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When I was in colleg in Lawrence, Kansas I was at a parade and was standing under this big tree. I didn’t feel anyting land on me but I could smell this somewhat stink odor and I and my sister got into my car and drove back to my dorm and I could still smell this odor. There was a sage colored bug with a tennis ball size body and maybe six legs on my shoulder. I never saw a bug that big in my life. I panicked and knocked it off my shoulder onto the passanger side floor. Both my sister and I jumped off the car and a male passerby got out of the car with a stick. He was scared of it too. That was in 1995. I have never seen a bug like that again. I don’t have an image of the bug but do you have any idea what I am talking about? Just curious. Thank you.
I’m not completely sure, but I think you’re referring to a beetle. Did it look like a giant beetle? We see those all the time around the neighborhood. It is called a Japanese beetle, it can grow very large, and it is multicolored and shiny. Just a suggestion, if you want to check it out.
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