Ok, back to the trailer last night, I showed up at 11pm.

Started the generator. Lights flicked on. Walked into the trailer, and BLAM! I see a massive amount of large black flies everywhere.

Now, I just drove a whole hour to get to the trailer. I could have turned around and went home.. but instead, I decided to deal with the problem.  I move towards the flies, and they all immediately take off from the walls and start buzzing around in a large swarm.

One fly isn’t scarey. But having 70 of them swarming around.. all of a sudden you’re quickly out numbered and you know its going to be next to impossible to kill them in mid flight.

Then I get an idea… These flies were sleeping in the dark on the walls when I first walked into the trailer. What IF I turn out the lights?  Sure enough, they all fly to the nearest wall and sit there.

AHA! The flies can’t see in the dark, and they can’t fly in the dark.

Perfect. I pull out my headlamp and switch it onto the red LED portion and begin my killing spree.  I kill one after the other… What a mess.. it is working, but ewww, its gross to have several dozen dead flies stuck to the walls, windows, etc.

The carcasses are dropping to the floor..

I flick back on the light, 6 more flies show up. I turn the lights back off, and kill them. Turn the lights back on, it’s safe for about 10 seconds, then 3 more flies show up. I repeat the process..

So for the next 45 minutes, I kill 3 or 4 flies, turn lights on, more flies show up… I turn the lights back off… kill those ones.. and repeat.. again, and again.

I’m finally done. No more flies exist.

I better check the washroom now. I open the door, and there are 25 flies inside this tiny little room, all stuck to the walls, they see the light and look at me, ready to take off… I immediately slam the door shut.

Will it ever end?

I sit for 15 minutes… rest… and then the lights go off again. Another 25 flies met their maker.

Now I suspect something is either really dead around here.. OR flushing out the RV toilet holding tank last week is what brought every fly in the forest here.. Either way, I really don’t care what the reason is… I’m just pissed off at having to deal with such a stupid scenario.

I ask: How many of you have had to kill 72 flies in one night by hand?

Eventually, due to exhaustion, its time for bed. Atleast now I can sleep knowing that only the odd fly exists..

Wake up in the morning, and guess what surprise awaits me?

No, not breakfast in bed. Not a hot coffee…

MORE FLIES!! There is like 17 more flies in the trailer. I kill about 12 of them, and then give up…

No one should have to kill 89 flies in less than 24 hours..

This is just crazy.

I did a lot of internet searches and found how to build an organic fly trap, and may do that.. but really though.. a trap is a preventative measure. When you’re already overrun by hundreds of flies, it’s too late for a trap.. the trap should have been built BEFORE the flies got here.

If I write another blog post after this one, then you know I survived the flies… If you never hear from me again, then you know I was the world’s first fly victim who never lived through it.