As an experienced outdoorsman, I can tell you that this is no idle scare story. In most of my nearly sixty years of living in Michigan, large portions of which have been spent wandering the wild places, I never saw a single tick.
The last few years, though, I've found I can't even step into the woods without being attacked by a tick. Every venture outdoors (I live in a rural area) requires a naked tick-check for me, and a tick hunt on the dogs (yes, I use high quality tick repellent on the dogs, but it only helps so much).
Already I've found a tick in my armpit.
So very, very icky. Yet another reason to be concerned about global warming.
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