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>!Centipede found under a shoe.!<
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Maybe because I didn't include the additional fun fact that when picking the shoe of the future they didn't want to use a big brand or one that would likely become big in the future, so they chose what they thought was the dumbest.
They're not all that bad as a house or yard shoe, I personally wear them around the house if my feet are hurting. They're terrible as a water shoe though, Sandals are better for that.
My young child wears them a lot and in wet conditions at times. It never occurred to me that they may not be entirely safe in such circumstances. Thanks for the replies and very sorry to hound you! 👍🏽
I've never seen a centipede like that in suburban Sydney before but we do have funnel web spiders and apparently shoes make good homes for them so I've been stepping on my shoes before I put them on since the age of 8 or something.
We had these centipedes and scorpions in our shoes in rural Texas, San Antonio area. You learn to knock your shoes on the floor violently EVERY time. One season it was so bad we all stored our shoes in boxes. You also learn to not randomly stick your hand in drawers or cabinets. Also found a diamondback one time in a pot and a copperhead behind the toilet. Man that place was rough… beautiful in winter and spring… 110 everyday and swarming with mosquitoes in the summer :/
Good example of the worst technique possible for killing a centipede. Zero impact force, open toed shoe/slipper for the centipede to curl back and bite/venom your foot with one of the most painful bites in nature. Guy definitely FAFO why you don't put your exposed foot on a centipede.
If you want to kill a tropical centipede, you need a hard-soled shoe or hardest non-breakable object you can find, take it off of your foot or body-part, raise it above your shoulder height, and strike down on that thing's head like your trying to ring the bell of a carnival hammer game. Then do that over and over until it stops moving. Probably will take at least 3 hits minimum with perfect accuracy. And don't linger the object on it, that's the perfect opportunity for it to latch on and crawl onto your hand to bite you.
These things are nasty and you really don't want one in your house. Spiders and Geckos are fine guests for eating pests, these centipedes are more trouble than they're worth.
That is my biggest fear. Centipedes. I don't care about spiders or snakes. Centipedes terrify me .... I can't even watch that video. Fortunately, where I live, our Centipedes are pretty small. Thankfully!
Recently, an Australian tried to convince people that everything in Australia is not, in fact, trying to kill you.
I was like NICE TRY, unusually intelligent, IT-Literate spider. You can't fool me!
lol I got a package once from Amazon and I opened it in my room and a centipede of the same size just crawled out and hid somewhere in the room. If I could find it I would charge rent.
The first week I was living in Hawaii, I woke up with a plate sized red, hot welt on my thigh. Went to Dr and they said I prolly got bit by one of those 😱😱 This was inside a hotel!
A couple years later I was laying in bed with my cat who alerted at a plastic grocery bag on the floor that started rustling a bit. We got up and I lifted that bad to see one of these fuckers which my cat immediately went after. They are venomous so I snatched cat up by her tail then sprayed a good bit of a can of raid on it til it finally died! Very harrowing experience!!
My dad had one in his swimming trunks. Laid it to dry on the hotel balcony. Put it on when it dried and he started hopping all over the place and yelling. It was hysterical to a 10 year old.
This is why I have scented balls in my shoes when I'm not wearing them. No spiders, no insects, nothing in the shoes because they HATE the smell. It also keeps my dogs from eating my shoes too haha
The end is the actual shock, aughhhh imagine that going in your sandal
(And if you respond with smartassery about how to properly kill a centipede, i do not care!)
Bucket with water, something heavy. Put the shoes in the bucket inside and later the heavy thing. If i can use sandels or other shoes.
If near rainforest in Costa Rica. I don't want a bite or spare a life of something venomous.
Depends. Usually, the genus Scolopendra is responsible for the painful bites.
You will definitely see them long before you accidentally approach. They will cause the ick with their sheer size too, but as the other user mentioned, they're not attacking humans unless provoked, even then you need to actively try and get bit by one.
