In my tribe. When a cricket, snake or anything unusual enters a house, we are taught not to kill it and just leave it be. In the old days, the house owner would need to butcher a livestock as an offering. Today, we dont give offerings no more but still leave the visitors as we call it, or just gently lead them out.
@@precursorapollo641 Well if you don't provoke the snake it most likely won't attack considering how big we are compared to most snakes. It doesn't take much effort to kill one, either.
Does this altruistic outlook extend to people? If you turned on your kitchen light, say, and find a strange man loitering in the room. Gives no account of himself, doesn't offer to pay rent. Maybe eating something out of your fridge?
I listend to people telling about the healing of their sicknesses, even tinnitus, with the carnivore diet. Much is caused/worsend by inflammation which disappears with a very ketogenic approach on nutrition. I don't shove it in peoples faces. But, reading your comments, i just want to mention this. Maybe you want to research. I'm sorry you are suffering and wish well. :)
Lighthouse.. you done done it again. I was almost stuck awake looking crazy. I saw your community post and I got excited because I knew it was going to be a story told tonight. I won’t get into my illness but I’ll say this, your narrations scare away the monsters in my closet. Thank you sir.
You can write whatever is on your mind as long as it's not insulting others. Many anxious, overworked etc souls gather here for the soothing horror storie. It sounds contradictionary at fitst, but if you listened to more than 4 stories you know the magic. This community is (imho) very accepting and shares one obsession: LHH narrations. Voices, music, atmosphere, everything. I hope your health get's better soon or at least doesn't get worse. 👋 If you are rather new, I could possibly - give you some titles you'll enjoy. I even have a playlist of my " Best LHH stories" or named similar. I was just dumb enough to not make it open for everyone until recently...🤦 Yeah, I'm stupid.
If you like this story, check out doctor plagues world, he is the author, so many new awesome stories. I know this channel and a couple others has his stories from time to time.....but nothing like a whole channel dedicated to his horror stories!! I hope you the best ❤️
Lighthouse??? You are, hands down the best story teller on this channel! Thank you for all you do to make sure that a story, and the way it is told, and makes sense, and entertaining!
Did you know that you’re a sinner? But did you know that Jesus loves you and He can change that, all you have to do is believe that He died on the cross and rose from the grave 3 days later, repent, and accept God into your life, it’s your choice, Jesus loves you.
@@GennipherKrabzree well that makes sense. Many Irish resettled in Appalachia when they came from Ireland to work in the coal mines. So that's probably (possibly) why it's a thing here.
As a GA native I can say my Granny told me about the crickets too. Lucky for us we didn’t have too much trouble with them getting inside. And it was actually kind of a lullaby when we heard them through the windows at night :)
I've never heard of this sort of folk tale, but I was taught to re-home any uninvited insect visitors. To this day spiders or other crawlies get shuffled outside as long as I can get to them before the cats 🥰 thanks for another fantastic story!
Chills. Absolute chills. 😨 The idea that a story from the past could be a warning for the present? That’s haunting on a whole other level. It makes you wonder-what did your grandfather know? And why did he feel you had to hear it? This one sticks with you long after it ends...🖤
Boy that happened to me once. I was screamingly taken to the doctor. It ended up being a bad ear infection. I swore there was a bug in my ear! However, Will not kill a cricket again.
I am so lucky that I found this channel on my homepage. I clicked on a video and ever since I am obsessed with this channel. The last few weeks I have been binging all of your videos for hours on end and i am so grateful for the time and effort you put into these videos. Keep going brother ♥️♥️
Really liked this one, a good old-fashioned kind of holiday legend. As the carol sayd "Tales of the glories and scarry ghost stores of Christmases long long a go". Made Me think of my grandparents and the stories my father tells of his childhood camping trips with his family up in the Allegheny mountains. And besides legends are supposed to be a little scary, A little mysterious, With good old fashioned magic. It's so rare to hear about old fashioned magic anymore these days.
Did you know that you’re a sinner? But did you know that Jesus loves you and He can change that, all you have to do is believe that He died on the cross and rose from the grave 3 days later, repent, and accept God into your life, it’s your choice, Jesus loves you..😊
@@MostrandomM_toexisttoday I'm Christan you're falling on deaf ears. let people find their own way to God. stop pushing them too him you'll only make them run away from it God is not an oppressor like you.
