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Originally Posted by Cohaagen
I thought I was the only one who had this odd phobia!
I think it stems from when I was a small child. I was fascinated by the sea and my father bought me Robert Ballard's book on the wreck of the Titanic, which he had recently discovered. I literally had to cover my eyes every time I turned a page, and gradually peek at the photographs one section at a time. Over 20 years later it still frightens me, especially that famous shot of the ship's bow looming into view out of the darkness. Shipwrecks, particularly warship wrecks, alternately fascinate and terrify me. There is a photograph of the wreck of the Karlsruhe, sunk at Jutland, which shows a part of the ship where there are a number of human skulls amongst the wreckage - it is one of the most horrifying things I've ever seen, but every so often I have to look at it!
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Do you remember that photo from TITANIC that shows a pair of leather boots lying on the bottom? You can tell they were worn by a victim and after all these years lying on the bottom all that is left of the man is his boots.