Top 20 worst fears in the UK
Updated | By Damon Beard
These are just crazy! You won’t believe what took the number one spot.
We all have at least one thing we're afraid of.
For me, it's cockroaches, but for others it could be spiders, snakes, or heights.
See: Snake man's chilled reaction to python attack
A new survey has revealed the UK’s top 20 phobias and some are just bizarre. I definitely didn't expect to see some of them on the list!
Here they are - the list of the top 20 worst fears in the UK.
20 – Pregnant woman
19 – Fizzy drinks
18 – Plasters
17 – The Pope
16 – Broccoli
15 – Squirrels
14 – Shower curtains
13 – Beads
12 – Fake nails
11 – Food with holes in it
10 – Stairs
9 – Hair
8 – Bananas
7 – Buttons
6 – Fish
5 – Lumpy food
4 – Bellybuttons
3 – Birds
2 – Feet
1 – Clowns
What is your biggest fear?
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