Witch doctors that inflict a crippling fear of owls

So there is this.

A woman who developed a crippling fear of owls after religious grooming by her doctor has won a damages claim.

Sally Brayshaw, 54, was taken to religious meetings and told the devil was "having a real go" at her by GP Thomas O'Brien. She claimed the locum doctor, a Pentecostal Christian, suggested she was possessed by demons and advised her not to see a psychiatrist. A High Court judge ruled she was entitled to more than £12,700.

Yes, yes, if your nutcase doctor says you're possessed and prevents you getting actual treatment, then sure you're entitled to compensation for damages.

But how exactly does one have a "crippling fear of owls" ? Unless you work at an owl sanctuary...

Over the next six months Dr O'Brien engaged Mrs Brayshaw in a number of religious activities, taking her to services, giving her religious gifts and setting her television to the Gospel channel to "soak" her in religious content. On one occasion, Mrs Brayshaw said she was taken to a meeting where a preacher spoke of sacrificing an owl. This left her so terrified of the birds she could no longer look at a picture of one without becoming terrified.

Riiiiight.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-46402566