Hi folks. I just had what I would call a GREAT sighting. I witnessed a young woman (late teens, VERY early 20s) with a wonderful case of the hiccups.

She was about 5'3" or 5'4", maybe 100 pounds, long blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail. Wearing old jeans that looked like they were spray-painted on and an old navy-blue T-shirt that was fairly snug. Great voice and a good laugh.

The store is an Army surplus place with all kinds of manly stuff in it. :) I went in wanting to buy a field jacket and a good pair of cold-weather gloves. I found what I wanted and took it to the counter to pay for it. It is fairly late in the evening here so I was the only customer in the store.

The young lady came over to ask if I had found everything okay. The counter display had a bunch of pocketknives and Leatherman tools. I told her I had been looking for a Leatherman, or at least that is what I *wanted* to say. What came out of my mouth was "I have been looking for a Weatherman." We looked at one another and both of us laughed at the goof.

Then she said those famous words: Oh, I've got the hiccups again. This is the third time tonight...

I hadn't heard an interruption in her laughter but she giggled again and a HUGE silent hiccup shook her and caused about a two second gap in her giggles. Oh man... Please, let it be a real case...

It was. This young lady giggled and laughed and talked continuously for the next ten minutes. Funny how interested I seemed to be in those Leatherman tools, huh?

She hiccuped about every ten seconds and there wasn't a dud in the bunch. She is fairly thin and each hiccup was extremely obvious thanks to that tight T-shirt. Her upper chest would cave in big time, even her collarbones seemed to be sucked downward when she had a silent hiccup. Since she was behind the counter I didn't get to check out her tummy but I am certain is was bouncing big time. These were HARD hiccups.

As I pretended to contemplate the Leatherman selection, I carried on a constant conversation to keep her talking. I asked point blank about her hiccups and she talked freely about them. Her father owns the store and she is still in high school and she said she doesn't get them very often but when she does they keep coming back three or four times a day for several days in a row.

I said that it must suck to have them in school and she said it does because she is loud and her friends all tease her about them. This girl kept talking and laughing and hiccuping and I was nearly out of my mind. A couple of times she was waiting for me to look at a tool and she leaned against the counter. When she hiccuped in that position each hiccup caused her tummy to bounce her away from the counter as her belly was forced outward.

My mouth was incredibly dry and my heart rate was WAY up. It has been so long since I was given the freedom to talk to and watch someone hiccup like that. I was beside myself. And she just chattered and giggled on. Wow...

After about ten minutes I noticed they were getting farther apart and then they stopped. I went ahead and had her ring up my coat and gloves. I said, "Hey, looks like your hiccups are gone." She said that yes they were but she was sure they'd be back, maybe waking her up in the middle of the night. Another big laugh.

I paid for my stuff and thought that I need to visit that store more often!

Part of what was so good about the whole sighting was that I was with her before she got them, while she had them and then after they were gone. And she was so much fun to talk to. I would have enjoyed the talk even if she hadn't had the hiccups. But I was sure glad that she DID get them!