I don't get the "essence" and living things thing. I think it boils down to unknown, potentially threatening behavior. The big eyed, tail wagging mix of a dog

I don't get the "essence" and living things thing. I think it boils down to unknown, potentially threatening behavior. The big eyed, tail wagging mix of a dog and a mouse is not so creepy. Walking on to cobblestones and they feel like they are floating scares us. A house painted in perfect white, all lights turned on, but without furniture or any people is creepy. The funeral director and taxidermist is creepy, because he isn't creeped out by death himself. edit: reading the other comments: this is about scary creepy, as in "freaks me out", not creepy as in "ugh, leave me alone you perv". Though there are overlaps of course.