Posted on 06/30/2011 7:19:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An Oregon passenger heading to Alaska said he was stung by a scorpion on the plane.
Jeff Ellis of West Linn said he was trying to sleep on a red-eye Alaska Airlines flight June 17 when he felt something in his sleeve and tried to brush it away. He said he felt the crawling again, looked down and saw the culprit.
Ellis says he grabbed the scorpion with a napkin, but not before it stung him on the elbow.
He says it caused a burning sensation.
"I kinda tried to go back to sleep and then I felt it on my hand again and I looked down and said, 'Oh my God, it's a scorpion!'" recalled Egan.
Alaska Air spokesperson Bobbie Egan said the flight crew called to have medics waiting at the gate to check Ellis out when he landed in Anchorage.
The flight originated from Austin, Texas, where Alaska Airlines officials believe the scorpion got on board. Ellis says the airline offered him 4,000 frequent-flier miles and two round-trip tickets.
Oh, man. I gotta pay four bucks for a lousy beer and this guy gets free scorpions?
The plane may be full of them. We once had a camper top on the pickup which set in the drive way unmoved for several months. Sold the top and the guy that bought it found it so full of scorpions he burned it. We camped in that sucker every weekend and 2 weeks straight in the winters. It’s a wonder we didn’t get bit.
Figured we got them from the rocks around deer camp. Also had a few rattlers but we made it okay. Gee, I miss the good ol’ days. Life was so uncomplicated.
So it didn’t have to strip and go though the detector? I’m sure there is a strict policy about profiling Arachnids.
Good thing it wasn’t a violin spider. You don’t want to fiddle around with them.
If you’ve been in Texas anytime at all you learn to turn your boots upside down and shake them real good before you put them on.
I have only been in Texas 71 years and I have never seen a scorpion.
Have seen a couple where I live in Texas. We have copper mesh in all the cracks around the house so they cannot get in.
Every now and then my dog brings something interesting to me. Last time I was home he brought me half of my sprinkler system he dug up. He is paying me back in rawhides my wife buys for him.
Sort of like the US and China
Wow. Seen plenty in my 4 years here.
Wow. Seen plenty in my 4 years here.
The only parts of Texas that I am not too familiar with is far west Texas and the panhandle. Lived my whole life on the Gulf Coast, hunted in south Texas for years and owned a place in the hill country, have many relatives who I visited in east Texas.
The sequel begins.
Poor little guy was probably just tired of the Texas heat, or maybe he decided that all of the other “critters” in Austin were too much competition......
Living north of Houston and it isn’t uncommon to see scorpions on the streets during the evenings. Even had one in the house recently!
These critters are all relatives ~ some are nasty but some of them are best steamed and served with garlic in butter sauce!
“The sequel begins....”
Scorps on a plane.
Lucky you. Used to work in Lubbock and Amarillo - they were everywhere in the summer. Had a hard hat and boots job. First day there the boss told me about the boots - turned out to be a great piece of advice. Here in Houston suburbs we just have red ants and their bite is almost as bad as a scorpion.
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