>>212583068 (OP)Nothing can ever be truly scary again for straight men over, say, 19. Without superstitious dread or the intense fear of death caused by a truly joyful family life, having something to lose and protect, there is nothing to fear. We have the internet now. Almost nothing is left truly, purely unknown. Existential dread is the closest you can get to true, raw fear unless you are actually, personally, in current mortal real danger of dying.
The truth is, if a monster showed up, we'd destroy it quickly, no matter what. We'd drive it extinct.
The only reason we don't already do that with pedophiles and murdeerers is because we mistakenly consider them worth saving just for being human.