Is there anybody there?
By p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
April 30, 2009 4:37pm CST
I was just locking up for the night when I had an inexplicable urge to go outside into the back garden. I looked around and good see very little but heard a weird bell like noise. A small bell, not a big old church bell. Then it stopped and just as I turned to go back into the house it started up again. I looked about but still couldn't see anything. Then it stopped. I looked, saw nothing. Then it started, I looked etc etc. After a while I decided that I was hearing things. At that point the monster struck! Screaming I leapt into the air as I felt it warm against my legs. Dare I look. I said DARE I LOOK? YES? I did. Oh what a silly I felt. There at my feet was a kitten rubbing itself against my leg. Round its neck was a collar with a little bell on it. Now you know me and cats, but this was hardly Simba King of the Jungle! Have you ever had any late night scares that turned out to be something very everyday?
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
30 Apr 09
Hey p1key! You silly you! A little bitty kitty scared you!
I hope the kitty was able to find it's way home now! If it
was rubbing against you it was just saying "hello" to you!
How could you possibly be scared? Now I have had the displeasure
of taking the trash out and running into a skunk! Now that is
what we here in the states call really scary! Nothing like
coming face to face with a skunk! Now that is something you
just don't want run into! Any sudden moves on either part
could be beyond deadly and smelly!
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
1 May 09
Guy, you don't ever want to know that smell! When you smell
it outside it is bad, but when it "skunks" you, it is the
most unbelievable smell ever! My dog got skunked years ago
and the smell permeates the whole house and burns your throat
and stays in the house for weeks! And the poor dog!
@thebohemianheart (8827)
• United States
1 May 09
Sorry, can't answer this right now, laughing too hard!
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@thebohemianheart (8827)
• United States
1 May 09
Yeah, that way you could crawl in bed, and hide under the covers from that ferocious little kitty cat!*LOL*
I was laughing so hard that my son came in to see what I was laughing at. I had him read it. Now this boy is 6'4" and weighs close to 300 pounds. He was laughing so hard his face was red and he was shaking all over.
The truth is, either one of us probably would have had the same reaction, under the same circumstances.
@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
1 May 09
Actually, when I am thinking something is common, it too frequently turns out to be something not what I expect.
Like the time the cats were all over what I thought was a little silvery belt/toy and it turned out to be a baby garter snake - in the KITCHEN!
Well, I'm not afraid of cats or snakes, so I reached into the seething mass of cats and extracted that baby snake from their clutches!
So, tell me, oh f1shy one, what did you do with that sweet baby cat - since it obviously didn't eat you.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
1 May 09
no, garter snakes a/k/a grass snakes are little, green/silver things. A larger one might bite, but this was too small.
Now, Texas does have all 4 kinds of posionous snakes in the U.S.: a couple of rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths a/k/a water moccasins, and coral snakes. I have never had a wild encounter with any of them, tho I have gotten to see them up close in a captive state.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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1 May 09
Are garter snakes poisonous Elic? We only have one type of venomous snake here so I don't have too much knowledge of them. The kitty ran away once I told him to go home. I am not the world's greatest cat friend and had it ben daylight I would have shooed it away. They are never happier than when they are catching birds in our garden or crapping on the lawn!
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@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
30 Apr 09
How spooky - hahahaa! I must admit, I've often scared the life out of myself when locking up the house and putting the lights off before going to bed. I often come out of the kitchen in the dark and catch sight of a dark figure moving furtively in the living room. It's only ME, reflected in the mirror over the fireplace ... but it never fails to creep me out!
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@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
1 May 09
Hmm ... I'd always ASSUMED it was my own reflection ... but now you've given me a niggling doubt (thanks). About a year ago though, I went into our ensuite bathroom in the middle of the night without putting the light on, as there was a bit of moonlight coming in the bedroom window. As I was coming out of the bathroom, I seemed to walk into a very dense, dark mass. No other way to explain it. My first thought was that my husband was on his way into the bathroom and I'd bumped into him - but then I saw him fast asleep in bed - and the obstruction disappeared. It was very creepy, and my poor old heart was thumping away like mad.
@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
30 Apr 09
A few years back we were woken up in the early hours by our dogs barking. The do not bark unless something is wrong or a stranger comes to the door. When I say they were braking they were going crazy
So I got my torch and went out the backyard to have a look, I was expecting someone to be in the yard by the natures of the dogs bark, but nothing. I had a look around until one of the dogs led me to the source. It was a little baby hedgehog that had crawled under the back gate.
Crisis averted.
I got dressed and brought the hedgehog back to one other neighboring fields. A few nights later it happened again and then again a few nights after that. So I just ended up blocking up the gap under the gate and the problem was solved
So I got my torch and went out the backyard to have a look, I was expecting someone to be in the yard by the natures of the dogs bark, but nothing. I had a look around until one of the dogs led me to the source. It was a little baby hedgehog that had crawled under the back gate. Crisis averted.
I got dressed and brought the hedgehog back to one other neighboring fields. A few nights later it happened again and then again a few nights after that. So I just ended up blocking up the gap under the gate and the problem was solved1 person likes this
@Sissygrl (10912)
• Canada
1 May 09
hhahahah thanks p1ke i needed that!! too funny. did you bring him in for a midnight snack of tuna and share some cold milk ? That's my kinda friend.. you can hear them coming and they can't talk back. and not to mention warm and fuzzy and cuddly.
