This method of impalement by lance is also evident in both "The Prophecy" and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" where in each movie we see a scene in which hundreds are impaled in the same upright manner.
When Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus, both species of Aedes mosquito, lands on your skin and sticks in it's long nose—or proboscis, it pierces the epidermis which is the topmost layer, composed almost entirely of keratinocytes.
At Antioch the Crusaders reversed a seemingly hopeless situation when a peasant found a spear that had pierced the side of Christ's side hidden under a church, thereby raising morale enough to win the day.
“That diary sort of died when I stabbed it, ” said Harry, remembering ink pouring like blood from the punctured pages, and the screams of the piece of Voldemort's soul as it vanished.
In this case, it was a change from the probably completely ignored feeling of bare skin on a smooth floor to a distinct feeling of discomfort — the sharp metal tack piercing your skin.
" Yes, " said Harry emphatically—why were they all so slow on the uptake, did they not realise how much a person bled when fangs that long pierced their side?