Everyone has things they are afraid of. Most people fear death, the loss of a loved one, getting hurt, or losing everything they have. But have you ever had a fear that will stop you dead in your tracks, like something inside of you just can’t seem to deal with whatever it is? or am I the only one, as Mellissa Etheridge says in her song?
Whoever said you have nothing to fear except fear itself must have NEVER gone to Australia! Because it is the home of the 3 things I am most terrified of…. spiders (like tranula-sized), snakes (I don’t understand, and I don’t want to know how or why Eve spoke to one in the Bible), and alligators/crocodiles. Again, this is the last place I want to visit!
Australia has over 10,000 different spider species. 10,000! The Golden Huntsman (just the name alone is terrifying) can have a length span of 19 cm or more! They lay egg sacs the size of golf balls. I have no desire to see these creatures, even if they are harmless. I guarantee you that if Wilber ( from Charlotte’s Web) saw one of these, he wouldn’t have had a conversation with it.
Snakes here, snakes there, snakes everywhere. I’m not exaggerating! Australia has over 200 kinds! (Can you say not today, satan? lol) How many of those 200 are poisonous? Again, don’t want to know. I can’t even see snakes at a zoo without hyperventilating, so to know these things sneak into your toilet or car. Um, no! Imagine that for a moment, you have to go to the bathroom really badly and can’t because there is a snake in your toilet. Um, no, thank you!
But the animal I’m most terrified of is alligators/crocodiles. When I say terrified, I mean I can’t even watch a video on TikTok about one. I once saw a video where a man had taken his young son fishing for the first time, and he was so excited to see that he caught a big fish…. it was an alligator. I threw my phone at my husband and said, “Make it go away.” For weeks, I had nightmares about that. When I went on a cruise with my husband and best friends, the ship stopped in South Carolina. We went to see this beautiful historical mansion, and they have ponds (on purpose) full of gators. The slaves would have to walk between these two ponds late at night and early in the morning to get home. Um no, no and heck no!
There are only a few things that would make me second-guess myself. I would love to see Kola bears in their natural habitat. I would also love to meet Steve Irwin’s family. Because I love how they have kept his passion and legacy going. But, as amazing as that would be, I still have no desire to see Australia. They would have to come knock on my door (scary animals free) for me to meet them.
Where are you afraid to travel to and why?
The Girl Who Couldn't Fit into A Box 
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