A Terror in the Night

Sunday night after Cameron and I returned from Lucca and Siena, we were sitting in the kitchen at our usual spots when it happened. She was facing the sink area and I was facing the rest of the room when suddenly we heard a crashing sound and the lights flickered. Both of us stood up and bolted out of our room. I believed it to be a bird while Cameron thought it was a monkey-man. We ran across the hall to Kari and Katie's room for help. They came back to the room but were just as nervous as we were. No one wants a bird, monkey-man, or any other creature surprise attacking. Finally we got a couple of the boys to take care of it. They bravely ventured in the room and knocked on cabinets to lure the creature out. After a few minutes they began to gave up when one found the source of the noise: an Italian grasshopper/cricket/locust. These bugs are HUGE. I'm talking 6 inch bug with wings. One of the boys played the whole "I'm going to throw the bug at y'all" trick and Kari and I proceeded to run down the hall and Kari smashed into a glass door. She's really scared of bugs. We have not had a bug in here since and lets hope it stays that way.


I didn't take a picture but I think this is probably accurate. And ps I have to close my eyes while typing this because I really hate looking at it. SICK.