I stumbled upon something rather disturbing just now.  I am about as far south as you can get in the US and I’m still not sure this is acceptable.  At all.  I am thinking I would have to live in a more mountainous region to see it as…prudent.  HOWEVER, my possum problem might have an upside after all…

Last night I had a couple of nightlights in H’s room.  In the past she said she didn’t want them because they were “too bright” in her face while sleeping.  She wasn’t having the haint situation at the time, however.  So this morning I asked her how she slept and she said that there were “people” standing right over there and gestured on the other side of her nightstand.  She said she got her little flashlight and shined it on them because she thought they might be trying to steal her things, and they ducked down behind the nightstand.  I realize that is sounding a bit crazy, but you would have to know just how incredibly paranoid she is to understand how much this sounds just like something she’d say.  Right on the nose.