When Did We Get THESE in LA?

Ummm ... that's one video that I don't think I'll watch. Thanks anyway?

Bart Leetch said:

So how hard do you have to hit them & is there anything left of the black light when you finished hitting them?

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I only mentioned the blacklight because I figured that as an old stoner, err, rocker, Vaughn would have one laying around, and would be spending tonight wandering around his yard with it!

Vaughn McMillan said:

None of the neighbors recall seeing scorpions in our neck of the woods. I'm sure not walking around the house barefoot for a while.

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I stepped on one of those things once... didn't stay on his back very long I was about 10 years old at the time and I still remember how hot that coal was.

there was a very large herd of them migrating under my grandfathers house and across his yard.

Is that one of them California barking spiders.

Mike Stafford said:

...P.S. Did you know that the more times you hit a scorpion with a shovel the flatter it gets?

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I did not know that. Apparently the LA Times and fuzzy slipper work, too.

Paul Douglass said:

Could have been somebody's pet that got away. Did you check it for a collar?

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I had a pet scorpion (about half this size) years ago while working on a remote job in NM. Caught it in the job trailer, kept it in a jar and fed it spiders every few days. It was cool watching it attack and eat the spider.

Jonathan Shively said:

I'll bet they splatter when shot with a 410 also!

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That's overkill, man. BB gun. More sporting, plus less collateral damage indoors. I used to do a lot of cockroach hunting in my younger days.

Dave Hawksford said:

Is that one of them California narking spiders.

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Nah dude, they're little bitty land lobsters. We've got 'em all over the place out west. Battered and deep fried, they're delicious. Ask the guy in Ken's video.