My Old Man is Scared of Dead Things
May 6th 2008 21:00
I recently discovered my father has necrophobia. He is scared of anything that is dead. While he can tolerate looking at dead plants and handling meat (he used to run a Chinese restaurant after all) he can’t stand the sight of dead people or animals. I find this strange as the rest of my immediate family are terrified of larvae and he used to yell at us for being too chicken to kill maggots in the bin or the stray caterpillar that crawled inside our house. You would think that since he has a phobia of his own he would have been more tolerant of us.
After my mother made this revelation she then told me about the time he discovered a dead cat at the back of their restaurant. Terrified, he wouldn’t go anywhere near it. Instead, he asked my mother to dispose of it. She tried to but the stench coming from the cat was so overpowering it made it very difficult for her to remove it.
That wasn’t the only dead feline found behind my parents’ restaurant. I remember finding a dead grey kitten there when I was about 9 or 10. I had no idea that maggots fed on dead things and I wanted to see the other side of the kitten. So I used my foot to turn the kitten over and when I did, hundreds of maggots came crawling out from underneath the kitten. My sister and I screamed and ran off, leaving a trail of maggots behind us.
For those who aren’t easily grossed out, check out the link below:
Wikipedia picture of cat's corpse
After my mother made this revelation she then told me about the time he discovered a dead cat at the back of their restaurant. Terrified, he wouldn’t go anywhere near it. Instead, he asked my mother to dispose of it. She tried to but the stench coming from the cat was so overpowering it made it very difficult for her to remove it.
That wasn’t the only dead feline found behind my parents’ restaurant. I remember finding a dead grey kitten there when I was about 9 or 10. I had no idea that maggots fed on dead things and I wanted to see the other side of the kitten. So I used my foot to turn the kitten over and when I did, hundreds of maggots came crawling out from underneath the kitten. My sister and I screamed and ran off, leaving a trail of maggots behind us.
For those who aren’t easily grossed out, check out the link below:
Wikipedia picture of cat's corpse
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