Top five frights, for all and for us

October 29, 2014 at 7:04PM

for Americans

1. Snakes

2. Speaking before an audience

3. Heights

4. Being closed in a small space

5. Spiders and insects

Source: Gallup News Service poll

for Minnesotans

1. The zipper merge

2. Seniors Day at the Minnesota State Fair

3. The shopping cart slowly rolling across a parking lot

4. Forgetting the diaper bag

5. Someone "paying it backward" in the drive-through

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