# Is there anything you're so scared of that you can't look at a picture of it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-youre-so-scared-of-that-you-cant-look-at-a-picture-of-it/483965 "2009-02-01T07:41:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-youre-so-scared-of-that-you-cant-look-at-a-picture-of-it/483965/81 "2009-02-03T19:27:52Z")
All this talk about spiders and nobody has mentioned the infamous “Clock Spider” picture?? For those of you who have never heard of this web-famous picture, google it. I dare not link to it mysef because it would mean subjecting myself to horror yet again. I’m not generally scared of pictures of anything, but that is the most horrifiying thing I’ve ever seen (and you can’t even really see the spider!). ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-youre-so-scared-of-that-you-cant-look-at-a-picture-of-it/483965/82 "2009-02-03T19:30:46Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > Funny… when I look at that, I just think, “Get me a big tub of boiling water, a nut cracker and some drawn butter… yum!” A nut cracker? It’s a fucking alien. It can crush coconuts with its bare claws; I’m a 6 foot guy and it takes me three or four swings with a hammer to even crack one. If you’re planning on eating one of those, you’d better kill it first shot, preferably with an anti-tank rifle, 'cos you wouldn’t want to just piss it off. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-youre-so-scared-of-that-you-cant-look-at-a-picture-of-it/483965/83 "2009-02-03T19:38:29Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I’m terrified of heights. The thought of looking over the roof edge of a skyscraper sends me into a blind panic. Ever since 9/11, I feel a disturbing sense of apprehension whenever a TV show (usually a crime drama like Law & Order or CSI) shows an aerial shot of Manhattan looking straight down. They only last a second or two, but if they lasted any longer I think I would feel compelled to look away. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-youre-so-scared-of-that-you-cant-look-at-a-picture-of-it/483965/84 "2009-02-03T19:47:59Z")
> [@Joey\_Tightlips](#): > > All this talk about spiders and nobody has mentioned the infamous “Clock Spider” picture?? For those of you who have never heard of this web-famous picture, google it. I dare not link to it mysef because it would mean subjecting myself to horror yet again. > > I’m not generally scared of pictures of anything, but that is the most horrifiying thing I’ve ever seen (and you can’t even really see the spider!). You think I’m googling that shit? Description, please! ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-youre-so-scared-of-that-you-cant-look-at-a-picture-of-it/483965/85 "2009-02-03T19:52:53Z")
> [@bluecanary](#): > > [This](http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/peppers.asp) picture of Brian Peppers on Snopes freaked me out like nothing else before or since, and I refuse to look at it again. Seriously. Don’t know why, I had no idea I was scared of deformed faces until I saw that. > > Edit: I hope that link works - I ain’t clicking on it to make sure! Why do you hate us? Jesus Christ! Yeah, I’ll sleep well all alone in my new place tonight! ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-youre-so-scared-of-that-you-cant-look-at-a-picture-of-it/483965/86 "2009-02-03T19:57:15Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > You think I’m googling that shit? Description, please! Think of one of those generic wall clocks you spent hours staring at in school while waiting for the bell to ring. Imagine a few loooong hairy legs sticking out from behind that clock, making it obvious that there’s a spider back there at least as big in diameter (legwise) as the clock itself. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-youre-so-scared-of-that-you-cant-look-at-a-picture-of-it/483965/87 "2009-02-03T19:58:34Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > You think I’m googling that shit? Description, please! Oh, the description is nothing so bad at all, that’s where they get you. It is quite simply a picture of a wall clock with a spider behind it (such that you can only see a few legs). Seriously that’s all it is, may Cecil himself ban me if I’m lying. However the horror that viewing the picture leads to, I can not overstate. The very thought of it still gives me shivers. (come on, you know you’re going to look it up, just get it over with) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-youre-so-scared-of-that-you-cant-look-at-a-picture-of-it/483965.md?page=4)