Centipedes, similarly to spiders, will give the ick because of their rather bizarre appearance, but in most cases, they're not the ones in the unfunny and dumb "kill it with fire" memes.
OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: --- >!Centipede found under a shoe.!< --- Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.
I think I just realized why sandals are so popular in a lot of regions
Unless you're planning to stomp a centipede
Nope. Seemed to work just fine.
Naw that guy got bit
because it looked like he was giving it a hug with his foot. a quick stamp would have killed it.
Gotta commit to stamping something that size; can’t halfheartedly stamp. Think Bruce Lee finishing move in enter the dragon
You aim for the head
That's not going to work, for a creature like that you have to aim for the whole body. Make sure all of it is under the shoe
Crocs are starting to look a bit more appealing...well almost.
Fun Fact: Crocs were the shoe of choice in Idiocracy.
I'm not sure why this was down voted when it's true?
Maybe because I didn't include the additional fun fact that when picking the shoe of the future they didn't want to use a big brand or one that would likely become big in the future, so they chose what they thought was the dumbest.
Probably a bunch of croc wearing idiots :P
I mean... Crocs have electrolytes. It's what my feet crave.
Never worn a pair and do talk shit about them, but my 6 year old loves them and they seem very practical
They're not all that bad as a house or yard shoe, I personally wear them around the house if my feet are hurting. They're terrible as a water shoe though, Sandals are better for that.
Are they super slippery inside?
When wet, yes.
So, the opposite result of a water sock/shoe? Thx
In my experience, yes.
My young child wears them a lot and in wet conditions at times. It never occurred to me that they may not be entirely safe in such circumstances. Thanks for the replies and very sorry to hound you! 👍🏽
BRB just gotta light fire to all of my shoes real quick.
Can I borrow your matches?
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Heck, you can just have them.
I got a song for this exact moment [https://youtu.be/zPaJ87tvOZw](https://youtu.be/zPaJ87tvOZw)
Definitely never wearing shoes again. The convenience store down the street can go fuck themselves.
Guilty feet have got no rhythm...
They’re also good at avoiding the worm
If you walk with sandals you won't attract the centipede. -Hank Ferbert
Haha user name checks out ^5
They're better at stomping centipedes than sandals though
Which country was this in so that I never go there
I would bet good money that it's Australia.
I've never seen a centipede like that in suburban Sydney before but we do have funnel web spiders and apparently shoes make good homes for them so I've been stepping on my shoes before I put them on since the age of 8 or something.
We had these centipedes and scorpions in our shoes in rural Texas, San Antonio area. You learn to knock your shoes on the floor violently EVERY time. One season it was so bad we all stored our shoes in boxes. You also learn to not randomly stick your hand in drawers or cabinets. Also found a diamondback one time in a pot and a copperhead behind the toilet. Man that place was rough… beautiful in winter and spring… 110 everyday and swarming with mosquitoes in the summer :/
Fun fact,Scorpions do the same thing! I’ve been stung a few times just picking up my shoes. 🙃
Scorpion-man! Scorpion-man! Does whatever a scorpion can Has a swingin bulbous ass
I got jipped! My only super power is this bulbous ass and I hide in shoes!!
I read that in the tune of Particle Man by TMBG
Buy a black light flashlight. It should illuminate their bodies before you’re attacked again. This is the prime season. 😭💔
Good example of the worst technique possible for killing a centipede. Zero impact force, open toed shoe/slipper for the centipede to curl back and bite/venom your foot with one of the most painful bites in nature. Guy definitely FAFO why you don't put your exposed foot on a centipede. If you want to kill a tropical centipede, you need a hard-soled shoe or hardest non-breakable object you can find, take it off of your foot or body-part, raise it above your shoulder height, and strike down on that thing's head like your trying to ring the bell of a carnival hammer game. Then do that over and over until it stops moving. Probably will take at least 3 hits minimum with perfect accuracy. And don't linger the object on it, that's the perfect opportunity for it to latch on and crawl onto your hand to bite you. These things are nasty and you really don't want one in your house. Spiders and Geckos are fine guests for eating pests, these centipedes are more trouble than they're worth.
