A Thai friend in Chiangmai is terrified of tuk-kae lizards. She has a real phobia about them, possibly because they are meant to bring bad luck. Once on entering the toilet she closed the door and sat down, only to see a large tuk-kae on the back of the toilet door. She sat transfixed in horror, making incomprehensible noises "tuk! tuk! tuk! (she was so terrified she couldn't even say it properly!). Her husband heard the noises and asked what was wrong, but still she could only sit there saying "tuk, tuk". Becoming quite concerned, the husband put his shoulder to the door and with a lurch he burst the lock, flinging the door open. But in doing so he flung the enraged tuk-kae onto his wife's lap where it dug its fangs deep into her thigh!! Thats a true story.