The scariest thing to happen I believe is not experiencing death itself, it’s what comes after.
The scariest thing is being dead and when your soul wanders looking for those you love, they can’t see you and you can’t touch them. Looking at their faces, hoping they’d see the look on yours. Hoping to exchange hugs and goodbyes for the last time and to just say “I miss you terribly”, “I love you, always” and maybe “Don’t turn into a grumpy old idiot”.
The scariest thing is not knowing when our last time will be.