An engaging story, to be sure. The fact that it was about a grandfather and frequently mentioned garlands as decorations had me chuckling, as I had a grandfather whose name was Garland...
I look forward to your videos almost more than anything….. and of course you nailed it yet again. You have such a beautiful way of setting the story that makes the audience truly feel *inside* the tale you are telling. I know you’ve gained subscribers but you deserve a million more and I’m baffled as to why you don’t have millions by now. Thank you for the tale, I’m already waiting for the next one!
Loving how you do the videos with a changing background based on what your saying. Doing so brings in a new depth to your narrations combined with the SFX and your voices.
Great reading, my friend. Thanks for breathing new life into my story. Anyone interested should come check out more grandpa stories, I have quite a few
I used to really enjoy the stories my Nana used to tell me, even if they were slightly exaggerated sometimes lol 😂😂😂 Happy New Year fellow Lighthouse Lovers♥️♥️♥️ & especially YOU Stephen 🥂♥️♥️♥️♥️💫🤗😎🇦🇺✌️
i cant imagine being kept awake or annoyed by the sound of a cricket. they're not even that loud really. also why didnt grandpa tell his family about the cricket in his ear? theres been plenty of cases of people getting bugs stuck in their ears. doctors usually just flush em out pretty easily
why'd the first thing to pop in my mind near the end when the phrase "the crickets tweeted" was lil crickets on cricket twitter posting about cancelling the grandma for evicting em from her grandson's head. XD
This is the first time I've come across this type of channel and I'm totally hooked now. Been about a week since I heard you for the first time and I've been binging on your back catalogue since. Your way of making the stories come to life is amazing 👏
YESSS ! It's almost as if some people need you the most you appear. I need motivation today to get my butt off the bed/ couch and what pops up ? A LHH story ! For cleaning the windows, cleaning the cupboards inside and out, ironing, cleaning and polishing 2 huge shelves, vacuuming and mopping the floors , so after this and 8 most beloved ones, I'll choose a 3 hour one. *Small Rant incoming* And if I am not still exhausted then, I'll prepare and copy and order all papers I have, again, for the upcoming meetings, letters for minimal assistance, rehab, etc. Ugh, I hate it. I'd rather cut trees , bushes, clean a garage , sort out garbage, collect leaves, even dig out invasive plants with wide spread roots.
I grew up loving crickets. It is beautiful music in late summer to listen to them sing. Them and whippoorwills ♥️ It was really good listening to another story.
My nanny ( great grandma) made sure that we gently moved the crickets outside. She was serious about not either killing a crickets or letting a cricket die in her house.
I love the sound of crickets chirping. I grew up in the country & it was like they were singing me to sleep. When I find them in the house I carry them outside.
Thank you 🙏. I enjoyed this story. Happy ending as well as a great story. Wish you the best of New Year with many dreams and adventures to come. I love the month of January it brings hope blessings. 🎉
What a great story.I to believe that you don't kill a cricket.If you do bad luck will come.When I drove a 18 wheeler for a few years my cb handle was cricket.Thanks for sharing this true and awesome story❤❤
Adding fluid to your ear and possibly shining a flashlight to give them guidance should get any insect to leave your ear. I understand the story though and I was freaked out!!!! Omg
Ohhh LH H, We Löve Grandpa, esp: in the Appalachians... 💋 😳 Great Christmas Story..!! 😱 🎄⛄ Thank You for Your Time Bringing Us Fantastic Entertainment/StöryTelling And the Music 🎶 Team..!! Fan From Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
STEPHEN! My friend! I have been asking & i hope I don’t bug you. I’ve been told the squeaky wheel gets the grease 😅. How’s that detective vampire story going? When will we get it? Also, how have you been? This one is SPLENDID! Thank you! 🔥👊😎🔥
@LighthouseHorror Just wanted to thank you for your channel. Your channel, and ironically enough, Dr Plague's channels are hands down my favorites. I have listened to every tail you both have posted. Eagerly checking first thing to see if anything new posted for me to start my morning with after having already gone to sleep to your tales the night before. Anyways, Hope you had a nice holiday season. Thank you again. 😊
North Carolinian here. Singing crickets you leave be, although it's okay if a pet gets them. The humpbacks that don't make noise are fair game, and you don't even have to try to stop the pets from killing them.
