# Have you ever screamed? Have you ever heard someone scream? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-screamed-have-you-ever-heard-someone-scream/939717 "2021-04-10T01:52:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 96
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to zombie: > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Then I stomped on the lump in my robe and the damn thing just weezed. Beetles wheeze? uh-say what? > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Suddenly, my neighbor ran over holding his baseball bat and pounded on my door. I threw the door open (totally naked) and hysterically screamed about it being in there while pointing at the kitchen and running out the front door. Heroic neighbor ran into the kitchen with baseball bat held high, then the roach FLEW at him and he ran out the front door screaming almost as loudly as me. Not bad hi-jinks. > [@Kelevra](#): > > I work with a woman who is extremely easily startled and screams every time. Mostly I say her name from a long ways away to make her look at me so I know she won’t scream. She’s also the most disorganized packrat I’ve ever encountered. Her cube looks like an episode of Hoarders. Once two people hid in her cube amongst the debris. When she sat down one guy stood up and scared the crap out of her complete with blood curdling scream. After those of us in the cube farm laughed and joked with her for a bit she went back in and sat down, at which point the second guy jumped up… I will not lie in saying that I derived much joy in this. Hate to see what she’s like at surprise parties. > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I also remember seeing a few films in the theater, most notably, _The Fly_ (Cronenberg), and _Alien_ , when I jumped in my seat, but did not scream; however, about 1/3 of the theater _did._ Watching a retro screening of _Wait Until Dark_ - the scene where Alan Arkin [_LURCHES_](https://youtu.be/n0s_qq2clHA?t=43)out to tackle Audry Hepburn - e-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y in the theatre hit the roof. Possibly similar reaction, different theatre, with the [introduction of Richard Dreyfuss to Ben Gardner.](https://youtu.be/XDs5a0BcEzY?t=162) Most interesting screamer here: **Ulfrieda** , by far. inward screams - fun, but probably not good for the throat. Seen anyone scream? Only the teeming, dog-piling hoardes watching my old bands play back in the day. One customer I had - this disengenuous headcase of a dingbat - was having a perfectly regular convo with me, and then maybe a minute later, back in the house, lets off the longest wail of a scream - I could’ve counted off maybe seven or eight steamboats for its duration. I had to rule out earth-shattering orgasm because she had talked to me too recently for this to happen, and then found out later that she had been informed that her dog just died. However, even with a reason as understandable as that, she _still_ sounded ridiculously over-the-top; came across more like acting. Screamed? A couple weeks ago, this [sleep paralysis sufferer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-if-im-possessed-by-satan/760776) got another attack, feeling like someone was leaning their knees on top of the side of my body, making me not so much scream as much as let out this sort of loud, moaning “OOOOOWAAAAAAAHHHHHHGGGGGAAAAHHHHNNNNNUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAA!”. TIL: - Jerusalem Cricket - water beetle - wind scorpion --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-screamed-have-you-ever-heard-someone-scream/939717)._