like a fear of snakes (ophidiophobia), to something rather weird, let’s say, a fear of long words. The first time you hear about it, you might think the person is making it up. Like why would ...
But a specific fear of clowns either comes because you had ... but there's definitely a group of people who find them creepy. There two things about clowns that kind of inherently lead people ...
But haunted house designers need to be careful: our brains understand fear and disgust differently, and adding a smell that’s too strong or revolting can pull people out of the experience.