Last year, millions of people flocked to theatres to see “Snakes on a Plane.” The movie was a flop but now there’s something even more interesting…a real live scorpion on a plane! In an even more unusual twist, there were two completely separate incidents this past week or so, involving scorpions and commercial planes.

First, David Sullivan, of Stowe, Vermont, was flying home from Chicago when a scorpion bit his legs. He was taking a nap and it made its way up his pants and bit once on each leg. It wasn’t enough poison to kill him but that’s pretty damn scary! When it was noticed, someone stepped on it. United Airlines offered to pay his medical expenses and gave him a voucher for a future flight.

A second incident involved a Canadian man flying home on American Airlines flight 1552 from Miami to Toronto. Apparently, this time the scorpion crawled into his carry-on bag and once again made his way up the passenger’s leg where it bit him. He was taken off the plane on a stretcher for treatment.

I wonder how many people who saw “Snakes on a Plane” were on board these flights witnessing the action. What could have been going through their minds? Maybe something like “where’s Samuel L. Jackson when you need him?!”

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