It was in my Hair
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
United States
July 29, 2019 12:37pm CST
Last night, I woke up in a panic. Something was in my hair. I felt it carefully. It had four legs and they were large and hard.
I did not know what to do. If I smashed it, it might bite me or bleed all over me. If I tried to brush it off, it could still bite.
I needed sleep so I decided to carefully pick it off. Got some tissue and went for it. I pulled the four hairpins out of my hair. How did they get there? They were on the sides of my head when I went to sleep.
I felt silly, all that fuss about nothing. Did you ever wake up at night and panic about something stupid?
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
29 Jul 19
@1hopefulman It is funny now, but not last night. 
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@topffer (42155)
• France
29 Jul 19
I thought a moment that it was a bat in your hair.
I was lost once in my bed during a warm summer, and could not find the light. It took me some time to realize that I had turned round the bed and the light was at my feet. I suppose that I had moved a lot because of the heat.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
29 Jul 19
Wow, the confusion was real. I bet you were glad you figured that out. I thought it might be a bat too and wondered for a brief second whether it was or not. I live in Florida and there are some big bugs here. I was scared that it might be a huge spider. Yikes!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
29 Jul 19
my 'pologies, but i'd the need to giggle 'bout this! i can 'magine yer fear, bein''n a groggy stupor no doubt ya were convinced some evil creature 'd come to visit.
e'ery now'n then i'll 've a dream where such 'ccurs. 'r hear a certain bark from mr. red that'll send me out'n a panic. he 'nly barks when somethin' 'tis awry. last time i went out'n my jammies with a shotgun'n flashlight, jest to find someone's sheep'd 'scaped, gone through my fence'n were dinin' out'n my pasture...
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
30 Jul 19
@akalinus the red pup'd ne'er seen sheep 'fore, so he didn't answer. most oft i'll holler if'n such's 2 legged 'r 4. he'll respond to such 'n i know if'n somebody'd be snoopin' 'r 'tis critter troubles. so's i'd nary a clue to the troubles.
yes ma'am, 'bout the time i got 'em rounded 'p, i heard a fella holler'n the darkness. he 'pologized fer the disruption 'n they followed him back to his place. 'twas kinda cute :)
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
30 Jul 19
@crazyhorseladycx Sort of like 'Mary had a little lamb'?
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
31 Jul 19
@akalinus lo oh deary deary me! That is funny but I am sorry you felt panic. But really glad it ended up being something completely harmless! I have done silly things like this. I cannot count all the times my hair has fallen over my face and me thinking a big bug has crawled over me! 
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
31 Jul 19
@VivaLaDani13 We are a pair, I guess. Too funny.
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@Shivram59 (50161)
• India
31 Jul 19
@akalinus I remember a small rat climbed my bed and woke me up.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
4 Aug 19
@Shivram59 If you can find a copy, it would be interesting for you to read it. I don't know if it is translated into Hindi or not. George Orwell wrote it.
@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
30 Jul 19
Good thing it was just hairpin. Sometimes our minds can play tricks on us especially if we're sleeping and suddenly woke. up.
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
30 Jul 19
@akalinus When you realized it can be silly. But make sure you will not have pins or anything in your hair when you sleep.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
30 Jul 19
@cherriefic I usually take them out. That night, I forgot.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
29 Jul 19
Not that I can remember but I am sure that it must have, we are in that state between waking and sleeping when we wake up like that and we are not fully conscious.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Jul 19
I'm glad it wasn't any icky insect.
I'm sure I have.
@Loverabbit (3401)
• Karachi, Pakistan
29 Jul 19
My first thoughts after reading bleed all over me were "ewwwwwww" then I was ok she had tissue.....so you never did actually put those pins on yourself and none was laying close to you? Who was it then?
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@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
29 Jul 19
I am sure I have, cannot tell you what at this time, though. I am sure waking from a deep sleep it is easy to panic.
@snowy22315 (208819)
• United States
30 Jul 19
No, just sometimes a strange dream will wake me up..one night I was dreaming I got attacked by a wild raccoon. It might have been the cat attacking my feet..but he has gotten better about that these days, now that he is past the kitten stage.
@snowy22315 (208819)
• United States
30 Jul 19
@akalinus I think it will be awhile. he never really bites, but he does have sharp little claws. Mommy should cut them.
@moffittjc (128833)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Aug 19
I woke up in a panic one night because I dreamt that a big giant cockroach came flying in my room and landed on my face! Of course when I woke up with a jolt there was nothing there! But that was it for me....I couldn't go back to sleep for the rest of the night because I kept thinking about roaches!
{I hate roaches}
