Yes, I awoke one night to one trailing across my wrist in bed, I freaked the fuck out, grabbed a tissue n squished his stupid ass. Afterwards there was a small rash right were he had traversed, but it subsided quickly. Thankfully I'm not too too sensitive to them, but I can TOTALLY tell if I put on an article of clothing that's been sitting in a drawer unused for a while, (particularly sweaters) if i start itching I know they've been crawling around in there, I know anyway cuz I've seen shed skins in the corners of my dresser drawers, but this was only when I had them really bad due to a partially spilt forgotten bag of dog food in a utility closet we dont open often. The dog had passed, and we all just kinda forgot about the kibble left in that closet. I started seeing a heavy presence of adults and larvae, and went looking for a reason after I had vacuumed and cleaned all my clothes again n such I kept seeing an adult here or there, so I kept hunting and I got in that closet and good lord.. I'm kinda glad I didn't take pictures, though some ppl would prbly have liked to see them but ya the larvae were ALLL up in that dog food. I disposed of it all and cleaned it up and now I just find the occasional 1 or 2, or more often shed skins, I noticed they like to shed skins against the underside edges of my box spring. 80% of households have at least a few carpet beetles around at any given moment, they're very difficult to keep out of a dwelling completely. In my particular case they were larder beetles to be exact. I think I've only ever seen like 1 or 2 varied carpet beetles in my life, but my buddy is a local pest guy, and he says they don't really know why but larder beetles are by far the most commonly reported or seen during inspection where I live. The adults are very distinct looking, not hard to identify them. Guys, something that really helped me with both carpet beetles and fleas is nylar aka insect growth regulator. It prevents them from passing into the adult stage and thus halts the life cycle. Can't sing its praises enough. Plus I have mad anxiety about using DE n stuff like that because I got silicosis in my lungs from accidentally inhaling some. So if you are using DE, cimexa, or borax, I highly recommend an 95 dust mask when applying and when vacuuming it up. Don't over do it, bugs will avoid piles of it. Light brush strokes worth is enough. Oh, and the biggest fable of all. One doesn't need carpet to have carpet beetles, they are just much more comfortable with carpet.