My biggest phobia is bats. Second to bats is lightening. I suppose if you put the two together that would cause a larger than life panic attack for me.
I wouldn't say that I hate bats but I surely would never pet one, NEVER. I know, I know, Justin Bieber tells us to never say never but he doesn't know my fear of bats. These weird looking animals scare me not because of what they are but because of what they aren't. Make any sense?
Let me share with you an anecdote. You see one night I was minding my business, just taking a late night stroll with my dog who I happen to not be scared of, when I hear an echo of shrill screeches, almost like cries. I look over to my neighbor's yard and I notice a white birdlike creature near her bush. I wonder why this lone bird is out so late in the wide open.
Then it takes off into the night sky, screeching as it flies. I notice that this bird is not a bird at all but, gulp, a bat. All of a sudden my heart races, my skin feels itchy, and I feel as if I am being closed in by a mob of bats. All of a sudden I see multiple bats emerge, swooping in around me.Naturally, I RUN homeward.
I ran so fast that I could have produced my second biggest phobia, lightening. I leave my poor dog in the dust to fend for himself, because if he were smart, he'd run too. He isn't much of a fighter, nor is he a threat to a fly, let alone a creature that could suck your blood.
Long story short, I am creeped out by bats and scared of lightening. I would rather be scared than creeped though. Bats make me shudder, quiver in my boots. They look like little hybrids of a bird, flying insect, and a rat and that is darn creepy.
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