A strange creature in my kitchen last night!

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

5 Sep 16

This sounds like a TKM, which is the common name for a Trans-dimensional Kitchen Monster. They slip through a gateway from the other side and have fun scaring people, then quickly return back to their home in Limbo.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

5 Sep 16

@TheHorse The sightings have become more prolific these days because I believe that the younger generation TKMs are more amused by our reactions to them. As for the Honey Nut Os, that just confirms that it was a TKM because they are notorious for such stunts as stealing the holes out of cereals. They do this to torment their targets more and confuse them.

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

@Asylum But wait. There are doughnut holes in my kitchen right now. I never buy doughnut holes. What does this mean? Now I'm hoping it was just a dream.

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

Aha! That explains why it was gone in the morning. Are TKM sightings becoming more...common? Dang it, I'm hungry but my Honey Nut O's just don't look quite the same this morning.

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Cynthia Owens

@cindiowens (5120)

• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

5 Sep 16

You disturbed a kitchen troll. Don't worry, they only come out at night, and they are more afraid of you than you are of them.

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vanny

@vandana7 (100288)

• India

5 Sep 16

But it does look perfect for horror movie...right? lol. There was something like that...Steven Spielberg I think...long ago, I saw eye ..just like that..

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

Heh. Famous last words! "More afraid of you..." I tried to find the South Park episode where the snake eats the guide as he's telling that to our boys, but I couldn't...

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

@vandana7 Ambiguous things can be more scary than boring old zombies or big monsters!

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

5 Sep 16

I think the snake would have woken me and there was no way I could go back to bed without getting rid of it first. You are brave!

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

5 Sep 16

It is unlikely to be a snake because the only ones to enter a kitchen would be adders. It was clearly not an adder or it would have been carrying an abacus.

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

5 Sep 16

@TheHorse

Whether it was a snake , a TDKM or a spoiled avocado, I still think that I wouldn't have been able to go back to bed without doing something about it. I still think you are a brave man to have been able to go back to bed. You are a true hero!

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

I'm working with the hypothesis that it's not a snake, but a Trans-dimensional Kitchen Monster. See @Asylum's comment below. Be sure NOT to read @vandana7's comment, as it is much too firmly rooted in good powers of observation, rational thinking, and common sense, things that I don't really understand.

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vanny

@vandana7 (100288)

• India

5 Sep 16

Didn't seem like critter....may be spoiled avacado..lol

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vanny

@vandana7 (100288)

• India

5 Sep 16

@cindiowens Rats? Squirrels...or Pony...may have accidentally pushed it aside..

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Cynthia Owens

@cindiowens (5120)

• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

5 Sep 16

Why was it gone in the morning?

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

I would NEVER keep spoiled avocado in my house! Heh.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

5 Sep 16

Are you just playing with me @TheHorse ? I'm trippin' out.

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

I wouldn't do that, would I? I'm going with @Asylum's TKM explanation. It seems the most common sense. @vandana7's is too far-fetched, as I don't keep spoiled things in my house. My nose is too sensitive.

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

@nanette64 I hadn't known about TKMs. But little kids know about TBMs. They tend to hide under the bed.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

5 Sep 16

@TheHorse You're right, I like his explanation too.

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****DANIELLE****

@VivaLaDani13 (60794)

• Perth, Australia

5 Sep 16

@TheHorse oh my!

I'm guessing it was just a dream! I mean, would you really want to go back to sleep if you saw a mysterious creature in your house! I know I wouldn't!

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

I think it may have been a TKM, as @Asylum suggested. But @cindiowens may be right as well.

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clrumfelt

@clrumfelt (5490)

• United States

5 Sep 16

I don't think it was a dream because you got a picture of it. If you have had little ones around, maybe one of them left a Halloween mask back there to try and frighten you. If not I'd call the Orkin man today and show him the pic!

