Have to go with the ground hornet too don't know the fancy name. Was camping with parents 50 some years ago in a state park in the finger lakes area of New York. Was out picking up firewood, the ground was made of assorted slabs of a rock piled on each other. I stepped on on and it tipped it was the top of one of their nests.
They covered me like a blanket, I dropped the wood and by pure luck ran towards the water. And into the water and went under before I knew what I was doing. I moved a little ways away and came up, there were a couple hanging around and they had to be killed as they wouldn't stop.
Can't say if I screamed at all, or like a little girl as they stung the inside of my mouth when it was open!
It took over 40 minutes to get to the closest hospital, And the doctor another hour to get there.
My father grab him by the shirt collar and picked up off the floor! The Doctor said wait a minute, Your son will be ok as you said it was over 40 minutes since he was stung. He then told us that in about 20/25 minutes, if the person isn't dead they are out of danger!
The nurses were dabbing something on each sting, the counted over 179. When the doctor told them to just paint it on me. Hurt like hell for a couple of days.
Was a hell of a way to start a 4 week vacation road trip that year, for a 13 year old.
He said that it was no indication that I might not have problems in the future. I have been stung on a number of occasions and also watch out for signs of any symptoms and so far nothing.
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