Everyone fears waking up in the middle of the night to a creature crawling across your body, or the feeling of it creeping its way across the back of your neck.
For unlucky resident, Zack Hinschen, that’s exactly what happened, but it wasn’t a spider like many my think.
“I awoke to something landing on the back of my shirt collar, on my neck,” Zack said.
“I went to grab it and felt a hard insect of some sort, had a little panic, slipped off my shirt and then reached for my phone to get some light.
“My initial thought was a leaf insect or grasshopper, but I was a bit shocked to see a scorpion.”
After putting it in a container, Zack spent the next hour checking to guarantee it was still inside.
In the morning, and after seeing it in the daylight he was no longer scared and infact, began to pity the insect.
“I felt bad for it and let it go in the bush, beside the yard,” he explained.
The scorpion found was likely a Rainforest Scorpion which are commonly found in Queensland rainforests.
The scorpion is venomous and, if a human gets stung they can expect to be in some pain for a few hours, but it is not fatal.
Zack was lucky not to be stung that fateful night.
Scorpion captured by Zack Hinschen. Photo supplied
