Originally posted by Cincy'sMom
... We also have had clowns 2 out of the last 3 years, in a "jack-in-the-box" type room. Got a lot of good scares. ...
When I wrote my comment I was thinking that I'm probably the only person in the world who is afraid of clown. Sort of a relief to hear that I'm not.

A few years ago on a religious retreat they made a mock-up of the meditations of St. Teresa of Avila (sp?)'s 7 (9?) mansions of the soul. [Boy, didn't I pay a lot of attention! ] Her first mansion is/was the earth-bound soul represented by spiders, lizards, and snakes. Perhaps a dark room with the sound of slithering and rattles and an occasional sleek 'creeping' against skin?