Is it strange to fear the reaper?

I fear reapers more than literally any other creature in the game. I was hop scotching through the lava zones away from the sea dragons, laughing at them and daring them try me. I went out of my way to search the grand reef for ghosts just so i could scan them, couldnt even find them and decided to hang out in the void just to stasis rifle them to scan. But trekking through the dunes to grab the cuddlefish egg was the most nerve-wracking thing i had done all game. I dont even go near the crash zone after getting the cyclops fragments, and the mountains is only for the island.

Does anyone else feel this way? And what even is it about them thats scarier than the others? They all scream, they're all huge, the dragons breathe fire.