Scorpion Shocks Edina Woman on Front Porch

An Edina woman had an unexpected encounter with an eight-legged visitor recently, when a scorpion came crawling onto the porch of her home.

Kelly Sheehan told the Edina Sun-Current she was talking on her phone one day when she found herself face-to-face with a scorpion.

"I looked down and a scorpion was coming toward my foot," she told the local paper. "I started screaming bloody murder."

The Sun-Current reports Sheehan's husband Dan killed the arthropod with a shovel. They've since placed the 2.5-inch creature into their freezer, in case people who hear the story don't believe her tale.

Check out the full story on the Sun-Current's website, including comments from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources regarding the state's scorpion population.

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