Man VS Wild

Scorpions are one of the creepiest creatures on earth, everyone knows that. What you might not know is that they glow neon green under a black light. We came up with the idea that we should not only spot scorpions, but hunt them! The hunting party consisted of Russ, Josh and myself. As you can tell we were pretty intense about it too!

We headed out to the desert near our home. With black lights in hand we started up the mountain. It wasn't too long before we found a couple of small scorpions. Finding them is really pretty easy but catching them turned out to be more challenging. Luckily, we problem solved and Josh was able to get them into our prepared peanut butter jar (I know, high tech) by grabbing their tail with tongs. After we caught two scorpions we were feeling pretty good about our situation. We also became highly aware of other creepy crawlies there are in the dark, that don't glow under a black light! So we decided to head back to the car with scorpions in hand. All of a sudden Russell yells from behind, "oh my gosh, you have GOT to see this".

We could not believe the size of this guy, he was huge. We were freaking out to say the least. After we all got pictures with the beast, the men tried to figure out how to capture him. The Scorpion however had another idea, and quickly escaped down his tunnel. So that was the big one that got away. But to tell you the truth I'm okay with it. He gave me the heeby geebies anyways.