How do you feel when you imagine being submerged in water? Is your inner mermaid thrilled by the idea (wish I could be part of that woooooorld), or do you consider yourself much more of a land creature? If thinking about ships and submarines that are resting peacefully at the bottom of the ocean brings you immense anxiety, you just might have submechanophobia. (Try saying that 5 times fast!)
This phobia, or the fear of submerged man-made objects, has an entire subreddit dedicated to it. From photos of flooded cities to pics of underwater buildings, we’ve gathered some of the most frightening and fascinating posts from r/Submechanophobia that just might give you something new to be scared of. So strap on your snorkeling gear, or your life-vest if you’d prefer to stay above water, and enjoy this deep dive into the phobia of all things submerged.
Keep reading to also find an interview we were lucky enough to receive from Milena Spirova, the woman behind The Shipyard blog, and be sure to upvote the photos that give you the heebie-jeebies. Let us know in the comments if you think you might have submechanophobia yourself, and then if you’d like to swim even deeper down the rabbit hole of this curious phobia, you can find Bored Panda’s last article featuring this subreddit right here!
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#1 This Statue Disappearing Into The Waves
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#2 Underwater Diving Museum In Cyprus
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#3 Victors Way Sculpture Park. County Wicklow, Ireland
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#4 Louisiana, Untouched Since Katrina
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#5 Funny How A Single Chain Can Freak Us Out
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#6 A Coat Still Hanging Inside Uss Arizona
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#7 Lake Mead. Not Only Is The 2021 Pic Bad News, But Also Creeps Me Out
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#8 Ancient Relics Rediscovered Off The Coast Of Egypt
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#9 Old Pier Piece That Looks Just Like A Hand. It Is Larger Than It Looks
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#10 The Hoover Dam Spill Way.. 50 Feet Wide, 600 Feet Deep.. I Cant Stop Thinking About Falling In…
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#11 Sitting In A Sunken Commercial Airplane
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#12 Train Tracks Disappearing Into Lake Tahoe, Ca
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#13 The Vastness Of Fishermen’s Nets
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#14 Flooded Autopsy Theatre In The Basement Of A Charity Hospital
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#15 Underwater Dragon Statue
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#16 “A Pool With Holes” I Saw This And I Thought Y’all Would Have Something To Say About This
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#17 Pedestrian Passageway Flooded After Recent Rains In Shizuoka, Japan
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#18 Friendly Reminder That There Is A Jason Vorhees Statue At The Bottom Of A Minnesota Lake
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#19 “Ocean Atlas” The Largest Single Underwater Sculpture. Nassau, Bahamas
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#20 Creepy Lady Of The Lake Statue In Shrewsbury
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#21 Century Old Sunken Ship Preserved In Perfect Condition Beneath Lake Superior
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#22 Reservoir Overflow In Armenia. These Have Always Fascinated And Scared Me Since I Was A Kid
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#23 Flooded Cemeteries. I Don’t Even Want To Look At The Picture
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#24 Aftermath Of Amoco Cadiz Sinking
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#25 The Costa Concordia Wreck Gives Me Chills…
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#26 Submerged Tanks
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#27 Motorboat Nearly Swept Over A Dam Spillway In Texas
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#28 A Japanese House Floating In The Pacific Ocean After The 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake And Tsunami
Image source: thatguykeith
#29 The Only Thing Left Above Water Of The Venezuelan City Of Potosi, Is The Top Of The Churches Bell Tower
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#30 Stairwell That Leads To Creepy Underwater Cave
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#31 Somewhere In The North Sea
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#32 The ‘Ghost Fleet’ Of Mallows Bay, Maryland. A Fleet Of Hundreds Of American Ships Built Of Wood Due To Wartime Steel Shortages. Most Of These Ships Were Obsolete Upon Project Completion After The End Of The War And Left To Rot
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#33 Reservoir Overspill
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#34 Scrolling Through Listings Of Houses For Sale. Found This In The Basement
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#35 Literally My Worst Fear. Queen Mary Propellor Room
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#36 A Church Underwater, Located In Llsesee Via Undertow_photography
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#37 Tonnes Of Nuclear Waste – Sellafield UK
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#38 Exposed Shipwreck In Scotland
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#39 The Edmund Fitzgerald, What Remains Of It Today At The Bottom Of Lake Superior
Image source: Thecoastercactus
#40 After Walking 50m In To A Narrow, 150 Year Old Gold Mine, This Vertical Shaft Emerges
Image source: Responsible_Shake_83
#41 Sailor Waiting To Be Rescued From His Sinking Ship
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#42 Abandoned Rollercoaster
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#43 Flooded Beer Brewery Under Kőbánya, Budapest, Hungary
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#44 One Of The Water Tunnels Inside Diablo Dam In Washington
Image source: Hard_Rock_Hallelujah
#45 Water Ride From A (Now Closed) Italian Theme Park
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#46 Cleveland Ledge Lighthouse, Falmouth, Massachusetts
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#47 Went Past A Wind Turbine Farm On A Cruise. My Other Half Was Terrified!
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#48 Apparently This Submerged Little Guy Was Found After 20 Years
Image source: BlueRaptorLea
#49 This Pool Is The Most Unsettling Pool I’ve Seen In Real Life
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#50 An Underground Spillway, Part Of The G-Cans Project
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