Originally Posted by HillRider

You are aware that the non-drive side pedal is left-hand threaded and removed by turning it clockwise when facing the bike from that side?

If you removed what you referred to as the "left" pedal and it was the drive side, the threads are normal right-hand threads so it would have removed normally. So, are we referring to left (non-drive side) and right (drive side) the same way?