People Are Sharing Their Megalophobia Moments, And Here Are 50 Pics That Creeped Them Out (New Pics)
People can be afraid of many things, from darkness to spiders, to you name it. Some of these fears are totally irrational, others come from our childhoods and creep in well into our adult lives. One of such bizarre fears is megalophobia.
Think of large objects like huge cruise ships, animals, skyscrapers, underwater structures, and even statues. Now imagine how’d they look if they were bigger. If the thought of it makes your hair stand on your arm, you may also have some traits of megalophobia.
And this subreddit named r/Megalophobia puts a test on your fear of large objects because it offers one hell of a collection. “A place to post images of all things large, particularly ones that are "triggers" for those with megalophobia,” says their description and 430k devoted members are nodding their heads. Scroll down and upvote the most triggering images below!
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Statue Of Poseidon In Spain
I Don't Want To See This When I Go Hiking
This Art Installation
This is Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Florida. This sculpture, titled "Home" is not completely installed yet. I can't wait for the opening!
Namib Desert Meets Atlantic Ocean
Underwater Waterfall Near Ile Maurice
Frozen Waves In Antarctica
A Rare Optic Sight, The "Brocken Spectre," Which Occurs When A Person Stands At A Higher Altitude In The Mountains And Sees His Shadow Cast On A Cloud At A Lower Altitude
The Swedish Warship Vasa
The Sheer Size Of The Pacific
A Truly Astounding Image. A Street In Macau With The Grand Lisboa Casino Looming In The Background
Looks almost like a video game where you know that's where the final boss battle will be.
This Sinkhole In Guatemala City
A Mountain In Iceland
All The Vastness Of The Canadian Rockies As Seen From 8,000ft Above Kananaski Country
The Naga Cave In Thailand Looks Like A Giant Petrified Snake
Monster Of A Machine
Vintage Photo Of A Working Horse
That's a mighty Clydesdale, the greatest breed of horses. They live only about 15 years though, shorter than most other breeds.
Almost Looks Like If You Tripped You’d Roll Forever Into The Icy Horizon
Mirny, Russia, Diamond Mining Town
Helicopters or planes can't fly too close directly over it, bc of them getting sucked down into it, due to how it produces its own vortex!😳
Weta Workshop's Realistic Giants For The Dubai Expo
WOW! The intricate details in the texture of his skin!!! What a talented artist!!!!!
A British Scientist Descending Into An Antarctic Crevasse
Behold The Largest Animal To Ever Live
A School Of Fish
This May Be The Largest Turtle Ever Recorded On Camera
Show Me What You Got
Titanic vs. The Largest Modern Cruise Ships
Why the hell do people want to holiday on these monsters. Docking at small islands and polluting our oceans.
Ship Breaking. One Of The Most Dangerous Jobs In The World
It’s usually done in poorer countries such as India and parts of Africa, the job has literally no safety requirements or protection from falls or dismemberment. Bosses buy the ships on contract hiring as many labourers as possible to break down the ship as fast as possible to make profit off the scrap. Most common deaths are falls, getting crushed and asphyxiation from using cutting torches in closed spaces. Most workers get paid Pennies per hour. If the worker survive long enough as a ship breaker they often end up with terrible illnesses from toxic exposure to chemicals or materials.
Within The Waves
Colossal Underbelly Of An Iceberg
For some reason, I see a massive frog in the middle.. anyone else see that??? I mean the eye is.. kinda perfect! Right..??
Proposed 400-Foot Human-Shaped Electricity Pylons In Iceland
What You're Looking At Is The Largest Heart On Earth, The Heart From A Blue Whale !
An Average Blue Whale's Heart Is About 4 Feet Wide, And 5 Feet Tall. (1.2 M/1.5 M) The Heart Itself Weighs Over 400 Pounds! (182 Kg)
A Bridge That Also Served As A Prison. Ronda, Spain
Shelf Cloud In South Jersey At June 21 2017
World's Largest Log Cabin
I'm sorry, but I think this thread is ridiculous. We do plenty of environmental devastation for no good reason, let's get mad at that! But getting mad at someone for building a house, from sustainable materials, is to me mind-boggling (and hypocritical, unless one doesn't live in a house themselves).
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It was built for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition of 1905. It used hundred of old growth trees from the area, including 54 hand-selected, 6-foot diameter, unpeeled Douglas Fir tree trunks supporting a two-story central colonnade. It featured exhibits about the logging industry, local flora and fauna and Native American artifacts. After the Expo, it was purchased by the city and left in a state of disrepair for about 50 years. It was finally refurbished in the late 50s/early 60s, but the outdated electrical wiring started a fire and burned it to the ground in 1964.
That it was built in the first place doesn't bother me as even trees that live to a great age die eventually. What does bother me is that it wasn't put to good use afterwards and when it was finally refurbished they didn't do anything about updating the original wiring. Just goes to show how often stupid people get into power.
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Ummm.. poor trees? I mean, this looks to be a century old and probably kept many ppl alive during the Oregon winters and all the wildlife. Although, I do understand your thought abt losing the trees.. but it obviously kept a family alive out there. I just hope that thing is still standing! Wld make a nice bed and breakfast place.
It was built for an expo in 1905 to show off the Pacific Northwest’s logging industry’s prowess (and excesses). It never housed anyone, and stood empty and in disrepair for most of its existence.
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Good grief. How many trees died to create this? And no, I'm no tree hugger but this is just outrageous.
