I haven't heard of this phobia before. Looking into the world of phobias is quite interesting, just reading about them and knowing that people are actually scared of certain things. However we shouldn't judge these people, they probably think that we are quite stupid that we don't think that these things are scary.

I suppose that it could be the fact that they are a life size version of a soft toy, but there would be many reasons why people could be afraid of them I would think that one common reason would be a bad experience as a child with one.

mascot fear
Mascot Phobia

Well I'm not afraid of mascots

But I can understand why you would be

Cuz like the burger king mascot - WAY CREEPY

And clowns in general are creepy

And like mascots could turn out to be creepy molester people who touch your kids or something, realllllllllly creepy

Cuz you know how like famous killers always get the comments from friends and neighbors sayin things like "oh he was so nice" "he attended church" or stuff like that, but they secretly snap

Other than that though, I think it would just suck to be one, in that hot sticky suit all friggin day long bleh

-reply by Bloompie