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 Coprophobia more commonly known as the fear of feces, crap, poop, dung... you get the picture. People with this fear go out of their way avoid contact with feces, or anything the resembles feces, and often try to avoid seeing feces. The word comes from the Greek "kopros" meaning dung, and "phobos" meaning fear. This fear is thought to develop through negative experiences in ones past. As feces is commonly considered as messy, dirty, and stinky, it is generally something to avoid. Many with bacteriophobia (fear germs) many possess this fear as well as feces is associated with germs and bacteria. People with this fear will often avoid public restrooms, or parks where animal feces may be found or encountered. Extreme cases of Coprophobia may cause one to try and not use the restroom or go less frequently than is healthy. Extreme cases often require medication and therapy as defecation is a natural body function.
For this cache you will have to Face Your Fear. If you don't already know what to expect by now you are going to be in for a shock when you get to ground zero. Dr. Evil recently acquired a geo-puppy that gives Dr. Evil plenty of....material....for this hide. Good luck! Gloves are not needed, but you will likely think to the contrary. Is it real or is it fake? That is the million dollar question.
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NOTICE: Please be respectful of the posted park hours. If you enter the park after hours you are trespassing. If you are stopped you can be ticketed or arrested and will put the future of geocaching in the parks in jeopardy. Special permission to hide caches in St. Louis County parks is NOT needed as long as the Groundspeak rules are followed. "Blanket Permission" has been worked out in advance with the park service. DO NOT CALL THE PARK as they cannot handle the calls. The Groundspeak cache reviewer does need to know exactly how and where the caches are hidden and what type of containers are used. The geocaching liaisons will notify the park service of new caches. Remember NO AMMO BOXES or PVC PIPE caches.
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