Why I Have a Morbid Fear of Birds

I have had a lifelong morbid fear of birds. Why? Because I am convinced birds have a hatred for all humanity. These video clips reveal the indiscriminate bird attacks upon everybody from innocent children to Hassidic Jews to even famous Italian male models.

My fear of birds was only heightened by a bird we had in our yard which was full of fruit trees when I was a kid. Whenever I would try to pick avocados or mangos or lemons or papayas the damn bird would always attack me. Worst of all the attacks was at the lime tree where the bird nested. I still nightmares about that.

The weird thing is that I am very comfortable around most other animals. Even barking dogs with bared teeth don't bother me. Also I have dived surrounded by sharks and barracuda. No problem but when I surface and see a seagull near me, the old fear comes back.

I used to think I was the only one in the world with an extreme fear of birds until I found out that Lucille Ball also had a great fear of birds. That made me feel good since from that point on I realized I wasn't the only one in the world with an incredible fear of birds