Las Vegas hotel guest stung on testicles by scorpion while sleeping: ‘Felt like sharp glass’
March 5, 2024
Michael Farchi, who lives in California, took this photo as evidence of the scorpion that stung his testicles at The Venetian in Las Vegas.
That’s gotta sting.
A man has revealed he was stung on his testicles by a scorpion while sleeping in his Las Vegas hotel room.
Michael Farchi, who lives in California, encountered the unwanted visitor in his bed while staying at The Venetian back on Dec. 26, KLAS 8 News Now reported.
“I just felt like somebody stabbing me in my private area,” Farchi said of the nightmare moment the eight-legged parasite latched on.
“It felt like a sharp glass or a knife.”
Farchi, who had been staying at the Sin City resort — where rooms average around $400 a night — with his family at the time, immediately went to the bathroom to search for the source of the excruciating pain.
Rooms at the luxury Las Vegas resort can range from $250 to a whopping $2,500 per night
In one of the photos, the poisonous creature was attached to Farchi's blue pair of Reebok boxers, standing up his claims of the biting incident
“I went to the restroom and I saw a scorpion hanging on my underwear,” he said.
He snapped several photos of the bright orange creature dangling from his briefs before heading to the hospital because he was in a “lot of pain.”
“Everybody was in shock, nobody believed,” he said. “Even I couldn’t believe it.”
Farchi, who filed a complaint with the hotel before checking out, said staff comped his room in the aftermath, but he is now considering legal action. It is not known how the scorpion got into his room in the first place.
A rep for The Venetian issued a statement, saying: “The resort has protocols for all incidents and we can confirm they were followed in this incident.”
1 comment:
People do a lot of walking in Las Vegas. That scorpion could have been picked up anywhere on his pants cuffs. Maybe it came with him in his luggage. He's walking and talking and received medical treatment. A comped suite at the Venetian is not bad. Mrs. Adelson, the owner doesn't give away money. He's got a sore nut. Take a couple of Benadryl and rub some salve on it. Have a good time in Vegas! (ABC)
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