Why do pylons freak me out?

[ohflowerofscotland]

Just read a thread where OP was querying buying a house near a pylon.

Do they freak anyone else out? I just looked at a picture of once and it really scared me!

They are a bit scary and dystopian looking.

I like them though (from a fair distance). Been fascinated by them since I was little.

@JasonColbyStankers Isn't any round where I live, thank god! Any man made large object gives me the heebies.

They bother me. I wouldn't buy a house near them, nor near an electricity substation.

I recently had a job interview at a place where there were pylons situated nearby and it put me off accepting the job!!

I don't know what it is about them that weirds. Wind turbines also

Weirds me out*

Same, I read a book once where a woman was effected, think Phil Rickman. Maybe it's a hangover from the tripods which scared the fuck outta me as a kid.

I recently heard of a proper name being given to the notion of being freaked out by large structures. Can't remember the name now, but I think it planted a seed because despite having never been bothered by them before, I felt so unnerved and physically nauseous when looking at turbines as we drove to our holiday recently. And weirdly, only the still ones. It was very strange. Pylons not so much. I hardly notice them.

Maybe you'd find them less weird if you understood them as pieces of engineering?

They're quite interesting if you stop and think about them.

I remember the public service films from the early 80s showing kids getting electrocuted due to flying their kites into a pylon. That put me off them somewhat.

Also the series Tripods didn't help. I would imagine getting lifted up by one to have my brain removed. Telly was scary stuff.

@Hopefullysmart I cringe when I look at them. Ugh..

@Lurleene I was born in the late 90s so I missed that!

There aren’t any near where I live either, I’m pleased to say.

I think it’s a good thing to be scared of them, so you won’t want to climb one.

I like to see them on my travels though, as an interesting part of the landscape (and because I have no life and no friends).

The weirdest this is the funny swishy/hummy noise they make

There is actually a pylon appreciation society
www.pylons.org/
Not a member but I never realised how many variations there are

Crossed posts with Havalina re the Tripods. Not just me then.
Apparently Megalophobia is the fear of large objects. I think my DS has it to some degree, he hates going to London because of all the tall buildings and feels dizzy and faint if he looks up at the London Eye.

@Theworldcouldbemymollusc I've never been close to one to hear the noise

@Lurleene I went to New York and I felt the same pretty much the whole time we were there. I really freaked out standing at the bottom of One World Trade Center

They always make me need a poo when I stand near them - mythbusters disproved the brown noise theory but I’m not convinced 😂

There’s this too

www.pylonofthemonth.org/