Dr. Evil's Face Your Fears series of caches will highlight common phobias (fears) that many people have towards common everyday things or objects. Some phobias are steeped in years of conditioning and survival instinct. Some fears come from childhood experiences. Some fears are just irrational but cause anxiety and reaction nonetheless. Dr. Evil thought it would be interesting to create some caches just to see how cachers react to certain phobias. Each of the caches are designed to exploit, expose, and trigger a phobia response (assuming the cacher has that phobia). Many cachers will have no issues with these caches and some may decide to just DNF and walk away. Dr. Evil may add to the series from time to time as he gets a notion to. Good luck facing your fears!
This cache is Pediophobia. No it is not a fear of children, but rather the extreme fear of dolls. Many movies have exploited this fear, and many of the same movies have created this fear. Chucky in 'Child's Play' ring a bell with anyone? This fear includes a fear of any humanoid-like objects like mannequins, marionettes, wax figures, animatronics, and even ventriloquist's dummies. Many adult suffers of Pediphobia also suffer from a fear of little children. While dolls in reality are child's play things, but many people find them creepy, especially when found in large quantities. Most believe this fear is learned behavior possibly triggered by some negative or traumatic event in one's past.
Symptoms of Pediophobia may include a rapid heart rate, dizziness, hot or cold flashes, chest pain or tightening of the chest, a feeling of choking, trembling, sweating, nausea, or inability to think or act rationally. For individuals with an extreme case even just talking or thinking about dolls or humanoid figures can trigger a response.
For this cache you will have to Face Your Fear. Cache is a micro sized container hidden on a doll in the woods.
Congrats to RebelPenguin and PaulGracie on the FTF!!
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