We always wreck the beauty in nature. SHAME OF THE HUMAN RACE BIG TIME
It was built in 1905 for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and Oriental Fair. After the fair it was donated to the city and then burned in 1964 by a fire of unknown origin. You can find more about the current World Forestry Center and the history of the old building. https://www.worldforestry.org/about-us/history/
Don't plan your road trip to see it, the whole cabin burned to the ground on August 17th, 1964.
disgusting that they thought that they had the right to destroy all these beautiful trees. the arrogance of too many human is appalling.
If they knew then what we know now, maybe they'd leave those trees alone.
I think, we need to focus on doing better at the present time and learning from past misdemeanours instead of arguing about something that vanished in 1964. I think the amount of non-recyclable waste (including various building materials) we are leaving behind today has a much more devastating consequences than the topic being discussed here. On the other hand such a waste of those ancient trees for a very temporary purpose is very sad, Even though the circumstances back then is a bit unclear.
The Fact That Elephant Seals Grow Up To 13 Feet And 4500 Pounds Blew Me Away
Esso Hibernia Tanker Under Construction UK 1970
Entrance To A Furniture Store
Because Why Not
Demolition Of Cockenzie Power Station, Scotland, 2015
St. Peters Basilica, People For Scale
Kitty Are You Okay
Felt Like A Cool Image
Giant Iceberg, Iceberg Alley Canada
One of the few "touristy" things that I did when I worked in Canada. Was well worth it.
The Captive Orca Tilikum Looking At Its Trainers
There Have Only Been 4 Human Deaths Caused By Orcas As Of 2019, And Tilikum Was Responsible For 3 Of Them
Earthquake In Kobe 1995
Enormous Sheet Of Ice Floating Away Unassumingly
Aerium In Berlin, Germany. Built In 1938. (Left Corner: People For Scale)
This One Does It For Me
View Near The Chongqing Megastructure
The Largest Hotel In The World, With A Staggering 10,000 Rooms Is Currently Under Construction In Saudi Arabia
I'm Honestly Surprised That This Nightmare From The 2012 London Olympics Never Found Its Way Here
Note: this post originally had 138 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
I discoverd a new phobia of mine - no, not megalowhatsitsname but the fear of pictures without context. There were quite a lot in this list...
That waterfall is scary, and the kitty dunno what happened to it, hope it is safe in the end. If you know you are living that high, should have install a pigeon net, or get a cat enclosure geez!!
Something tells me the cat is fully aware of how to safely get back to wherever it wants. It just won the “find the highest spot to look down on humans with a smug sense of superiority” contest.
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ok, i've got a question for bored panda stuff: is it really that hard to check the truth of what you write?! it became very common you post misinformation! now "underwater waterfall", "frozen waves" - just google to check, you don't have to read seven scientific papers to find out if it is or isn't true...
It's because they just repost s**t from Reddit 90% of the time.
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I've had megalophobia, as well as claustrophobia, since I was two years old---68 years of both things now---and man, can it be a challenge if I'm stupid enough to go someplace where something huge is, and I'm not expecting it. The sheer size of something can trigger a panic attack that's strongly compounded by the desperate fear that I'm being trapped by that enormity....not fun to live with, not at all.
i must not have megalophobia, or only very specific triggers for it. i don't want to be anywhere near a whale, even a skeleton. the "approach" distance for planets scares me in movies (before you get into the atmosphere), and anything closer than our moon tends to bother me if i'm allowed to focus on it. i've had bad dreams where there were multiple planets or moons hanging very very close in the sky. but most of these images didn't do anything for me.
Some of "astonishing" images taken with tele zoom lens. That makes large objects on the background look really enormous and unrealistic compare to what they really are. or bringing horizon closer to the forefront Just optical effects.
I discoverd a new phobia of mine - no, not megalowhatsitsname but the fear of pictures without context. There were quite a lot in this list...
That waterfall is scary, and the kitty dunno what happened to it, hope it is safe in the end. If you know you are living that high, should have install a pigeon net, or get a cat enclosure geez!!
Something tells me the cat is fully aware of how to safely get back to wherever it wants. It just won the “find the highest spot to look down on humans with a smug sense of superiority” contest.
Load More Replies... ok, i've got a question for bored panda stuff: is it really that hard to check the truth of what you write?! it became very common you post misinformation! now "underwater waterfall", "frozen waves" - just google to check, you don't have to read seven scientific papers to find out if it is or isn't true...
It's because they just repost s**t from Reddit 90% of the time.
Load More Replies... I've had megalophobia, as well as claustrophobia, since I was two years old---68 years of both things now---and man, can it be a challenge if I'm stupid enough to go someplace where something huge is, and I'm not expecting it. The sheer size of something can trigger a panic attack that's strongly compounded by the desperate fear that I'm being trapped by that enormity....not fun to live with, not at all.
i must not have megalophobia, or only very specific triggers for it. i don't want to be anywhere near a whale, even a skeleton. the "approach" distance for planets scares me in movies (before you get into the atmosphere), and anything closer than our moon tends to bother me if i'm allowed to focus on it. i've had bad dreams where there were multiple planets or moons hanging very very close in the sky. but most of these images didn't do anything for me.
Some of "astonishing" images taken with tele zoom lens. That makes large objects on the background look really enormous and unrealistic compare to what they really are. or bringing horizon closer to the forefront Just optical effects.
