[Serious] I saw this when I was six. AMA

Short version of the story: My sister and I had just finished lunch at our babysitter’s and went for a walk. I decided to go into a cornfield (she refused to join me), cut across a few rows and found myself face to face with this. Slightly taller than I was. I freaked out, and ran away screaming. I referred to it as a “giant grasshopper” until 2020, when I learned what Mantis beings were. After that I did everything I could to try and understand if there was anything more to it, from doing ov...

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