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

I think I'm going with the TKM explanation. Or maybe it was a troll, disguised as a lizard of some sort. If I called the Orkin man, I'm worried they'd have me hauled off for 72 hours of observation.

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wittynet

@wittynet (4421)

• Philippines

6 Sep 16

Hi, @TheHorse Same here. It looks like an avocado. Is that the creature? I don't think you were able to take a pic

I always notice 2 strange creatures here in our dormitory. Both of them look like a mosquito but I'm sure they're not mosquito. I always feel so scared whenever I see them. Both of them can fly but one can make itself look like a very thin black string when it's on the wall. So scary.

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 16

Are they bigger than mere mortal mosquitoes? As for my kitchen monster, @Asylum's explanation seems to fit the data best.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

5 Sep 16

lol Well that would be the end of midnight snacking for me

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

It's OK. It's gone now. I think.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

6 Sep 16

@TheHorse yes and he lurks there still, just stick your hand in, you'll find him!! I know his type!! lol

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 16

@BelleStarr He was hiding his possibly massive body behind my Trader Joe's Honey Nut O's!

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

5 Sep 16

I'd be poking it with a fork to see if it moved.

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

5 Sep 16

@TheHorse good point.... fishing pole? broom handle?

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

What if it hissed and struck? Its massive body was hidden behind the Honey Nut O's!

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39509)

• United States

8 Sep 16

remind me to ne'er go to yer place fer a visit, k? ya got way too many 'oddities'

roamin' 'round yer apartment.

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39509)

• United States

8 Sep 16

@TheHorse no sir, they aint my fav's - i choke one down daily though coz the nutritionist swears they're good fer me, lol. i don't reckon i've e'er seen one'n that sad a state?? e'en looks like 'ts 'nose' 'tis bleedin'.

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 Sep 16

You don't like avocado?

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

5 Sep 16

You really should take that mirror behind your cereal shelf down...

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

5 Sep 16

@TheHorse It scared the hunger pangs away, perhaps you should patent the idea. And buy shares in avocado farms...

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

@pgntwo I love avocados! Wait. I was hungry. I keep avocados around the house. The creature was gone in the morning. I feel like I'm about to have an insight of some sort!

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Sep 16

@pgntwo Egads! What is it supposed to be?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340019)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Sep 16

I was on the point, against my better judgement, of asking what that 'thing' was but luckily Vanny spilt the beans - in a manner of speaking.

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Sep 16

@JudyEv My little doves! I promised them you'd take care of them and their babies. You don't hate babies, do you?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340019)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Sep 16

@TheHorse There won't be any babies. The heat of the plane, unless you send them first-class, will make hard-boiled eggs of them.

and if the trip hits any turbulence they'll be scrambled!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340019)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Sep 16

@TheHorse I will refuse to sign for them and by the time you make their way back to you they'll look like decaying avocadoes too!

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paigea

@paigea (36317)

• Canada

5 Sep 16

Yikes. I wouldn't be able to go back to bed after seeing that.

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

I think the fact that it didn't hiss at me made me feel more comfortable. In fact, it made no aggressive moves at all, in spite of the look. It may have been just a dream anyway.

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Jennifer

@LovingMyBabies (85288)

• Valdosta, Georgia

5 Sep 16

That is the creepiest thing I have ever seen!! Lol. I hope it was just a dream.

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

I think it was just a dream. Else, why would the critter have been gone when I woke up? Whew!

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

5 Sep 16

are you serious?this is for real.Whoa!!!!

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

5 Sep 16

@TheHorse What do you mean 'plausable'. Surely you cannot believe that I would lie about such a serious subject as TKMs?

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

Heh. Yes, but I think between @vandana7 and the other commenters, we're close to solving the mystery. @Asylum's TKM explanation sounds plausible, but complex.

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@TheHorse (218889)

• Walnut Creek, California

5 Sep 16

@Asylum The devil is in the details. I understand that TKMs create holes in cereal products. But transforming them into doughnut holes? I had never heard of that.

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