I am laughing about this now, but half an hour ago it was scary. I was just settling in to my research on nasty ghosts (as you do) and I got distracted by clips from "Ghostbusters" on YouTube. Particularly I found myself hooked on the scene where the Terror Dog, Zuul, pins Dana into the chair in her apartment, drags her into the kitchen and possesses her.
Unfortunately, right at the moment when I have a wide-mouthed, red-eyed, snarling Terror Dog filling my widescreen monitor, the fuse box decided to blow, plunging the whole house into darkness and leaving that image seared on my head. The fuse box is in the cellar.
I have never been more scared to go and change it. Even with a torch and a quick step in my feet, the hairs on the back of my neck were standing up all the way. That blooming Zuul didn't leave my head until I logged back on with all lights restored.
Have any of you managed to scare yourself like this when researching? Just curious really.
"Just think of all the "Ready Meals" they could have made with that lot..."
They probably did, until it all started to go off ;)
Sorry couldn't help but laugh at the thought that you were scared from Ghostbusters!!! Hope you had no marshmallows in you hot chocolate before bed. hehe.
If the 'experience' of the research is so interesting, it has to go into the book.