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11/10/08(Mon)04:34:00 No.2082966 File :1226309640.jpg-(18 KB, 375x500, maggot.jpg)
I'll
skip all the getting-bullied -stories, since while being a world of
shit, they're not what this thread's looking for. Also, this is going
to be a bit lame, but anyway:
--
When I was 6 or so, our
family (mom, dad, me, twin brother) went camping in the islands near
the coast. We put up our tent in a small islet beside a larger one. It
was deserted, save for lots of seagulls. The gulls goddamn owned the
place. One night we threw spaghetti for them, and they came in hordes
to have an epic battle over the scraps. A huge gull (I'm talking
wingspan about my goddamn length at the time) bit a smaller one in the
nect and left a bloody mark on it. This kind of stuff was the coolest
thing ever to a little kid.
The islet had a cliff shore. For
some reason it was so full of sharp objects me and my brother had
trouble walking on it barefoot. Upon inspection it became apparent that
the sharp things were bird bones. The islet was full of them, as if
every seagull came into that distinct place to die.
When
exploring, we found a lump lying on the islet. When looking it up a bit
closer, we saw that it was a seagull too. But it was dead. Perhaps this
was connected to the droves of gull bones. When looking at the seagull,
we saw that something was moving inside it, right beside a hole in it's
chest where it's heart should have been. They were small, green, and
waving around aimlessly in the bird's guts. I was utterly fascinated
and kept staring and staring into the thing until my mom and dad yelled
to me to get the heck away from it.
Later on, I understand the
things inside the seagull could not have been green because they are
supposed to be maggots, and maggots are white.
--
But for
some reason, even though it seemed so fascinating that day over twenty
years ago, today, I'm utterly terrified of maggots. There's nothing in
the world I fear and loathe as much as them. They're my only irrational
fear.
Yeah, I told it was lame, I don't get it either. |