--- title: Man Attacked By Scorpion While Shopping for Bananas at Walmart description: Everything is horrible canonical: https://time.com/2921160/man-shopping-for-bananas-attacked-by-a-scorpion-because-nightmares-do-come-true/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-25T15:16:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:09.696Z og:title: Man Attacked by Scorpion While Shopping for Bananas at Walmart og:description: Because nightmares do come true og:url: https://time.com/2921160/man-shopping-for-bananas-attacked-by-a-scorpion-because-nightmares-do-come-true/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf04ead95066b460e/6986992ccd804d5c86ccba32/99850072.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: New Zealand Budget 2010 Preview og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Attacked by Scorpion While Shopping for Bananas at Walmart twitter:description: Because nightmares do come true twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf04ead95066b460e/6986992ccd804d5c86ccba32/99850072.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Shopping for Bananas Attacked by a Scorpion Because Nightmares Do Come True by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 25, 2014 3:16 PM UTC  AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 18: Fresh bananas are on display but prices are set to rise in the next budget announcement if GST is increased on fruit and vegetables on May 18, 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand. Finance Minister Bill English will deliver the 2010 Budget at Parliament House on March 20\. (Photo by Sandra Mu/Getty Images) AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 18: Fresh bananas are on display but prices are set to rise in the next budget announcement if GST is increased on fruit and vegetables on May 18, 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand. Finance Minister Bill English will deliver the 2010 Budget at Parliament House on March 20\. (Photo by Sandra Mu/Getty Images)Sandra Mu—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 25, 2014 3:16 PM UTC Last week, a guy in Pittsburgh was just doing his thing at Walmart, shopping for fruit and probably not expecting anything horrible to happen. But then, as he reached into a box to retrieve some bananas, a scorpion bit him. A scorpion. In Pittsburgh. Because[ everything’s the worst](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu2hzq%5FHqCk). The man, who did not wish to be identified, said he felt a pinch as something latched onto his hand, CBS Pittsburgh [reports](http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/06/18/man-pinched-by-scorpion-in-box-of-bananas-at-south-hills-wal-mart/). “I yanked my arm out and flung it, and this scorpion flopped to the ground,” he told CBS. “I was standing there in disbelief looking and there was another shopper there and people started to converge, and sure enough it was a scorpion.” He promptly threw a lid on the creature and squashed it. Then he visited a doctor. 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