RajJust when I was about to go to bed last night, I saw something moving in my (unused) bathtub. I moved closer and it was this thing.
Now, I had no idea what this thing was. I had never seen anything like this ever before in my life. I assume its some species of centipede.
I thought I will wash it down the drain but soon I realized that it could swim very well. So I thought I’d push it down the drain forcefully with the help of a bucket full of water and my bathroom mop but every time I pushed it in the drain, it reappeared after a few secs just like those nasty ghosts in the horror movies who just don’t die and resurface to scare you. The thing moved so quickly in the water, it was scary.
So I was left with no other option. I had to kill it cos no way in hell was I going to sleep with this monster moving around in my bathroom so I employed my mop as a weapon and soon it was dead. But it didn’t go down without a fight. It took more than 15 seconds to kill it. Well, all’s well that ends well!
EDIT: oops, I forgot to mention the inspiration for this post. Atif has had several run-ins with intruders in the past including this recent one. We are together in this fight against intrusion of all kinds.
WOW interesting….
I think it is a millipede. If it is a millipede it is harmless. It jus looks very scary
i think its a centipede .. and one of those that goes into ur ear and can cause a lot of internal damage
good u killed it!!
Centipede yikes! :O
Oh man! You could have picked it up on a piece of paper and left it outside.
@christian: uh..hum.
@lucio: i had very few legs so it was definitely a centipede.
@akanksha: yup, those things are dangerous.
@sayesha: it wasn’t that yucky. leeches and earthworms are yucky.
@vinaya: No, it was very fast and even if i succeeded in throwing it out, what’s the guarantee it wouldn’t have found its way back.
*Thaps Raj’s shoulder* Good job bravo…yeah it looks like a centipede can be very painful at times
//We are together in this fight against intrusion of all kinds.
is it a world wide battle?
cockroaches, lizards , centipedes..lots of these creepy crawly intruders around here as well
Ick! I hate finding little nasty insects at home! In my humble opinion, a centipede (or milipede) is worse than a spider!
You are a brave soul for taking it on!
@jonybr: Thanks a lot.
@parth: It is worldwide battle. You are welcome to join it.
@abigail: Thanks. For me, all are equally bad and deserve to die.
Hmmm…
when we first moved into our home, there were hundreds of them.
i do not lie!
i felt like i was killing them constantly.
then, i ceased to see them.
sometime in September, i started seeing little baby ones. i thought: “oh no! they’re breeding!”
but i havent seen any since then either.
i hope they are gone FOR GOOD!
@vanathi: Welcome!
@becky: Whoa, that must have been scary. I hope they’re gone for good too cos having hundreds of these things in your home must be freaky.