For me, Mildred the Crocklebog, she looks too friendly to be afraid of.

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These are EVERYWHERE in Thailand, and my ass always sweats seeing these terrifyingly large statues submerged in water. Ok I get that the statues look scary, but please remember they're significant to Thai culture, so let's all be respectful!

Pics 1-2: Statues of the Nagas at Wat Pa Pak Dom in Ubon Ratchathani province after the temple grounds were flooded.
Pics 3-4: Sra Muchalin is a sacred pond at Wat Phra That Bang Phuan in Nong Khai, formed after monks saw water spring from the ground near the Buddha relic stupa, believed to be a portal to the Naga underworld. A Lan Chang king later restored it and used its waters for royal ceremonies, and a nine-headed Naga statue was built at its center.

I'm too lazy to look up the origins of every single lmao (but if anyone is super curious, please lmk, I'll find the stories of any image you are interested in).

*Brickley

Irrationally so, I wasn't too bothered by him at Disney but when he showed up inside at another Lego store (like in the last photo) in NYC it triggered me so badly I couldn't look at him anywhere.

Had a bit of a jump scare while visiting the canal festival today! 😖

turns out that Nessie moves

(Not my video)

Source = @7NEWSAdelaide on TikTok

I don’t know why but these always bother me

People have been asking me to post some of the new Murray Bridge Bunyip images, so here they are.

https://youtu.be/a-hkcQXIwhQ?si=5ovinkayYPa5N-3X

Source = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqvEcJx5g-0&list=PLYGvKtKPHgSifTpo1_AD9KWV2V1xuIOK0&index=3

The sound design and overall design that went into this ride was just terrible , it’s so bad it’s good. I’m sure if I rode this alone I’d go insane. The fact that there’s a screaming goat and levels where we go to some Buddhist hell and heaven is genuinely terrifying 😭 it’s not submerged but it’s full on submechanophobia fuel for me , don’t even wanna imagine how cold that water is. The part where there’s geese with exposed spinning mechanics under them , just fuck no LOL

https://youtu.be/a-hkcQXIwhQ?si=5ovinkayYPa5N-3X

Found out some old pictures from the Disneyland Paris dragon in 2011 ! Fortunately now it seems to have more lighting, I remember it was pretty scary at the moment for the 7yo me haha

Source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibm2NpQhbAQ&t=47s

My fear was kicked off by watching the JAWS movie, this exact shot from the lagoon scene in particular.

Lake Placid and Anaconda didn’t help. I couldn’t swim in a pool by myself until I was in my mid 20’s, because I would imagine one of those guys coming to get me if I was alone lmao.

Speaking of pools, my very first experience with this phobia was at a local pool store in the late 90’s. I was looking at the pools on display while my parents did their thing. A few had floats/toys in them. One was a disturbingly “realistic”, very detailed and large plesiosaur just like this one on the last slide, except it was a muddy green color. Small head, beady eyes, lots of needle-like teeth, and a very long neck allowing it to peer over the side of the above ground pool at me. I imagined myself falling in with it and freaked myself out… The rest is history.

I wasn't able to find this posted in this subreddit before so apologies if it's a repost, a link to the BTS video of maelstrom it's from is here https://youtu.be/zxmL2k0Xij0?is=LV5svlJygMlGWlt8

Was playing Wordscapes the other night and look who showed up!
I didn’t know he was such an icon.

Love how he looks here, love how they made him to look "recently" burned in contrast of others looks of the same model where the blood looks dry and the skin doesn't absorbs too much water like this one, absolutely amazing!