Love this channel, thanks❤ (Edit) wait htf is a cricket waking you up? Doesn’t everyone love crickets? They’re awesome; they’re the only insects I coddle and allow to stay in the house.
grew up in southern wv and heard similar warnings to not kill crickets fortunately i like them in the house singing during the winter. i also like rain and thunderstorms to sleep to as well loved the tale and narration
Enjoyable! At first I thought you said Gramp-us (as in Krampus). Then I realized what you said & thought that the grandson of the Krampus might call him that. Lol.
Crickets have nothing on cicada. Moving to South Texas about drove a poor mountain born son insane. The volume alone would make a guy barely able to walk straight, let alone listen.
I have tinnitus so I can relate, sometimes it's so bad I have to sleep on my back because laying on my ear on my pillow sleeping on my side makes it really loud, it's a terrible thing to have
I grew up in the Appalachia, raised by my grandparents. As soon as I heard "black cricket" I said aloud "don't kill it, you gotta get it out of the house alive". How very nostalgic.
In my tribe. When a cricket, snake or anything unusual enters a house, we are taught not to kill it and just leave it be. In the old days, the house owner would need to butcher a livestock as an offering. Today, we dont give offerings no more but still leave the visitors as we call it, or just gently lead them out.
Ho hello Jerome
Just leave a snake ?!
@@precursorapollo641 Well if you don't provoke the snake it most likely won't attack considering how big we are compared to most snakes. It doesn't take much effort to kill one, either.
Does this altruistic outlook extend to people? If you turned on your kitchen light, say, and find a strange man loitering in the room. Gives no account of himself, doesn't offer to pay rent. Maybe eating something out of your fridge?
So much wisdom in such a neglected and mis treated people
As someone who suffers from severe tinnitus I felt this one, the horror is real for me, I only wish someone could break my curse!
I wrote the same thing before I saw your post, I have it and it's bad sometimes, I completely understand
I listend to people telling about the healing of their sicknesses, even tinnitus, with the carnivore diet. Much is caused/worsend by inflammation which disappears with a very ketogenic approach on nutrition. I don't shove it in peoples faces. But, reading your comments, i just want to mention this. Maybe you want to research. I'm sorry you are suffering and wish well. :)
Trust in the lord
Lighthouse.. you done done it again. I was almost stuck awake looking crazy. I saw your community post and I got excited because I knew it was going to be a story told tonight. I won’t get into my illness but I’ll say this, your narrations scare away the monsters in my closet. Thank you sir.
I'm sending positive recovery vibes your way.
You can write whatever is on your mind as long as it's not insulting others. Many anxious, overworked etc souls gather here for the soothing horror storie. It sounds contradictionary at fitst, but if you listened to more than 4 stories you know the magic.
This community is (imho) very accepting and shares one obsession: LHH narrations. Voices, music, atmosphere, everything.
I hope your health get's better soon or at least doesn't get worse. 👋
If you are rather new, I could possibly - give you some titles you'll enjoy. I even have a playlist of my " Best LHH stories" or named similar.
I was just dumb enough to not make it open for everyone until recently...🤦 Yeah, I'm stupid.
Praying for you 🙏🏽
I hope you feel better soon.
If you like this story, check out doctor plagues world, he is the author, so many new awesome stories. I know this channel and a couple others has his stories from time to time.....but nothing like a whole channel dedicated to his horror stories!! I hope you the best ❤️
I dig the more subtle intro, not super spoiler-heavy and not too revealing, you’ve been killing it man, listen every night 🫠
I appreciate that!
Good luck with your videos! I like them! ❤ @@LighthouseHorror
Lighthouse??? You are, hands down the best story teller on this channel! Thank you for all you do to make sure that a story, and the way it is told, and makes sense, and entertaining!
Is he not the only storyteller on this channel
Did you know that you’re a sinner? But did you know that Jesus loves you and He can change that, all you have to do is believe that He died on the cross and rose from the grave 3 days later, repent, and accept God into your life, it’s your choice, Jesus loves you.
West Virginian here. I was told the whole time that my momaw was alive that killing a cricket in your house was bad luck.
grew up there and heard the same story. i actually love hearing them in the house
That saying has been around so long. The is some truth to the saying
My grandma said the same thing! She was Irish, though. It's interesting how so many different cultures share such similar folklore.
