Did you recoil at the sweeping shipwreck scenes in Titanic? Do you have nightmares about the spacecraft cemetery? Does the Little Mermaid's grotto make you wish you weren't a part of this world If so, congratulations! You may have Submechanophobia.
Defined as "a fear of submerged human-made objects, either partially or entirely underwater," per Wikipedia, this fear is just as strange as it is common, with countless people fearing what, exactly we've done to alter our already mysterious oceans. From nuclear reactors to sunken airplanes, here are 21 terrifying photos that will give you Submechanophobia.
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“Was told to post this photo from the wreck of HMHS Britannic.”
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“Two divers on the Britannic, the world largest known shipwreck.”
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“Sitting in the engine of a sunken L-1011.”
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“The pool that ‘The Little Mermaid’ live action was filming in.”
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“MV Princess of the Stars. A Passenger Ferry that Capsized and Sank in the Philippines During the Typhoon Fenghen of 2008. 814 People died."
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“Staten Island boat graveyard. Would you go swimming there?”
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“This whole Titanic submarine thing has really got me freaked out. The idea that there is a massive sunken ship just laying miles down in the ocean is so horrifying.”
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“Shipwreck in Tobermory, Ontario, Canada.”
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“Wreckage of TransAir Flight 810.”
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“Fun fact of the day: Nuclear power plants are submerged in giant pools of water.”
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“Universal Studios Water World set drained.”
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“The deteriorating condition of B-427 as it progressively gets worse with each and every passing day. my pics, June 2023.”
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“Advanced Test Reactor core, Idaho National Laboratory.”
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“The WW1 submarine HMAS J7, sitting amidst the sprawling stone docks of the yacht club that grew around it. Melbourne, Australia.”
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“Went to the Pearl Harbor Memorial the other day, what’s left of U.S.S Arizona.”
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“I remember visiting the queen Mary a while back and seeing this. It made my skin crawl and I didn't know why.”
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“This scary thing is too close to my home.”
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“The abandoned and ripped-apart wreck of the Ocean Liner SS. America.”
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“Kid in my area got paid to drive his car into the ocean.”
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“MS World Discoverer was a cruise ship designed for and built by Schichau Unterweser, Germany in 1974. In 2000, the ship struck an underwater obstacle and was damaged; it was subsequently grounded – to prevent sinking – and abandoned in the Solomon Islands.”
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“Some pipe from my local zoo.”
