Reminds me of the Cicada-Killer wasps we have down here in Texas. They look like huge yellow-jackets and can be almost 2 inches in length. But they don’t hurt humans.
We’ve got Japanese Hornets here, their sting is reputed to feel like a nail gun. When one gets in the house, you can sort of feel the vibration from their wings, it’s vaguely like a helicopter in the distance. Their exoskeleton is pretty hard, swatting them just pisses them off. Their saving grace is, they’re not usually aggressive toward humans and they eat wasps.
I have seen such a creature here in Maryland but only about 3 times. First time, it freaked me out a bit, I must admit.