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I found a scorpion in my living room the other day. I recently moved a bit more 'up into the hills' area. Previous to this, I've never seen a scorpion that wasn't either dead, or in a cage at a pet shop. Found this one as I was getting up from the couch to go to bed. One of my dogs was smacking at it. Then it ran under the couch. Honestly thought I was hallucinating.

Wife was also looking at my like I was full of shit. If I didn't find it, there would be no way to convince her of what I saw. The scorpion was on a brown, multi-colored carpet making it difficult to see.



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suicideking said:
I found a scorpion in my living room the other day. I recently moved a bit more 'up into the hills' area. Previous to this, I've never seen a scorpion that wasn't either dead, or in a cage at a pet shop. Found this one as I was getting up from the couch to go to bed. One of my dogs was smacking at it. Then it ran under the couch. Honestly thought I was hallucinating.

Wife was also looking at my like I was full of shit. If I didn't find it, there would be no way to convince her of what I saw. The scorpion was on a brown, multi-colored carpet making it difficult to see.



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suicideking said:
I found a scorpion in my living room the other day. I recently moved a bit more 'up into the hills' area. Previous to this, I've never seen a scorpion that wasn't either dead, or in a cage at a pet shop. Found this one as I was getting up from the couch to go to bed. One of my dogs was smacking at it. Then it ran under the couch. Honestly thought I was hallucinating.

Wife was also looking at my like I was full of shit. If I didn't find it, there would be no way to convince her of what I saw. The scorpion was on a brown, multi-colored carpet making it difficult to see.



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Once when I was at the lake sitting by the campfire I felt something burning on the back of my leg right at the knee, I was wearing boots and long jeans. I thought somehow something had popped out of the fre and was burning me but then I realized something was biting me, when I stomped my foot a scorpion fell out.

I threw it in a jar drove 1 hour to the nearest hospital only to have them tell me if anything was going to happen it would have happened within 20 minutes.
 
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B1Toad said:
Once when I was at the lake sitting by the campfire I felt something burning on the back of my leg right at the knee, I was wearing boots and long jeans. I thought somehow something had popped out of the fre and was burning me but then I realized something was biting me, when I stomped my foot a scorpion fell out.

I threw it in a jar drove 1 hour to the nearest hospital only to have them tell me if anything was going to happen it would have happened within 20 minutes.
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We have an entomologist in the family so my wife sent the picture to her. She said most scorpions are pretty harmless, at least in California anyway. Comparable to a bee sting.

From my exotic pet collecting days, I remember that you don't fear the stinger as much as the pinchers. Supposedly hurt like a MFer.
 
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suicideking said:
I found a scorpion in my living room the other day. I recently moved a bit more 'up into the hills' area. Previous to this, I've never seen a scorpion that wasn't either dead, or in a cage at a pet shop. Found this one as I was getting up from the couch to go to bed. One of my dogs was smacking at it. Then it ran under the couch. Honestly thought I was hallucinating.

Wife was also looking at my like I was full of shit. If I didn't find it, there would be no way to convince her of what I saw. The scorpion was on a brown, multi-colored carpet making it difficult to see.



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Get yourself a hand held black light. We live in a heavily populated scorpion area and have had quite a few in our house. I've been stung three times myself.
 
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DavidBT said:
Get yourself a hand held black light. We live in a heavily populated scorpion area and have had quite a few in our house. I've been stung three times myself.
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I would never sleep...one of the only "good" things about NY is very little creepy crawly things around
 
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cliffish said:
I would never sleep...one of the only "good" things about NY is very little creepy crawly things around
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The house we bought in Oklahoma had netting over the ceiling vents because a scorpion dropped out a vent and landed on the bed while the previous owners were laying there.
 
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DavidBT said:
Get yourself a hand held black light. We live in a heavily populated scorpion area and have had quite a few in our house. I've been stung three times myself.
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I'll definitely do that if I see another one anytime soon. I'll just assume this one was a fluke until then. Still wondering how it got in the house. We do have lots of flys and other insects. Though assuming it may have been on one of the dogs.
 
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suicideking said:
I'll definitely do that if I see another one anytime soon. I'll just assume this one was a fluke until then. Still wondering how it got in the house. We do have lots of flys and other insects. Though assuming it may have been on one of the dogs.
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Just don't go shining it around your kids bedrooms....
 
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