Hampshire may just be right. A loose hair could have penetrated my skin. It probably happened when I was gardening and was doing a lot of digging with that hand. I was wearing latex gloves and if a hair had managed to find its way in there, it could have been forced under the skin by the pressure I was exerting on my shovel and trowel, as well as by the friction of the glove. At any rate, I went to bed with it there last night but woke up to find it missing this morning, making Hampshire’s explanation seem even more likely.
I’ll keep that in mind if I discover another one. Does weird-hair experimentation pay well?
At least I probably don’t have to worry about being a vampire now. Probably.
The hair on your palm might not be one of your own. It might not even be a human hair.
When I lived at home and we had dogs, I would occasionally find that dropped hairs would become embedded in the sole of my foot (from walking around barefoot) - I think it’s just that the barbed nature of hair (smooth one way, rough the other) means that under specific circumstances, a hair can ratchet its own way into your skin pores as you walk around. It was usually quite painful and when they were pulled out, it was always a bit shocking exactly how far they had been embedded.
I guess the same thing could happen to the palms, although it’s not as likely for several obvious reasons.
“The lion moves…each muscle so vast it moves like a school of fish moving together with one mind and all the hairs on the tip of your penis spring forth! And that long hank of unbraided hair tickles the scrotum at the base of your knee!”
(Major bonus points to anyone who can identify where this is from)
“Let me begin with a description of the lion’s roar. You feel it first…in your scrotum.”
“Is there a need for such language?”
"I’m afraid there is, my dear, if I’m to be descriptive…Its great jaw stirs one’s intestines, and a tingle of fear constricts…the scrotum. A great bellow rings out, tossing one’s very scrotum hither and thither. Its eyes grasp you at the base of your spine, crawl up the back, ring 'round the neck, and settle finally on the tongue.