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Just shake hands ... I mean ... tentacles ;-)
Well, if you have that kind of fear of water please stand down wind. I'm guessing that you're pretty rank.
Quote from: Mr_C on June 12, 2017, 12:47:08 AM
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Speaking of "Stranger Things"...
Quote from: Mr_C on June 12, 2017, 12:47:08 AM
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That's what happens when you cross the streams!
I don't get it...
Quote from: Shiranu on June 12, 2017, 09:57:33 PM
I don't get it...
Just any time I get into a large body of water where I can't see what's below me, I imagine some awful creepy-crawly thing ready to get me.
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Huh
Here's a guy who hopes there's something like that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxa6P73Awcg
Quote from: Unbeliever on June 12, 2017, 10:08:33 PM
Here's a guy who hopes there's something like that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxa6P73Awcg
[emoji15] That's pretty amazing. I'm gonna have to share that!
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I'd be much more fearful in shallow waters where large man eating creatures frequent such as crocodiles and large alligators..
I remember thumbing through Louisiana years ago in swamplands. I always kept a big flashlight on hand and one night I was really tired until I spotted those eyes glowing back at me. I opted to just stay awake that night and just keep going instead of pitching my tent and becoming alligator bait.. I was no Amos Moses.
https://youtu.be/cXk9qywB6Kg
Sometimes in swimming pools I'll get a flashback of a shark movie or a bad dream about sharks, so I look around just to make sure there are none in the pool.
I'm far more concerned about undertow than I am creatures. Statistics, and all that...
Quote from: Shiranu on June 12, 2017, 11:37:46 PM
I'm far more concerned about undertow than I am creatures. Statistics, and all that...
That's fair. I have a general phobia of getting in the sea
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Quote from: Shiranu on June 12, 2017, 11:37:46 PM
I'm far more concerned about undertow than I am creatures. Statistics, and all that...
Don't try to swim in the ocean ... I tried and it didn't work out so well. This woman kept trying to swim up to me and bite me on my ...
Quote from: Mr_C on June 12, 2017, 11:39:13 PM
That's fair. I have a general phobia of getting in the sea
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You are wiser than you think. Beach sand is enough for me. Don't know how surfers survive in the surf.
Meh, I love swimming in the ocean. Haven't surfed too much, but it was fun.
Quote from: Shiranu on June 13, 2017, 01:21:01 AM
Meh, I love swimming in the ocean. Haven't surfed too much, but it was fun.
Twenty years in the USN. If I'd been afraid of water I'd have missed so much. Like swimming in Shark Channel and suddenly finding myself escorted by about thirty barracudas. Awesome.
I haven't swum in natural water since the day I got leeches between my toes and discovered a snapping turtle swimming next to me!
Quote from: Cavebear on June 18, 2017, 02:30:36 AM
I haven't swum in natural water since the day I got leeches between my toes and discovered a snapping turtle swimming next to me!
I only seen a snapping turtle once (river in N California). I got out real quick when he noticed me and headed for my trunks! Damn gay turtles!
Quote from: Mr_C on June 12, 2017, 10:01:03 PMJust any time I get into a large body of water where I can't see what's below me, I imagine some awful creepy-crawly thing ready to get me.
I'm the opposite. I love murky ocean water and generally am not nervous about what's below the surface. I recently went to the beach and was disappointed to spot only a few minnows, some gulls, and the occasional pelican. The waters were calm and worryingly empty.
A few years ago, I tried to body surf a wave and I saw a dogfish (a very small shark) swim by. I tried to stay out of its way but otherwise ignored it. I think about them the same way I'd think about a deer or eagle or any other potential but unlikely animal threat: use some level of caution (don't try to grab it or anything) but don't live in fear of it, either.
Except for the occasional red tide, jellyfish convention, oil spill, rip current, poor water quality, hurricane, and/or lightning strike, the water's just fine.