Assignment 10 - Bethany Welch

My biggest fear is definitely open bodies of water. Something manmade I don't have a problem with, like a pool, but like oceans/lakes/rivers scare the crap out of me. It's not necessarily the water itself, I can swim and tread water just fine, it's what could be in the water. I hate not being able to see what's around my feet, especially if I feel something touch me. Coupling this with the fact that not much of the ocean has been discovered makes it a pretty scary place. One time when I was a little kid I was playing around in the lake, and in this lake, I couldn't see very far down. Something bit my foot and I never found out what it was. I honestly feel like that started my fear, but to this day I'm almost petrified of jumping in murky water. I've been to Lake Herrington a few times and it's definitely made my fear worse.