@@GennipherKrabzree well that makes sense. Many Irish resettled in Appalachia when they came from Ireland to work in the coal mines. So that's probably (possibly) why it's a thing here.
Grandparents - saving the world and bringing comfort… Miss mine ❤
Meanwhile my grandma, "There was this group of colored boys that moved nearby and I joined a protest"
Out of all the storyteller voices I listen to I'd have to say I love yours the most.
Your voices are rivaled by none! Thanks for bringing all your stories to life
I agree I’ve heard some hams really try and act and it’s cringy. Love his voice myself ❤
As a GA native I can say my Granny told me about the crickets too. Lucky for us we didn’t have too much trouble with them getting inside. And it was actually kind of a lullaby when we heard them through the windows at night :)
I grew up in Alabama so I too enjoyed Nature's symphony. But crickets in the house were always considered good luck to my family.
I’ve always loved the sound of crickets - but I do pick them up and put them outside (they tickle my hands), so I can sleep.
Many cricketsis fine but one just going off like its a one cricket rave is just not pleasant.
I've never heard of this sort of folk tale, but I was taught to re-home any uninvited insect visitors. To this day spiders or other crawlies get shuffled outside as long as I can get to them before the cats 🥰 thanks for another fantastic story!
Chills. Absolute chills. 😨 The idea that a story from the past could be a warning for the present? That’s haunting on a whole other level. It makes you wonder-what did your grandfather know? And why did he feel you had to hear it? This one sticks with you long after it ends...🖤
Boy that happened to me once. I was screamingly taken to the doctor. It ended up being a bad ear infection. I swore there was a bug in my ear! However, Will not kill a cricket again.
I am so lucky that I found this channel on my homepage. I clicked on a video and ever since I am obsessed with this channel. The last few weeks I have been binging all of your videos for hours on end and i am so grateful for the time and effort you put into these videos. Keep going brother ♥️♥️
Thank you Stephen for the awesome treat. As always you definitely made my night.🖤
Yay!! Best timing EVER!! 🥰
Really liked this one, a good old-fashioned kind of holiday legend. As the carol sayd "Tales of the glories and scarry ghost stores of Christmases long long a go". Made Me think of my grandparents and the stories my father tells of his childhood camping trips with his family up in the Allegheny mountains. And besides legends are supposed to be a little scary, A little mysterious, With good old fashioned magic. It's so rare to hear about old fashioned magic anymore these days.
Now I wanna hear grandpa's story about meeting santa
Did you know that you’re a sinner? But did you know that Jesus loves you and He can change that, all you have to do is believe that He died on the cross and rose from the grave 3 days later, repent, and accept God into your life, it’s your choice, Jesus loves you..😊
@@MostrandomM_toexisttoday I'm Christan you're falling on deaf ears. let people find their own way to God. stop pushing them too him you'll only make them run away from it God is not an oppressor like you.
@@MostrandomM_toexisttoday nonsense
Such a sweet and interesting tale~ I hope we get to hear about his meeting with Santa as well.
I also really love crickets.
An engaging story, to be sure. The fact that it was about a grandfather and frequently mentioned garlands as decorations had me chuckling, as I had a grandfather whose name was Garland...
I look forward to your videos almost more than anything….. and of course you nailed it yet again. You have such a beautiful way of setting the story that makes the audience truly feel *inside* the tale you are telling.
I know you’ve gained subscribers but you deserve a million more and I’m baffled as to why you don’t have millions by now.
Thank you for the tale, I’m already waiting for the next one!
Me and my 2 half year old son listen to your stories when we go to bed.. my son falls asleep before the first story is finished
that's awesome!
YAY!! My favorite narrator
What an awesome way to entertain myself on this night audit shift so quiet!! With my fave narrator’s voice!!
Loving how you do the videos with a changing background based on what your saying. Doing so brings in a new depth to your narrations combined with the SFX and your voices.
If you like Lighthouse, checkout The Dark Somnium, he does some great custom sounds and complex music.
@@extremeencounter7458 yeah listen to him too also scary JuJu is similar to Lighthouse and somnium
@@shanegilmore4531 Aye thanks for mentioning that, I’ve added him to what is now a trio of rotating pasta dishes. 😘
Awesome glad I could help 😜
Was listening to another video but when I saw the notification for you I clicked on urs fast❤❤❤❤❤
A Blessed Christmas and a Happy 2023 to you and your loved ones!
