Ha you have a way with words and your post made me laugh because a couple of years ago about 1:30 in the am I happened to be sleeping over at my mom’s in her spare room on a metal futon when all of a sudden the darn thing starts shaking underneath me and at the same time it sounded like something was moving underneath the futon frantically. It lasted about 6 seconds and the only thing I could think was that there’s a wild animal under the bed and probably a racoon or something and here I am trapped in this small room! It was a quake, turned on the radio cuz I had trouble getting right back to sleep and heard.
I mean your mind roars trying to figure out what the hell is making this piece of furniture move around like that. The fact that the whole world might be rattling doesn’t enter your mind, particularly, go with me on this, here on the east coast.
Yeah, raccoon...that’s the ticket. I wasn’t sure just what kind of animal was in my chair but a raccoon could well have fit under there.
and don’t forget I was dealing with an antsy dog who definitely would have been beside herself what with a racoon in the chair and everything.
;)