Oregon man stung by a scorpion is a commercial airline
Portland, Oregon – All Jeff Ellis could do was wait until he sat in terror 30,000 feet in the air staring at the wriggling scorpion stung him on a flight to Alaska.
He repeated himself that a doctor said he will be fine – probably.
Ellis, of Portland, Oregon, had first to wait 30 minutes to see if they succumb to anaphylactic shock.
"In movies, scorpions kill people," Ellis, 55, said Thursday. "I was just nervous on the edge, ensuring that my heart was beating normally, I was not sweating."
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Alaska Airlines spokesman Bobbie Egan said the scorpion probably dragged the plane during a stop in Austin, Texas. The plane landed after Seattle, where Ellis boarded a flight to Anchorage.
About three hours during the flight, Ellis fell asleep. Then he felt something tickling his hand.
"I felt in shirt-sleeves and brushed me off, I thought it was a small spider or something," said Ellis. "Then I felt my elbow again."
Just after that, Eliis felt a sting. Grabbed a towel and his girlfriend, Suzanne Foster, called hostess, who threw the scorpion in a clear plastic bag.
The spartaraei arachnid terrified children seated nearby.
"The mother told the stewardess," Get this thing off my face, "said Ellis.
As Ellis himself monitored for signs of fatal allergic reaction, emergency assistance in Anchorage told to get ready; The flight will soon be landing.
But he had a problem, Ellis, said: Scorpions are not common in Alaska, and the EMTs did not know what to do.
"I had to Google», he said.
News traveled quickly through the cabin, but Ellis, said no one panicked. He was the first to get off the plane, he said, where he met a policeman.
In the end, the doctor revealed that the flight was right. Ellis was okay, and all that remained of the incident is a scar on his hand.
Egan said that the airline has never had a venomous creature in one of its flights before, but it was not the first time anyone has found a scorpion on a plane.
During a Southwest Airlines flight 2009, an Arizona man was stung while traveling from Phoenix to Indianapolis. 10-year-old son found the rest of the family of scorpions in the luggage compartment above the seats.
Ellis believes that – based on photos taken by the eight-legged pest – that was stung by a striped bark scorpion, which is common in Texas.
He said he is pleased with the response of the crew and said that the airline has offered 4,000 frequent-flier miles and two roundtrip tickets.
Return flight to Seattle, he said, was uneventful.
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