That's a wonderful story! Thank you!
So very very good! Thank you! I do so enjoy your work. :)
Always believed, Things that go bump in the night don’t go bump in the night by themselves!
Great reading, my friend. Thanks for breathing new life into my story. Anyone interested should come check out more grandpa stories, I have quite a few
Can I get the link?
I used to really enjoy the stories my Nana used to tell me, even if they were slightly exaggerated sometimes lol 😂😂😂 Happy New Year fellow Lighthouse Lovers♥️♥️♥️
& especially YOU Stephen 🥂♥️♥️♥️♥️💫🤗😎🇦🇺✌️
Thank You!!! 🤗❤️
i cant imagine being kept awake or annoyed by the sound of a cricket. they're not even that loud really. also why didnt grandpa tell his family about the cricket in his ear? theres been plenty of cases of people getting bugs stuck in their ears. doctors usually just flush em out pretty easily
why'd the first thing to pop in my mind near the end when the phrase "the crickets tweeted" was lil crickets on cricket twitter posting about cancelling the grandma for evicting em from her grandson's head. XD
Man you had me worried! I was starting to think there would never be another story. Geez! give a guy a heart attack!
Absolutely wonderful!
Thanks for another video Stephen happy new year!👍
Happy new year Stephen Great story this one is gonna be a new Christmas tale and to the writer kudos loved it
This is the first time I've come across this type of channel and I'm totally hooked now. Been about a week since I heard you for the first time and I've been binging on your back catalogue since. Your way of making the stories come to life is amazing 👏
Man you have released a video at the absolute perfect time to help me just focus on other things than what’s going on right now.
*a cookie* 🤣
me imagining grandma baking one Christmas cookie. “That’s all you get, sonny.” 💀
Accidentally made a cookie the size of the entire sheet by using bisquik like it was flour. Baking soda and bisquik becomes a liquid mess under heat
Ah! Cute, sad, funny, and horrifying at the same time! Great story, great narration! 🦗🙉
You are an awesome storyteller!! So glad I discovered your channel as it is such a gem!! Happy Holidays to you & yours!!🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Yes
YESSS ! It's almost as if some people need you the most you appear.
I need motivation today to get my butt off the bed/ couch and what pops up ?
A LHH story !
For cleaning the windows, cleaning the cupboards inside and out, ironing, cleaning and polishing 2 huge shelves, vacuuming and mopping the floors , so after this and 8 most beloved ones, I'll choose a 3 hour one.
*Small Rant incoming*
And if I am not still exhausted then, I'll prepare and copy and order all papers I have, again, for the upcoming meetings, letters for minimal assistance, rehab, etc.
Ugh, I hate it. I'd rather cut trees , bushes, clean a garage , sort out garbage, collect leaves, even dig out invasive plants with wide spread roots.
I grew up loving crickets. It is beautiful music in late summer to listen to them sing. Them and whippoorwills ♥️
It was really good listening to another story.
Sweet, Thank you as always bro 🤘
Happy New Year and God bless love your stories
I like how you put stress on certain words, makes the story believable. I liked the story, not as scary as the others. A good change
That was an especially lovely story! Thank you for sharing it!
My nanny ( great grandma) made sure that we gently moved the crickets outside. She was serious about not either killing a crickets or letting a cricket die in her house.
I love the sound of crickets chirping. I grew up in the country & it was like they were singing me to sleep. When I find them in the house I carry them outside.
Old wackey
Hats off to Granpas everywhere
Bravo 👏 👏 👏 👏
Another great story! Thanks LH!
we were always told not to kill spiders if you see one in your home.
Wonderful story ,thanks 🎄🇦🇺 Australia
Erutious is my favorite author❤
I love you videos!
They help when I have panic attacks or am just bored, sometimes I can't sleep and your stories help me relax, so thanks
As always
masterpiece
Oh goody!!! Great way to end my night!!
"awe, I 💕 love it, a happy ending!'
Beautiful story Stephen 🎅🎄👼🕊💜💜
Thank you 🙏. I enjoyed this story. Happy ending as well as a great story. Wish you the best of New Year with many dreams and adventures to come. I love the month of January it brings hope blessings. 🎉
Another great show thanks
Excellent brother, Excellent!! Waiting on the Santa story 😏😏
My kinda grandparents, I love the time of year from Halloween to New Years, like there's excitement in the air.
