Seeing a lizard had visited you unlocked a core childhood memory of mine that I wish to share XD
When I was under 10 years old (I can't remember the exact age), I lived in Atwater, California. One of those blink-and-you'll-miss-it towns, as my parents put it. We lived in a condo, and our house was right next to these big apartments, in fact our backyards were next to each other, separated by a rickety wooden fence. And next to that fence was this tall, plastic fence that overlooked what I saw as a huge field at the time. And me and my brother had actually found a way to get to the apartments yard, through an opening between the two fences that we had to squeeze through, as if we're sliding between two close isles or shelves, if that makes sense? And there was a loose wooden board that we could step through, and we would use that to play with the kids in the building next to us.
Anyways, one day i decided to squeeze through on my own. But then I felt something on my arm. Something that felt like tiny claws. I swear, to little me, this felt like a scene straight out of a horror movie as I slowly turned my head over my shoulder to my elbow (it was outstretched for some reason? XD). And there was this little brown gecko just- right there. I think he was brown with beige stripes? But i didn't get a good look at him before I screamed, scared the poor guy, and scrambled back to my yard as fast as I could 😅
I still feel bad that I scared the critter 😅 he could have been a buddy! This did not stop me from visiting the next-door neighbors, though - the fence adventures stopped when I assumed the maintenance guy of the apartments learned of the loose fence and fixed it up. But yeah, this is my earliest encounter with a reptile, if my memory is correct (I can't remember if this was before or after my parents got a corn snake we named Houdini- take a wild guess how we lost him 😅- but these two instances took place in the same house. One of these two was my first encounter with reptiles)
OMG A GECKO??? XD
Aww. No yeah, it's adorable, but I would be startled too if I found one on my elbow!! XDD Especially as a kid! XD 💛💛💛 Thats such a cute story!!!
And- ...
I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry...
You owned a SNAKE!??
... and you LOST HIM??? Oh my lord XD Well was a he nice snake? ^^ 🐍🐍🐍
