Girl Gets Stung By Scorpion In Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is the store that has pretty much everything. Because of the high volume of products and food that come through their doors every day a few things can get lost in the fray. This includes a few unwanted pests.
Over the weekend a family was shopping for some food for their Memorial Day weekend when their 12 year old daughter was bitten by a scorpion while trying to grab one of the many watermelons for sale. Megan Templeton, of Barboursville, was taken to the hospital as a precaution but later released. Her father, William Templeton, said the pain was a little worse than a bee sting.
He initially did not believe his daughter when she said she had been stung by a scorpion, but then he saw the it scurry underneath a box. It was captured by Wal-Mart employees. Most of the nearly 2,000 kinds of scorpions are not dangerous to humans. Richard Coyle, senior director of international affairs for Wal-Mart, said store employees believe the problem was with a single shipment of watermelons.
“We are very concerned,” he said. “This is a very rare incident. When I spoke with the store manager, she said in her 17 years she had never heard of something like this.”