Darkness Falls....

What happens to people and their emotions when it starts to get dark? I have heard of darkness described as scary, cold, unfriendly, comforting, peaceful, and dangerous, among many others. I often take the opportunity to observe people, it is simply one of my many pastimes. One thing that I have noticed in my observations is that when it gets dark out side, the mood of people change. There are two moods that stick out the most: Fear and Fasination.
There are so many people that although they may not admit it...they are afraid of the dark. Perhaps not the dark itself but the uncertainty of it. As the darkness falls so to say, this group of people become more self conscience, and tend to look around themselves more. They tend to jump at small sounds that would be considered common placed during the daylight hours. They also walk faster, as if they are worried that something is going to chase them down, attack them, or something else to that effect. Another thing that they do is they avoid people more, they have shifting eyes, and a large bubble space. In effect they are afraid of their surroundings, or the possibility of what could be in them.
Now on the other hand, those that are fasinated with the dark....that is a different story altogether. Often that is when they are actually trying to get out of the house, even if it is just to stand on the porch in the darkness. The feeling of being surrounded by the darkness, and shadows often will be described by them as comforting. Granted under certain circumstances they are still very aware of those around them, but they appear to be more confident, and at peace with themselves while in the darkness, not always jumpy and easily frightened. They are essentially themselves, and much more calm and serene then they are during the day...in a lot of ways it is a nice change to see them like that.
Granted there are those that have a bit of both in them, and others that have neither, they are something else altogether, but even so, to me, it is a fasination. Not only the darkness itself but also the effect that darkness has on others.....its a time to see a different side of people, that is often hidden from others, to me, it is fasinating.