Frickin Scorpion!!

[Darky]

IN MY PANTS!!!!!! The bastard had to die. He made his presence known by stinging the crap outta my thigh. First time was when I sat down. I jumped back up, went into an empty row of our warehouse, dropped my pants partially and checked my leg out. Couldn't see anything. Pulled the pants back up, and there that stinging sensation was again! Decided this is definitely something abnormal. Ran to the head (that's bathroom for you regular folk out there...;)), getting stung the whole way, dropped my pants, still saw nothing and was about to decide that it must just be a leg hair getting pulled when I saw him. Tan and about 2" long, climbing around in my pants on the floor. I flicked him out, checked my pants further, and then as he hid by the toilet, I crushed him. Son of a bastard.

[FordGuy]

That's what happens when you live in :flame:

[Darky]

Yeah, definitely learned that you don't lay anything on the floor.

[FordGuy]

So how bad did it hurt? and how does it look now?

[Darky]

It was maybe a 3 tops. I'm not fully sure if he stung me or just pinched me. Last I looked it was pinkish, but I was also scratching at it. If anything starts to feel funny I'm going home/dr.

[DrMoab]

It was maybe a 4 tops. I'm not fully sure if he stung me or just pinched me. Last I looked it was pinkish, but I was also scratching at it. If anything starts to feel funny I'm going home/dr.

If he was tan and not an almost white color and if he was kind of fat and not super skinny you have nothing to worry about. Nothing worse than a bee sting.

Its the little skinny straw yellow, almost white bastards you have to worry about. Kind of like skin heads.

[Darky]

Here he is
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii269/darkXJ/PIC-0043.jpg
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii269/darkXJ/PIC-0042.jpg

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics, but I'm at work...

[DrMoab]

Is that after you squashed him or before?

I would claim some serious pain...get some time off. :D

[Darky]

After squashage. Squashed and then carried in using the Gerber as a pair of forceps...I'm holding onto him for a few days, just in case.

[AIbandit]

Ugly little thing, At least he didn't sting your boys.

[DrMoab]

Ugly little thing, At least he didn't sting your boys.

Hummm...after getting a vasectomy last Thursday...I can relate. :D

[Darky]

Ugly little thing, At least he didn't sting your boys.
That was my second thought. After holy crap! Get it out of there, before he stings my boys!

:D

[Hammered]

I thought the ones with the skinny pincers were the poisonous ones

[Darky]

I thought so too, but he doesn't look like either of the ones listed as being "dangerous" that typically reside in America, and only one of them is in CA. We'll see though I guess. I'm monitoring if anything starts to feel different.

[AIbandit]

Hummm...after getting a vasectomy last Thursday...I can relate. :D

Ouch... Hope you feel better.

[muduck18]

Hummm...after getting a vasectomy last Thursday...I can relate. :D

does it hurt as bad as they say?

[xjtrailrider]

I'm glad i do not live in the desert, I'll deal with a little copperhead or timber rattler any day as compared to one of those sinister looking b@sterds.

[Hellbent]

oh crap! had one of those little sob's in my jacket sleeve once. stung me twice before i could get the jacket off. some people react badly to them-to me it was no worse than a mild bee sting. looked just like that one too. if you were going to have a reaction, probably would have developed quickly. how in the heck did he get in your pant leg???:eek:

[fscrig75]

Yea that looks like the same type we get over here. Found them twice in my house.

[Darky]

oh crap! had one of those little sob's in my jacket sleeve once. stung me twice before i could get the jacket off. some people react badly to them-to me it was no worse than a mild bee sting. looked just like that one too. if you were going to have a reaction, probably would have developed quickly. how in the heck did he get in your pant leg???:eek:
Must've climbed in there when I left them on the floor last night and just didn't have a chance to sting me until over an hour after putting my pants on...

[GrimmJeeper]

http://www.allproducts.com/manufacture100/yeexiya/product1.jpg

fiberglass him! or better yet mix up some acrylic so it says clear colored. me and my dad used to catch one every time we went camping, and come home and make em into a souvenir. the best looking one was the last one we did, dipped him and pinned him to a board, then an hour later took a small brush and recoated him. came out pretty cool looking. a little guy like that would make a nice keychain tho :D

[AIbandit]

Haha hell yeah that would be awesome revenge.

[DrMoab]

does it hurt as bad as they say?

Nope. I rotated the tires on my Jeep three days later.

[rysam]

Nope. I rotated the tires on my Jeep three days later.

Unless the doc F's up and lefty is the size of a baseball for a couple weeks.
(yeah, i speak from experience) bags of frozen peas are good.
No new kids in 5 years so it must've worked!!!


to stay on topic, i've only seen 1 scorpion that wasnt at the pet store. that was enough.

[bjoehandley]

Egads, glad that didn't turn out worse than it did!







Unless the doc F's up and lefty is the size of a baseball for a couple weeks.
(yeah, i speak from experience) bags of frozen peas are good.
No new kids in 5 years so it must've worked!!!


to stay on topic, i've only seen 1 scorpion that wasnt at the pet store. that was enough.

Haha, sounds like the one an uncle of mine had, I guess the "tube" kept slipping out of the tweezers (or what ever they use) and he started coming out of the local before it was done and was pretty decently bruised too. If I remember the story correctly, he was "running" around the house for a few days with ice bags strategically placed as well.
Also knew a guy that had one done and told the Dr's he didn't need the painkillers afterwards because he felt fine...................until the local wore off, then he was on the horn to get the prescription real quick!

[DrMoab]

Unless the doc F's up and lefty is the size of a baseball for a couple weeks.
(yeah, i speak from experience) bags of frozen peas are good.


Frozen Peas FTW!!!! I went through four bags.

[xjtrailrider]

Frozen Peas FTW!!!! I went through four bags.

^^^X a billion on the frozen peas and 7 years now and no failed EPT's, no new kids!

[WB9YZU]

Glad you got the scorpion!

I've heard that in certain parts, you don't leave your cloths laying about and you shake out your shoes before putting them on.

Around here, the worse thing we have to worry about is mosquitoes and ticks.

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Not every vesectomy goes well. My dad suffered for a while due to a nasty job. Mom figured it was well deserved ;)

-Ron

[Jump This]

DAt ain't nuttin'!

I bought a house that had been vacant for a year.....
Twelve motha' farkers crawling around.
Didn't even start looking for them until I was dumping out a sandy shoe
I had left in the den, and out popped a 4" green bugger.

One tried to sting my foot but apparently couldn't get past all the calluses on my heel. On a side note, don't squish them bare footed, that is some slimy shit they are made of!

:puke:

[RichP]

Didn't they teach you not to leave you clothes or boots out on the floor. Had two shelter halves together at Ft Hood one training cycle. My tent mate woke me up by staring at me, he was a bit wide eyed. Would not answer me. Finally got the first shirt and we took the shelter down, noticed what looked like one HECK of a woody, turned out to be a rattler. We unzipped his fart sack the rest of the way down and one of the range control guys got it with his hands and carried it out of the bivouac area. I slept in my buttoned up track for the rest of the training period.
Glad you got out with the boys intact, thats a bad place to have a reaction :D :D :D