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Wetumka Oklahoma

I Screamed Like a Girl: The Day I Picked Up a Live Centipede

We’re far enough West now that desert creatures are showing up.

This morning I found my first giant centipede.

Giant black and orange centipede on the roadside in Wetumka, Oklahoma, 2004
The centipede I thought was dead.

It was one of those giant black and orange ones, like the fake rubber ones they give out at fast food restaurants around Halloween.

There it was, right on the side of the road, lying there peaceful as road kill.

I thought it was dead.

First, I picked it up with gloves, just to make… Continue reading →