Some snow coated the roads, but none fell from the sky. There was a chill in the wind, forcing one to huddle under their coats. It was one of those days where breathing heavily into the air makes it appear as if a person is smoking. The sun is high in the blue sky, giving the illusion of a nice day, a day that would soon be shattered by a yellow bear in a red shirt.
A Call To The Mall
A phone call breaks the silence in a house that had seemed to be lifeless just minutes before, though there was a family inside of it. “Get ready we’re going to the mall.” When I answered the phone it…
