Fear and "The Thing in the Forest"

http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/fear.htm

http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/02/16/how-fear-works-in-the-brain

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=QJ_H6KVRf6IC&oi=fnd&pg=PR3&dq=how+fear+works&ots=JMNQZV-7iQ&sig=OYqni3a_rj7r-25CpCrvZII1moc#v=onepage&q=how%20fear%20works&f=false

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/anatomy-of-fear/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/opinion/sunday/why-smart-brains-make-dumb-decisions-about-danger.html

These links discuss how fear functions in human beings. This is a major theme in "The Thing in the Forest."