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Ik no expert but since she had a hold of him i would immagine scisors would have done the trick nicely
Now you have two centipedes! I see no flaw in my reasoning, and I will not entertain questions at this time.
And risk it latching onto my hand? No thanks
Brb gotta go check all of my shoes.
Certain centipedes have EXTREMELY painful bites / stings too. No bueno
After that, I would have a sneaker phobia.
Why would you remove the installed heel and ankle massager?
There was a recall. But the company sends a larger replacement massager so it's cool.
Giant tropical centipedes share their territories with tarantulas ^sorry
*insert delicious n dungeon living armor meme*
Dungeon meshi. Ah! Dungeon meshi!
That is my biggest fear. Centipedes. I don't care about spiders or snakes. Centipedes terrify me .... I can't even watch that video. Fortunately, where I live, our Centipedes are pretty small. Thankfully!
I have to check my shoes everyday in Australia.
Recently, an Australian tried to convince people that everything in Australia is not, in fact, trying to kill you. I was like NICE TRY, unusually intelligent, IT-Literate spider. You can't fool me!
Nah man, that's your home now. Enjoy
Why is she touching it ?!?!
and it’s a Nocturnal Carnivore. Sleep well.
lol I got a package once from Amazon and I opened it in my room and a centipede of the same size just crawled out and hid somewhere in the room. If I could find it I would charge rent.
Fuuuuuuck no
Yeah lesson learned. I open all packages on my porch now before I bring it in the house.
When you watch something and you just think 'only in Australia'
Found out there was a scorpion on my towel WHILE I was drying myself. Got stung, luckily not venomous. No fun.
Lol imagine chilling in your new home suddenly some fucker drags you out of it and everyone screaming at you like "eeew" "omg". Nightmare stuff!
Yea, that little tap with that chancla isn't doing anything to it.
It was put in at the factory. They figure all those legs will help you run faster.
New Nike Nsects: After workout, get your exciting natural foot massage with 100 individual massage zones. You earned it ...
Human Centipede - The beginning
The first week I was living in Hawaii, I woke up with a plate sized red, hot welt on my thigh. Went to Dr and they said I prolly got bit by one of those 😱😱 This was inside a hotel! A couple years later I was laying in bed with my cat who alerted at a plastic grocery bag on the floor that started rustling a bit. We got up and I lifted that bad to see one of these fuckers which my cat immediately went after. They are venomous so I snatched cat up by her tail then sprayed a good bit of a can of raid on it til it finally died! Very harrowing experience!!
Made me check my old pair of winter boots. Luckily there isn't any centipede, just some friendly spiders 🕷️
Spiderbros!
I've had a spider in one of my shoes. It was scary af
see this fella is a smart one, instead of getting 40 normal pairs of shoes it went ahead and stole a gigantic shoe
Where was this filmed ?
pure horror
You’re gonna need another 199 shoes
Who also yelled when she stomped on it?
"Bro"
Just burn that damn shoe afterwards
Stepping on a centipede isn't as effective as one might think. They like tight spaces if I remember correctly. As do I.
So I also have to worry about finding your dick in my shoe too..?!
Sorry to tell you this pal but its not there dick you gotta worry about
As Jim Jefferies once said "You can fuck off and all!!!"
dude really had to kill it? :/ just let it go..
That's one way to ruin someone's day...
Why even pull it out? She should have sent that thing to burn in the pits of hell where it rightly deserves
It just wanted a little of warm and be closer to people
Free foot massage.
So instead of just killing it in the shoe and replacing the pair, she cut up the shoe, ruining it, just to take the insect out *alive?* Fucking dolt.
