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Phobia about holes is not officially recognized, but UK scientists look into it

• halbermensch 14y ago
  Have to admit I'm not exactly afraid... but kinda spooked out by those dried lotus seedpods
  • georgemcbay 14y ago
    Same here. I don't have an issue with holes in general but those lotus seedpod things are kind of creepy.
  • rdtsc 14y ago
    There is something mildly disturbing about it and I can't figure out why. I try to sort of will it way and then I kept clicking and looking back it, but it still bothers me.
• Feint1 14y ago
  I actually have a phobia of lotus plants. It was bad enough that I couldn't look at that picture without almost passing out. (It would have been nice if you'd put a warning in the title). I can't really explain why it has such an affect on me, but it's pretty nice to know I'm not alone.
• fabricode 14y ago
  Maybe because scary things crawl out of dark holes? Because you can drop things into holes & not get them out? Because you can hurt your little finger putting it into holes where it doesn't belong? How about Flash Gordon's Trial by Treebeast?