Monster Bugs

We went to the beach for a two day trip. I left the balcony door open to catch the breeze off the beach. Two gargantuan sized dragonflies flew inside. They were loud! It took us about 45 minutes to catch them and get them out the door. We caught one and put it out. We caught the second and opened the door to put it out and the other flew back in. We caught the first one a second time and opened the door to put it out and the other one flew back in. This happened like three times.
 
 
 
The dragonflies were the size of the cup - bigger than the width of my palm. 
 

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