During the DUSTWUN missions, there was a small amount of down time. A group of us decided we were going to head out to the aircraft to try to catch a short nap before we had another mission come down. Since the senior crew chief on the aircraft I was on had already gone out to snooze, he had taken up the larger area to lay down. So I laid down on the ground with my head up against the tire.
Shortly after falling asleep, I felt a little bit of pressure on my chest. I didn't think much of it until the pressure felt like it was moving. As I slowly opened my eyes thinking it was one of the other crew chiefs messing with me, I came eye to eyes with a massive camel spider. As I quickly ran through what I should do, all logic went out the window as I jumped up and started screaming.
The other crew chief heard me scream and jumped up and when he realized what happened he couldn't stop laughing. Luckily, he went back to sleep relatively quickly and later I think he thought it was something he had dreamt about and I didn't bother correcting him...
After that I didn't sleep on the ground, I found a way to somewhat comfortably lay in a small spot next to one of the crew chief seats. Just goes to prove that you can sleep anywhere if you are tired enough.
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