I walked out of Kapolei Safeway tonight, glanced down at the curb and saw some kind of critter I've never seen before. It looked like a really small lobster, maybe an inch and a half long, sort of a brownish-red color. My second thought was, "Scorpion!" (My first was, "EEEEEK!")
I didn't examine it for long because I had this (maybe) irrational fear that it would somehow vault itself upward with some sort of amazing insect strength and land on my face. So I just scuttled away like a big old bug myself. I just wanted to get away from the thing. But now I'm curious.
What was it? Any ideas? Was it a scorpion of some sort? Do I have to worry about one of these things somehow ending up in my bed, shower or dresser drawer? Oh, God, I wish I hadn't thought of that.
I didn't examine it for long because I had this (maybe) irrational fear that it would somehow vault itself upward with some sort of amazing insect strength and land on my face. So I just scuttled away like a big old bug myself. I just wanted to get away from the thing. But now I'm curious.
What was it? Any ideas? Was it a scorpion of some sort? Do I have to worry about one of these things somehow ending up in my bed, shower or dresser drawer? Oh, God, I wish I hadn't thought of that.
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