I was tagged 4 times and then crashed into my 57 chevy

[swampratt]

Yep that about sums it up.

Red Wasps.
I was cutting some low hanging branches on some cedar trees.
It was the end of the day and I thought I can cut a few more.

I drove down the trail I just mowed and thought That limb I just passed is a bit low so i get out of the 57 and leave the door open.
Grab the saw from the back and twist in my extension handle and walk to the cedar ans begin cutting the limb.

8 seconds in and something tagged me on my neck I reach up and grabbed it and crushed it in my hands and tossed it to the ground.
A RED WASP!.
I stepped forward 3 feet to crush it into the ground with my boot.
Well that put me right under the wasp nest.

I got swarmed and they began stinging my arms and i took off running and flailing my arms to shuck them off of me.

Not looking where I was going I ran right into the opened driver door of the 57 Chevy car.
My left knee clobbered the the door where the lock latch is and the upper part of the door tried breaking my ribs.

Hit so fast and hard I buckled over the edge of the door and left foot was off the ground and I spun around and off the door right to the ground.

Hurt so bad i could not even run away I had to pull my hat off and stay put and fight the red suckers off.
Once I could muster a limp I went back and got my saw out of the limb.

I will return and finish that cutting job and finish 4 nests of red wasps I know of.

One good thing came from this.
Last time a red got me I got a bunch of blisters come up on my back like 20 or more the size of a cut in 1/2 ping pong ball.

I got all itchy inside my skin also.

I chewed up some Benadryl and took off running.
This round of reds did not send my body into anaphylaxis shock Nice to know.

Video of that would have been hilarious.

 

[Wojownik]

I got stung 10 times by the black and yellow paper wasps around a month ago. Didn’t have a shirt on and they got me on my stomach and both arms. I didn’t realize I was stung that many times until the swelling went down. It definitely wasn’t fun.

 

[GlockPride]

As long as you didn’t hurt Ol’ ‘57, we are all good.

 

[Shinneryfarmer]

As long as you didn’t hurt Ol’ ‘57, we are all good.

That thing is made outta real metal, don't expect he hurt it any. Maybe him but not the '57.

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

OK... I laughed at your story. Sorry, it's not funny. But it is. Sounds exactly like something that would happen to me. Except the no blood part. I usually bleed for one reason or another. Glad you didn't have a reaction this time.

 

[John6185]

I was cutting weeds a few years back and was stung on the ankle. I started toward the house and started getting dizzy but I made it in and collapsed. Blood pressure dropped to 60/40 and I managed to give myself an anaphylaxis shot in the thigh, ambulance came and I was transported to the hospital, observed and released.
Since then I have underwent a series of weekly injections at the Okla Allergy Clinic and have been stung once without adverse effects. I didn’t know RedWasps had hives under the ground.
Now, I don’t know what would happen if I were stung so many years have passed.

 

[Snattlerake]

Yep that about sums it up.

Red Wasps.
I was cutting some low hanging branches on some cedar trees.
It was the end of the day and I thought I can cut a few more.

I drove down the trail I just mowed and thought That limb I just passed is a bit low so i get out of the 57 and leave the door open.
Grab the saw from the back and twist in my extension handle and walk to the cedar ans begin cutting the limb.

8 seconds in and something tagged me on my neck I reach up and grabbed it and crushed it in my hands and tossed it to the ground.
A RED WASP!.
I stepped forward 3 feet to crush it into the ground with my boot.
Well that put me right under the wasp nest.

I got swarmed and they began stinging my arms and i took off running and flailing my arms to shuck them off of me.

Not looking where I was going I ran right into the opened driver door of the 57 Chevy car.
My left knee clobbered the the door where the lock latch is and the upper part of the door tried breaking my ribs.

Hit so fast and hard I buckled over the edge of the door and left foot was off the ground and I spun around and off the door right to the ground.

Hurt so bad i could not even run away I had to pull my hat off and stay put and fight the red suckers off.
Once I could muster a limp I went back and got my saw out of the limb.

I will return and finish that cutting job and finish 4 nests of red wasps I know of.

One good thing came from this.
Last time a red got me I got a bunch of blisters come up on my back like 20 or more the size of a cut in 1/2 ping pong ball.

I got all itchy inside my skin also.

I chewed up some Benadryl and took off running.
This round of reds did not send my body into anaphylaxis shock Nice to know.

Video of that would have been hilarious.

Video of that would have been hilarious.

Precisely what I was thinking.

 

[dennishoddy]

Good to hear you didn't go into shock. The wife has to go to the ER every time she gets bit by the red devils.

 

[RETOKSQUID]

Dayum! You have luck like the rest of us who have a human size hamster ball in our future.

 

[Big House]

The legend...Swampratt. He has survived.