What would you say is your strangest phobia?
While fears of spiders, heights and small spaces are relatively common, some Lincolnshire residents are plagued by much rarer phobias which leave them in fear of puffins, inflatables, pencils, baked beans, and mannequins.
Beth Freer, 24, said although she has one of the more common fears of spiders, she also has some “weird phobias”. “Another weird phobia I have is large plastic sheets like tarpaulins or swimming pool covers, to the point I won’t go swimming or to someone’s house if decorators are there."Beth continued: “Another one is inflatables. Christmas time with people with big inflatable Santas and reindeers nearly kills me off every year.
“Luckily apart from spiders, they’re all easily avoidable so they don’t really affect me - and if they have, I will sit after and laugh at myself for being scared of such stupid things.”Susan Bradby, 68, says she has been afraid of puffins for “as long as I can remember” and also has a fear of spiders.
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