Why is everything so much scarier at night, even ordinary stuff?
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My theory:
One of your most important senses is limited, which make your other senses be more aware of everything else. You hear a sound, but without sight you’re not immediately able to relate the sound to something.
For example if you’re by the water in broad daylight and see a flock of ducks, you know they are there and subconsciously you know they’ll make a sound when they move. So when you hear water splashing, you can, without looking, relate that sound to the ducks taking off.
If you’re by the same body of water at night, you don’t see the ducks, and every noise is amplified because of the limited vision you have. You’re unable to mentally prepare (in lack of a better term) for them to make a sound. So you’re kind of left in a state of permanent anticipation.
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