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
My money's on Cthulu and Amber Heard's career. 😉
Load More Replies...Found in Mauritius. It's an illusion- the movement of silt and sand creates this view, due to the currents.
You can swim across it (if one was inclined too, I'll take a pass thanks)
Load More Replies...Actually, this is an optical illusion. We're looking at the trails of sand and silt deposits on the seabed being washed by ocean currents through an opening between coral reefs. But at first glance, it looks like the ocean is pouring into some massive unseen hole. Source: https://peapix.com/bing/34063
Terrifying!! I literally can’t even look at this picture! I had to scroll past quickly to post😟
The description is false. It is not an underwater waterfall. It's just an optical illusion and I wish bored Panda did their research before posting people's fake pics
OK - THIS is scary. Because it looks like the world sprang a leak there and it is all oozing into the Beyond...
Anyone notice the hilly thingy with the big, black, gaping hole in its side? Now, that bothers me.
think it should say near Mauritius which is the islands actual name
as someone who has a fascination with waterfalls, I'd love to see this in person
I have never seen an underwater waterfall before, but now that I have, I can say with confidence that they are terrifying.
Cleo Sertori's powers have become out of control. ( H20, mermaid with water powers. )
It's just an optical illusion, created by sand and silt.
Load More Replies...Paulo, this is truly not a real waterfall but instead an optical illusion created by a natural phenomenon. The sand and silt that runs of the coastline of the island the combination of underwater currents creates the illusion of a waterfall: https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/underwater-waterfall-mauritius/
Load More Replies...real but it's not an underwater waterfall, it's the sand and silt sediments which are in perpetual movement
Load More Replies...This is not an actual waterfall, but an illusion created by the constant moving of silt and sediment
How am I supposed to continue scrolling (this is currently number 1) when my heart just leapt into my throat?! This is why swimming in the ocean terrifies and thrills me. Well, this and sharks, of course.
That is so cool! But, is it safe to cross? Like if I was in a boat? I have a fear of deep water though so I would probably never do it. It's pretty though.
This is great! (I suppose the picture has beeen photoshopped and you can't see this with such detail from the air)
It’s actually an optical illusion and not a true waterfall. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/underwater-waterfall-mauritius/
Load More Replies...Please stop spamming these discussions. This is the 20th cut-and-paste of this exact message on BP today.
Load More Replies...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
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.
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.
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.