This was such a good story. Thank you for the video Lighthouse! 👍
You are literally my FAVORITE narrator on RUclips!! You don't post very often tho 🥺is there somewhere you post??
I live in the south, and I was always told that killing them brings bad luck. Listening to this makes me happy that I’m a believer lol.
What a great story.I to believe that you don't kill a cricket.If you do bad luck will come.When I drove a 18 wheeler for a few years my cb handle was cricket.Thanks for sharing this true and awesome story❤❤
Thank you I needed that ,❤️❤️❤️🐈
Adding fluid to your ear and possibly shining a flashlight to give them guidance should get any insect to leave your ear. I understand the story though and I was freaked out!!!! Omg
yeayyy new video! gonna listen to this while drawing
HAPPY NEW YEAR LH
Nice! I love the grandpa stories! 👍
bro i love erutius, so cool that you voiced more of his stories
So Sweet! Nice. Happy New Year 2023!!
Ohhh LH H, We Löve Grandpa, esp: in the Appalachians... 💋 😳
Great Christmas Story..!! 😱 🎄⛄
Thank You for Your Time Bringing Us Fantastic Entertainment/StöryTelling
And the Music 🎶 Team..!!
Fan From Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
I'm good with bugs as long as they stay away/off me.
STEPHEN! My friend! I have been asking & i hope I don’t bug you. I’ve been told the squeaky wheel gets the grease 😅. How’s that detective vampire story going? When will we get it? Also, how have you been?
This one is SPLENDID! Thank you!
🔥👊😎🔥
Didn't it just come out a few days ago?
@LighthouseHorror Just wanted to thank you for your channel. Your channel, and ironically enough, Dr Plague's channels are hands down my favorites. I have listened to every tail you both have posted. Eagerly checking first thing to see if anything new posted for me to start my morning with after having already gone to sleep to your tales the night before. Anyways, Hope you had a nice holiday season. Thank you again. 😊
You are the best!!! Happy new year!!!!
North Carolinian here.
Singing crickets you leave be, although it's okay if a pet gets them. The humpbacks that don't make noise are fair game, and you don't even have to try to stop the pets from killing them.
Love this channel, thanks❤
(Edit) wait htf is a cricket waking you up? Doesn’t everyone love crickets? They’re awesome; they’re the only insects I coddle and allow to stay in the house.
You have one of them damn things inside your room when sleeping or trying to sleep (especially in a crack of brick work), and it's the absolute worst.
I liked this one. 😳 It has that old Appalachian deep woods folk horror feel. 🤔 Great choice! 😍
I've heard before that its bad luck to kill a cricket in your house. I assume it's not the same if a spider catches it.
Does it make it good luck if you kill a spider? Just in case?
I think my cat caught and killed a cricket.
i will never kill another cricket
lol you and me both
As a person who has actually had a roach in my ear that hatched out dozen of babies.. its pain beyond description. I think he did pretty well.
grew up in southern wv and heard similar warnings to not kill crickets
fortunately i like them in the house singing during the winter. i also like rain and thunderstorms to sleep to as well
loved the tale and narration
Probably one of the silliest stories I’ve ever heard in my life.
Yasss great as always
😁👍 loved it 💜 Australia
That was messed up man .a bug in the ear just got way under my skin Great story.
I can’t deal with the fact a cricket crawled in his ear and he don’t tell anyone or go to the emergency room 😂😂😂😂😂 IK it’s a story but …
Enjoyable! At first I thought you said Gramp-us (as in Krampus). Then I realized what you said & thought that the grandson of the Krampus might call him that. Lol.
Never enough lighthouse stories.
Crickets have nothing on cicada. Moving to South Texas about drove a poor mountain born son insane. The volume alone would make a guy barely able to walk straight, let alone listen.
Great voice for telling stories.
Thanks for saying so,
In any case.
I have tinnitus so I can relate, sometimes it's so bad I have to sleep on my back because laying on my ear on my pillow sleeping on my side makes it really loud, it's a terrible thing to have
I grew up in the Appalachia, raised by my grandparents. As soon as I heard "black cricket" I said aloud "don't kill it, you gotta get it out of the house alive". How very nostalgic.