It was After Me
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
United States
June 12, 2020 12:06pm CST
The other night, I looked for my mobile phone in the dark but there was light from a street light sending beams through the window.
Suddenly, something showed up. I could not tell what it was but it was close to me. I tried to shoo it away and it jumped at me.
I struck out at it as a desperate measure and it hurt. I realized the shadow was from my arm. There is now a good-sized bruise on my arm because it was after me.
Am I the only one who does stuff like this? Do you have a silly story to share?
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@LowRiderX (22901)
• Serbia
12 Jun 20
I imagined last night to see two eyes looking at me from the dark, the light through the window illuminated two buttons on the bag which made me think that some small eyes were looking at me1 person likes this
@LowRiderX (22901)
• Serbia
12 Jun 20
@akalinus My heart went down into the heel from fear
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
12 Jun 20
@LowRiderX I can really imagine it because I was also afraid.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Jun 20
@akalinus How about the one when I was 10 years old. I got my first bike. I was still learning how to ride. I got off to turn around and didn't bother to move my body and fell over the back end of the bike and landed with my palm flat on the ground. Broken elbow. That's the klutz in me. It took another six weeks before I could ride my bike.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
13 Jun 20
Oh, my! I hope you haven't done that very often, Dearheart.
I believe that everyone has done something similar sometime in their life.
Not long after Pretty and I moved into this house we hung a mirror in the hall between our rooms. We keep a dim nightlight in the hall so we can see to get to the bathroom without stumbling in the dark. One night I was walking toward the bathroom when I saw someone in the hall. It was too big to be Pretty so I thought someone had broken in. I yelled and punched him.
We replaced the mirror a few days later. Now, we keep a piece of black cloth covering the mirror with small pegs on the side of it. If you want to use the mirror you simply move the cloth to the pegs and drop the cloth again when you're finished with it.
And yes, I cut my hand open when I punched the mirror. Pretty came running out of her room and flipped the light on. *sigh* She started laughing and called me an idiot while patching me up.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
17 Jun 20
@DaddyEvil People are going crazy. Between the virus and the demonstrations (riots) and strange goings-on in North Korea, this year is a whirlpool of weirdness. And it is an election year so it will get more interesting.
I am glad your test was negative. You don't need a killer virus.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
17 Jun 20
@akalinus I try to avoid watching/hearing the news, especially during an election year. (I figure the actions of the person seeking election before they started seeking election tells me more than I really want to know about them and gives me an overview of how they will act in office. I don't care what promises they make. No elected official ever fulfills their election promises anyway.)
Thank you. None of us need to catch the coronavirus.
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@Shivram59 (50131)
• India
14 Jul 20
@akalinus No,I have not done anything like this.Do you feel yourself insecure?? I never feel someone or something is after me.
No,I have not done anything like this.Do you feel yourself insecure?? I never feel someone or something is after me.
@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
13 Jun 20
That would be a lizard. It's good you haven't bitten.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
15 Jun 20
@akalinus we have lizards at home. They eat insects like moth. We have also a loud lizard that produces sound for a few seconds
