The Grasshopper and the Plane:
While I was traveling to Zimbabwe I managed to freak out the entire plane. The plane was extremely small to the point where with 15 of us it was almost full and the captain was so close to us that he would have conversations with us. One of the passengers was a very nervous traveler and being in such a small plane with turbulence was not helping. She noticed my friend and I were messing around and asked us not to cause too much commotion because she would get scared. Of course I didn't want to cause any trouble so I just relaxed in my seat listening to music. As I crossed my legs I noticed a large green object around my ankle. It was a giant Grasshopper and I have a terrible fear of bugs. Every bug in Africa seems supersized and this grasshopper definitely seemed larger than normal. I started moving my legs frantically and screaming. My friend noticed the bug as well, and him having a fear of them as well, began panicking too. In our panic the poor grasshopper began jumping everywhere including the inside of my friends shirt which led to him getting up jumping and screaming. The entire plane was petrified because they didn't know why there was so much screaming. The lady who told us would get scared definitely wasn't lying because when I turned to look at her she was crying hysterically thinking our plane was falling out of the sky. Why else would people be screaming and panicking so much? Well in our case... in our case it was a bug that led us to be the most hated passengers on that plane. Thankfully the flight was only two hours and with out heads hung low we were able to leave quickly.
- Elisa Acquaviva
While I was traveling to Zimbabwe I managed to freak out the entire plane. The plane was extremely small to the point where with 15 of us it was almost full and the captain was so close to us that he would have conversations with us. One of the passengers was a very nervous traveler and being in such a small plane with turbulence was not helping. She noticed my friend and I were messing around and asked us not to cause too much commotion because she would get scared. Of course I didn't want to cause any trouble so I just relaxed in my seat listening to music. As I crossed my legs I noticed a large green object around my ankle. It was a giant Grasshopper and I have a terrible fear of bugs. Every bug in Africa seems supersized and this grasshopper definitely seemed larger than normal. I started moving my legs frantically and screaming. My friend noticed the bug as well, and him having a fear of them as well, began panicking too. In our panic the poor grasshopper began jumping everywhere including the inside of my friends shirt which led to him getting up jumping and screaming. The entire plane was petrified because they didn't know why there was so much screaming. The lady who told us would get scared definitely wasn't lying because when I turned to look at her she was crying hysterically thinking our plane was falling out of the sky. Why else would people be screaming and panicking so much? Well in our case... in our case it was a bug that led us to be the most hated passengers on that plane. Thankfully the flight was only two hours and with out heads hung low we were able to leave quickly.
- Elisa Acquaviva