To throw away my bedding and possibly never sleep in my bed again.

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I just went into my bedroom, all sleepy and comfortable and ready to crawl in and snuggle down to watch netflix.

Only to find a two-inch scorpion had beat me to it and was sprawled on my pillow as if he owned it. I panicked and flushed him down the toilet after a harrowing walk to the bathroom turning the pillow up and down as he ran all over it. I had no idea scorpions could move that fast. I now wish I had taken a picture of the beast but as I said, panic.

I'm afraid to go to bed. Where there is one, there must be more, right? What if it was a mommy scorpion?!!

Fucking hell.

A fucking scorpion, where do you live?!
YANBU

Texas. Clearly a pit of hell...that thing looked like something out of a movie.

Would I be unreasonable to sleep on the couch?

Id be moving house.
I do have a creepy crawley phobia though.

I'd sleep on the sofá tonight and Get summat nasty To spray, or pay a proffessional To, Everywhere.

We had one but we're in Latín América and ours wasn't on my pillow.

DD is very nonchalant about the whole thing and thinks I'm being ridiculous. I've. Mind to find one and put it on her pillow...we'd see how nonchalant she'd be if it was her bed.

I doubt she comes to get in my bed in the middle of the night tonight, though.

p.s. Would never really put a scorpion in my child's bed. I'm just hacked off she's laughing at my fright.

DD2 was cross enough at being stung by a queen wasp lurking in her bed, in February.

Scorpions she could not cope with.

I'd be swapping beds with the nonchalant child... Bet she wouldn't find that as funny!

Coola that is a very, very good idea.

I put my foot in my slipper that a scorpion was napping in..neither of us were best pleased. He gave me one hell of a sting, my husband sent him to a watery grave. This was in South Florida, another sweltering layer of Hell. My heart goes out to you Op, I spent the rest of my time in hell shaking out my bed clothes, shoes, clothes, underwear to send any nasties flying..

You need to burn your house down. Then run.

Yes, I had forgotten about checking the bedclothes for them. It's been quite a while since I've seen one :(

Patrick

Are you country Texas or City Texas? the pest guy is coming tomorrow, I shall have to mention specifically to ensure he has the poison for the scorpions

Country Texas, Notness. Are you in Texas too?

I have a suspicion that this truly is unreasonable, but I'm a little scared to use the toilet. I have a fear that it will
Crawl back up the pipe. I know how stupid that sounds btw.

We have had a few scorpions, but none, thank God, in the bed. Found a sneaky one in the bathroom a few times, and have learnt to check my shoes after finding one in my slippers.

Sounds totally reasonable. Use a different toilet. Put the kid down on yours an put a brick on top. In face, seal it over with cling film first.

Suddenly freezing my bits off in Michigan seems a whole load better.

We only have one bathroom and the situation became desperate. If the scorpion wasn't dead already, I can't imagine it lived through that.

I had Mexican food at lunch.

Yes in H Town, relieved you're country, hopefully we don't get them here

arf @scorpion succumbing to digested Mexican

I would die a death due to fear and have to leave the country. You were AMAZINGLY brave to carry the pillow to the loo with it running around. I possibly would have fainted at that point.

Scorpions! Agh!

Burn the house down and move north.

Ahhhh.....not nice to find one in your bed but no harm done, these creatures become part of life in certain climates.

We have a cobra living in our garden!

Burn the house down, salt the ground it stood on and move continents.

I hear Antarctica is cold nice this time of year.