The fear of forests is very common among all humans not only in the past, but also today. First of all, it is dangerous in dark forests because there could be very dangerous animals inside. For example, wild boars and bears always appear in the forest. Sometimes they are so strong that several hunters fail to bring down one. It seems like an impossible mission for one man to go into a huge forest alone without being armed. That's why people are afraid. Secondly, people continue to consider forests as a place of mysterious and scary things in many stories, books and films. Those terrible images might resonate deeply in people's minds, scaring them more when they actually find themselves in that kind of situation themselves. Third, some people are afraid of going into dark places in forests may be because of their physical reaction. In psychology, these symptoms are called hylophobia or nyctoilophobia. Hylophobia represents the concern of forests and is a specific phobia. Hylophobia, in some ways, is very similar to Dendrophpbia, the fear of trees, to Nyctophylophobia, the f...