Warminster Man Stung By Stowaway Scorpion After Caribbean Trip, Report Says

A Warminster man brought home an unwanted souvenir from a recent Caribbean trip.

Two local exterminators, Hollie and Buddy Mullen of A-1 Exterminators, tell 6ABC they were summoned by a 22-year-old traveler who found a scorpion in his backpack after recently returning home from the Virgin Islands.

"He reached into his computer backpack...and a scorpion bit him," Buddy Mullen told the news station. The scorpion disappeared somewhere in the man's bedroom, which prompted the call to A-1 Exterminators.

The creature was located and captured after the exterminators flipped the sheets, Mullen told 6ABC.

Meanwhile, the Warminster man was taken to Abington Memorial Hospital and was treated and released, his mother told 6ABC.

Scorpions, although feared, are actually generally harmless, 6ABC reports. A scorpion sting is equivalent to a bee sting, the network says.

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