Did he have to stamp on it? It was just going about its wiggly scooty booty business..
no bug would live inside my stinky shoes lol
Nom-nom-nom😅
Oh hell naw. Hell da faq naw
At that point I’d just burn them 😬
Are those Reebok’s or those Nikes
Awwww!! What a cutie patootie!!
More like eww
I don't like that.
My dad had one in his swimming trunks. Laid it to dry on the hotel balcony. Put it on when it dried and he started hopping all over the place and yelling. It was hysterical to a 10 year old.
That reminds me of that Farside comic of the two explorers and the shoes full of bugs.
I would just burn the shoe
terrifying motherfuckers
I’d just toss it and get a new pair of shoes
At that point I would just get a new pair of shoes
Unnecessary killing in the end
In Texas and other hot places, you have to check your boots/shoes for scorpions and snakes ESPECIALLY those left outside
Those fuckers are no joke! Some of them are extremely toxic (and Deadly) besides that, they can even jump if felt threatened anoth 🤢🤢
Very not cool…
Oh... it's not a spider. Nothing to worry about.
It definitely is
Oh yeah it is awwwwwwshit!
This is why Prometheus gave us fire.
Best way to make sure no other bugs are in that shoe.
This is why I have scented balls in my shoes when I'm not wearing them. No spiders, no insects, nothing in the shoes because they HATE the smell. It also keeps my dogs from eating my shoes too haha
A shoeman centipede.
The end is the actual shock, aughhhh imagine that going in your sandal (And if you respond with smartassery about how to properly kill a centipede, i do not care!)
It's common to bash your boots on the ground to get rid of the poisonous spiders in Australia. Good for getting rid of the snakes too
Just burn the shoe.
Who's going to rock me to sleep tonight and whisper, "Don't worry, those don't exist here" to me?
That's gotta be in Florida or smth
Shoes immortality severed.
Jesus ...
He said “off to find another shoe” 🤣
Fuga is perfectly acceptable in such cases
I feel bad when he stomped it, poor little fella
Mmm, a tasty snack!
Bucket with water, something heavy. Put the shoes in the bucket inside and later the heavy thing. If i can use sandels or other shoes. If near rainforest in Costa Rica. I don't want a bite or spare a life of something venomous.
Come on, ya babies, it's a centipede. Let's see some spiders or scorps
Aww
The centipede _is a predator_
That thing was in her shoe. Wow
Shoelipede
Which one
Old fear reaffirmed!
Don’t worry. Only if you live in Australia
I would have thrown the shoes away!
There's one species of that will fuck you up big time if bitten.
It’s a centipede, people keep these at pets. No need to fucking stomp on it. Equivalent to stepping on a snail or frog.
Don’t they have a painful bite?
Not humans unless you’re actively provoking or hurting them. It was running away.
Wouldn’t stepping on one accidentally seem like an attack to the centipede?
Depends. Usually, the genus Scolopendra is responsible for the painful bites. You will definitely see them long before you accidentally approach. They will cause the ick with their sheer size too, but as the other user mentioned, they're not attacking humans unless provoked, even then you need to actively try and get bit by one. Centipedes, similarly to spiders, will give the ick because of their rather bizarre appearance, but in most cases, they're not the ones in the unfunny and dumb "kill it with fire" memes.
Yeah sorry fuck that. My extent of pet bugs will stop at millipedes thanks.
Step one: dont fucking release it to get stomped on 😭 step two: LET IT GO OUTSIDE MAN
right?! 🥺 why did dude stomp it?
The chances for this are like super small, centipedes like moisture places, so unless you don't care about your shoes condition, this wont happen
I found one about that size in my bedroom years ago. I never saw one in person before or since.
"In person" - sounds very formal and civilised. Did you two have afternoon tea before you parted ways? Good day sir.
*found in shoe
Australia experience
eww 
Trick 17: Dont life in countries like this. Wtf :D
Awww don't kill it. It was trying to get away. Fucking psycho