He nearly stung me

You forgot to attach the picture! I do that, too. When I lived in the desert we had scorpions and all kinds of harmful things. I got stung by one once and got sleepy, took a nap, and that was that. Most scorpions aren't poisonous to humans, or at least the venom won't hurt you. It just stings like heck! I used to have to shake my shoes in the morning or if they had sat for awhile. It did not matter if I put them on a shelf because scorpions are good climbers. It's easy for scorpions to get into your house, they can squeeze into the such small spaces. Keep your bed away from the wall, that's about all you can do. The good news is that scorpions generally avoid humans if at all possible. Don't worry so much about them crawling into your bed because they can smell you and want to stay away. I'm sorry you have this worry. Try to plug up all the nooks and crannies that you can find around windows, floors and ceilings.

I was stung by a scorpion when I was a teen, and it hurt REALLY bad, and I'm allergic to ant stings because of it

When I was 11 we moved into a new, just built, house in my home town in Texas. We had scorpions showing up for quite some time after that. One night someone left a glass out on the sink in the kitchen after getting some water and the next morning there was a scorpion in it. My sister went to go to bed one night and there was one on her bed; my dad got stung by it under his thumb nail when he was catching it. But the one that came close to me was one night when I got back out of bed because my parents were laughing so hard at something on the TV and I went in to watch also and was wearing my pajamas. After about 30 minutes, I felt something tickling the hair on my leg and almost without looking I leaned down swiped at my leg and knocked a scorpion off that had been crawling up my leg. I wasn't stung though. Fortunately they quit showing up in the house after maybe a year or two; I don't remember for sure.

I don't see any picture. My girlfriend was living in Oklahoma with a new baby years ago now. She blindly reached in to the closest to get a diaper off the shelf and touched something weird. She looked in and it was a scorpion. They quite often travel with a one or two others. Ugh!

Wow this is so scary! You were lucky to look down when you did. I am so glad you did so you weren't struck by a scorpion. I don't know maybe you should get some traps or somethign? Do they make those?! I have no idea, just thinking aloud!

:O scorpions!!! ZOMG!! The closest I've ever been to a scorpion is when I read about them in a book, but since then I've always not liked them. Cause in the book I read, it stung a baby and the baby it so sick and had convulsions and was almost dying but no one wanted to help them because they were poor and yes the book's title is "the pearl" by John Steinbeck. Hah, I'm out of context again. Sorry about that. Scorpions are insects right? Maybe the conventional "off" lotion works for them too? Or maybe put a sign in your room saying "no scorpions allowed." maybe they'd knock first, at least you'd be polite shooing them away. :|.. Hmm.. I know, why don't you breed something that eats the scorpions and keep it as pet... Whatever animal that is, I'm sure it'd be cool. It might even get on tv, you know the "worlds weirdest pets" omg! That would be so awesome. :D

Oh uh, that's scary. I saw scopions in real and though they are small- their looks is scary enough. The black color , two claws and the poisonous tail scared me a lot. Thanks that you were able to escape from it's sting...take extra care.