Charlatan

Last night I was woken from a sound sleep at 3:10 am by the sounds of screeching tires followed by the unmistakable crunch of metal on metal. It was a loud noise and it the noise carried on for longer than seemed right.

It was a very big car accident.

I live on the 14th floor and given the heat, always sleep with my windows wide open. The sound was unbelievably loud. The second bang came a moment later as, apparently, another car slammed into the first accident.

From my window, I couldn't see the point of impact but I could see the cars backing up and going in the other direction.

I was tempted to go down and look at the carnage but felt it was too voyeuristic. Then I lay down and tried to sleep again. It took a while but I finally managed to get back to sleep.


What things have woken you up in the middle of the night?

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