Phantom At the Foot of the Bed

Normally, I'm not one to be alarmed by things that go bump in the night, But the other night I saw something that gave me a most dreadful fright! I awoke to make a visit to you know where (as us old guys are prone to do)! As I lay there half asleep, a very eerie figure came into my field of view! Still in a sleepy stupor, at the foot of the bed, I saw a spectre peering at me! I pulled the covers over my ears yet kept one eye open so that I could see, Who this interloper could be that so rudely interrupted my peaceful rest, And could surely be the cause of a potentially serious cardiac arrest! A ray of moonlight shone upon the scary apparition causing me more alarm! My spouse was serenely snoring and I hesitated to poke her with my arm. I moved and it advanced toward me - it was a most fearsome sight! I saw that it had several appendages, all glowing ghostly white! Things were looking rather grim for me on that dark and stormy night! To make matters worse, the clock struck twelve reminding me of my plight! The shaking of the bed and chattering of my teeth aroused my wife to wake! I cautiously pointed to the spook that caused her to do a double take! Now the bed was really shaking due to her uncontrollable guffaw! She pointed out a startling fact that caused me to drop my jaw! "You addlepated nincompoop! From you I don't want to hear another peep! That spook you saw was your foot so shut up and let me get back to sleep!" Entry for Brendon J. Simons' "Hallucination" Contest