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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Large statues and monuments have always been a staple of civilization. Some people admire them. Some people pay them no mind. But there are a select few who look at them and feel absolute fear.

While the exact number of people who suffer from this fear has yet to be determined, experts have given it an official name: megalophobia.

Yungang Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern China. This is on a winter morning shot inside a cave where natural light filters in. There is a single huge statue in the middle with a shaft of natural light hitting it. Surrounding it on all sides are hundreds of smaller carved statues and niches. Shot using fish eye looking up to capture as much of cave as possible and create a sense of the huge scale. Image is HDR.
Yungang Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern China. This is on a winter morning shot inside a cave where natural light filters in. There is a single huge statue in the middle with a shaft of natural light hitting it. Surrounding it on all sides are hundreds of smaller carved statues and niches. Shot using fish eye looking up to capture as much of cave as possible and create a sense of the huge scale. Image is HDR. Photo credit Getty Images (stock photo)

One of those experts is Dr. Kevin Chapman. On this week's episode of "Your Weirdest Fears," Dr. Chapman joins host Larry Mullins to deconstruct the fear's origin and whether it's indicative of a much larger anxiety.

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