Are you afraid of leech? Have you seen one?

Oh god, yuck. I have never actually seen one but I have had nightmares about them before from seeing them on tv or from someone talking about them. We are soon moving and thre is a lake with a beach near our new house. My husband wants me to swim in it with him but I am afraid of leechs amd other sick water life, like eels. He says that if you throw a horses salt lick in the water a while before you swim that it will drive all the leechs away but I don't know, I am still freaked out.

I think I am. We used to go to my cottage when I was younger and when we went swimming I always came out with at least one leech stuck to me. I found that they actually hurt getting them off. A little salt always did the trick. :) cheers,

Definitely, I am quite afraid of leech. Once, I went for jungle tracking with a group of friends in a nearby rain forest jungle. On the way, one of my friends jumping and screaming wildly when she saw two leeches crawling on her right shoe. Many friends laughed to see her looking weird and one guy helped her to get rid of the leeches. It was too scary to see leeches moving on our shoes.

well yes leechs are really gross.. i mean they suck blood and when they stick on you its like too hard to get them off like they never get off. I have seen leeches and whenever i see them i just go away from there...

Yes leeches are deffinatly nasty little buggers cant believe people go get them put on them for some sort of medical healing . They are horrible and slimey it makes it even worse that they suck your blood. I live lakeside and there are tons of them. I moved here originally so I would have a place to swim but when I found out there are many leeches in there I was very disappointed. I cant blame anyone for not likeing them . Unbelieveably alot of people use them as fishing bait, I dont think I could put something that might bite me on a hook! Take it easy people watch out for them leeches..Ha Ha