Why the Deep Sea Frightens Us

When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. An exploration of the leviathans that swim in the deep sea, and why the human mind fears the uncharted depths. --- Thumbnail Art Credit: Matt Millard - Miller’s art based on a concept by Denis Loebner - SCP-3000 Short Film Credit: ForlornFoundry - @ForlornFoundry The Colossal Eel Credit: 3D Print Guy - @3DPrintGuy The term ‘Thalassophobia’ means ‘An intense fear of deep water.’ It is one of the most primal and understandable phobias — for the dark abyss has always been a birthplace of monsters. Lurking below the waves are not only bizarre species known to science — but a vast multitude of imagined leviathans. Something about the fathomless void floods the human mind with visions of nightmarish creatures, which have scared and fascinated us since we first gazed into the deep. So,