@cynicalandoutspoken (4725)
• United States
1 May 09
Not recently but when I was in my late teens I was out in my yard with my tennis racket taking out moths of all shapes and sizes when I was dive bombed by a bat. He got tangled up in my hair. It was something straight out of a B rated horror movie.
I keep my hair pulled back in a bun now if I am ever out with the kids catching fire flies or killing moths.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
1 May 09
LOL! Yes, I was sitting on my front porch shortly after I moved into my house--my first home, all by myself!!--and I heard this weird sound. A buzzing type of sound, really strange. I couldn't figure out what it was! I got up and lo and behold, there was a kitty on my front steps, purring like mad! I'm allergic to cats so hadn't heard a purr for decades! I wasn't scared, but curious, and I was surprised to find it was an ordinary cat.
I still feed that little stray cat and a couple of others. One of them is quite friendly as long as I just talk to it and not try to touch it. Fine with me, I don't really want to be in the emergency room unable to breath.
Yes, I was sitting on my front porch shortly after I moved into my house--my first home, all by myself!!--and I heard this weird sound. A buzzing type of sound, really strange. I couldn't figure out what it was! I got up and lo and behold, there was a kitty on my front steps, purring like mad! I'm allergic to cats so hadn't heard a purr for decades! I wasn't scared, but curious, and I was surprised to find it was an ordinary cat.
I still feed that little stray cat and a couple of others. One of them is quite friendly as long as I just talk to it and not try to touch it. Fine with me, I don't really want to be in the emergency room unable to breath.1 person likes this
@captainmorgan (773)
• Canada
30 Apr 09
Lol, awh, that's adorable! I haven't had anything like this happen to me before, that I can remember, anyways.
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@tamarafireheart (15384)
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1 May 09
Hi p1key,
Awwww poor little kitten, I was just picturing you in the back garden scrating your head wondering what it was, hehehe, yes something like that happened to me, I was watching this programme on tv and they were showing snakes on there, oh I can't stand stand snakes, it was horible and I was like had my eyes shut when something was slithing on my legs and slowely up my knees, i jumped up screaming as I done that the poor cat darted out the catflap in fright and hubby came charging downstaires because I woke him up from his slumber, shouting "what is it, what is it"? it was the cat's tail that brushed against my legs and my knee. hugs.
Tamara
xxxxx
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@camomom (7535)
• United States
3 May 09
That's funny. I think I would have reacted the same way though.
@camomom (7535)
• United States
4 May 09
We have mice in our house that we can't seem to get rid of. I had one run across my foot once and I screamed and jumped. I'm not even scared of them. It just surprised me, I guess. So see, it happens to everyone.
@dorypanda (1601)
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1 May 09
Awwwww. I'm always jumping at shadows, you're not the only one. I was in the bathroom a few nights ago, my son and Mr.Panda were both asleep, outside I heard a blood curdling scream-like noise, it made me nearly jump out my skin! Then, to make it even worse I heard some large animal running through our entry way. When I regained my composure (basically putting myself back on the loo), I realised that the noise was a cat which had been startled and the large animal was probably a dog. But, even so, it was quite scary, especially after I'd just been playing with Vampires.
@dorypanda (1601)
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1 May 09
Yup, I turn into a Vampire at night time and go off and play with some others. :)
(just in case some people who are a bit dim read this: I am not really a Vampire, I'm talking about a game I play)
@riyasam (16556)
• India
1 May 09
acat!!!that too at night!!what was the bosses reaction???i was mylotting away one day when suddenly i heard a gunshot like sound and then it came repeatedly.i fell off from my chair and curled up for cover(i thought it was some mad man,guess i am reading too much news)it turned out that someone was spraying water on the window,he was also washing our car.
i was mylotting away one day when suddenly i heard a gunshot like sound and then it came repeatedly.i fell off from my chair and curled up for cover(i thought it was some mad man,guess i am reading too much news)it turned out that someone was spraying water on the window,he was also washing our car.
@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
2 May 09
There are times I hear things. It takes awhile to identify the source. It usually turns out to be something normal. I have never been spooked by a kitten though. I am glad you are okay.
@positiveminded1977 (7072)
• India
7 May 09
One of these Mylot smileys scared the crap out of me just now. Just a second ago, I was about to write than I don't scare easily. LOL!! Well, night creatures, both imaginary and real, used to scare me witless when I was little. But now that I am a big girl with a small boy, nothing scares me. If I hear any sounds, I just march out with a big stick, ready to beat the hell out of anything that is making that noise. I wouldn't hurt a kitten though. :)
Cheers and happy Mylotting
@scorpio19 (1363)
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7 May 09
I can't think of any off hand, I just wanted to reply and tell you how much I enjoyed reading your discussion, you really can tell a story, you should write stories not just tell them, your very good p1kef1sh.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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8 May 09
That's very sweet of you to say so Scorpio. You aren't the first to have said that. But I don't know. They're not THAT good! I expect that you read "Ailsa". That went down OK with a few people. www.authspot.com/Short-Stories/Ailsa.431243 if you didn't read it first time round.
@Citychic (4067)
• United States
1 May 09
Is there anybody there?
No I've not had any late night scares like that one. But I do have a few cats that seem to roam around in my backyard but I'm not going to scare them off b/c they must be coming for a specific reason. So I'm just gonna let them continue to come and do their thing. Happy mylotting
