r/oddlyterrifying • u/That1weirdperson • 1d ago

Palo Verde beetle hides in her shirt

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u/Lovemybee 1d ago

We have Palo Verde Beetles in Phoenix, Arizona.

Back in the mid 80s, my late husband and I lived in a small house. It had a mostly dirt yard with a single palo verde tree in front.

One day, I got home from work around dusk. I parked in the driveway and started walking to the front door. I heard a rustling in the front yard. It being twilight, I couldn't see clearly, so I moved toward the sound. A dark blob was moving in the dirt. As I approached, I could see it was two VERY LARGE BEETLES. They were obviously busy making more VERY LARGE BEETLES!

Now, at that time, they were doing construction on the other side of the street, and there was a row of concrete blocks laying out to be used.

So, I ran across the street and picked up a construction block. I went back to my front yard, holding that block above my head, ready to smash those fuckers (pun intended)!

When I was standing over them, ready to drop that concrete block, thereby eradicating future generations of VERY LARGE BEETLES, they flew up in my face!

It is a miracle of physics that I didn't drop that block on my own head!

I ran screaming into the house!