MOONLIGHT MOTH
-WASHINGTON, DC-
JOURNAL ENTRY - JANUARY, 17
The beautiful, but frightening, moonlight moth is once again fluttering its huge blue/silver and black wings against my bedroom window. It is Saturday night now and I have observed this odd behavior every night at the midnight hour for three weeks straight. During the work week, I arrive home at the usual 8:00 night time hour. I head straight for the shower, then fix myself a light dinner before relaxing to a good book or a bit of gossip with Paula over the telephone, or attempt to spend an hour watching my favorite late night talk show before trying to fall asleep.
Every night now, in the middle of the television show, this strange creature shows up at my window and throws its presumably soft body against my window as if it is trying to get inside my bedroom. The truly odd thing about this behavior is this: I know moths are attracted to light bulbs. They will fly to a flaming death to get at a high heat light bulb. Every kid learns this insect fact at a early age. This moth... this huge bird sized moth... is the exception to the rule as I know it. Even if my lights are out and the room is dark this creature still continues to hurl itself at my window. And, it is now the middle of January. And there is an inch of snow on the ground. And this bit of bizarre weirdness is happening right here in Washington, DC!
WTF!
I've thought about opening my window to capture it, but I don't think so. I've heard about the recent increase of HORRORWALKER appearances across the USA and all of the weird horror themed speculation its appearances has generated. A lot of people are now in a minor 'the world is coming to an end' panic. I don't know what in the heck a bird sized moth bouncing off my window means but I think I prefer to stay ignorant for now. Hopefully forever.
Still wondering, though... the temperature outside my window is 31 degrees. How is what I am witnessing possible? How can this bizarre behavior be reality? I don't know. But this I do know. I'm going to close my curtains again, climb back into my bed, pull my quilt high up over my head and jam these foam sound proof ear plugs deep inside my ear canal before I fall asleep. I'll check outside the window before I leave in the morning. Ok, end of tonight's journal entry before I ....! What the hell? That's the sound of glass cracking in the bedroom, damn it! I have to finish this later. God... why me..
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