Centipedes are among the CREEPIEST insects, in my opinion. In the Southwest US, I had a large fear of them and their creepy poisonous legs. Thus far, I have had two encounters with centipedes in Japan. The first was on the beach, where a giant centipede crawled over my sandaled foot. It felt like little pin pricks where it walked. I kicked it off, without it having attacked me.
My second encounter was not so easy. A centipede fell on my neck, in a bar. I didn't know what it was but screamed at the sharp pain and reached for whatever it was and flung it to the ground. Unfortunately, this also resulted in a more vicious attach of it pinchers on my neck and finger as it wrapped around both to try and hold on. I couldn't hold my drink with my right hand because using the shoulder muscles was too painful. The night continued with some regional shooting pain. You could see the points of penetration but there was no other significant reaction. The bar tender gave me an ice cube. Personally, I think he should have given me a free drink.
If there was such a thing as omens and reading them, I would think this repetition would be a bad one....
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