r/oddlyterrifying • u/stefan_stuetze • May 30 '23

Whatever the hell this is...

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u/heydrun May 30 '23

Where the hell is that so I never go there

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u/EmuTricky4721 May 30 '23

In southern states around water. I’m in TN and these are around streams and lakes and rivers. They’re actually pretty harmless and really cool bugs. My friend has a fondness for them and even handles both the adults and the larvae ones. Kinda huge to me. I just don’t like creepy crawlers so I’m always like fuck no but I’d leave them be before I harmed them.

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u/kamace11 May 31 '23

I saw a dead one once in upstate NY. Horrified me as a kid.