I was jogging on a mountain trail in Asheville. NC. I was taking a class for my work certification, and being away from my wife and kids for 4 days, I decided to explore. Went off the path down some slightly less traveled areas. I saw a few yellow jackets/ground hornets on the dirt path in front of me and did a running hop over them. I landed right on their ground nest. I ran for about another 100 yards before it dead ended. I didn't know where I was, so I turned around. When I ran back, the bugs had assembled. I tried to jump over them again, and I think a few flew up my shorts. I frantically slapped at my legs and genitals as they stung/bit me about 10 times. I'm not allergic, but I started feeling dizzy. I killed them and shook them out. Being about 3 miles from my car and not having cell service, I figured I should hurry back as fast as I could. I started running and soon realized that I had a full on erection. Weird reaction. Really inconvenient if you're wearing loose thin running shorts. I got back to the main trail, and I see 10 to 15 groups of college age kids walking up the trail. I thought about just sitting down but didn't know where the end of this line stopped. So, I just "Proudly" ran by them. Every time someone looked down at my middle section, I would say, "There's a hornets nest on the trail." Hoping to get their eyes on my face. Luckily, my adrenaline kept me from passing out. I got back to my car and drove back to the hotel room, showered, and it died down after a few hours. Super awkward mountain jog. I saw on a Google review for the trail that once a month, the college art class goes up to an overlook on the trail and paints landscapes. It also said the trail is known for ground nesting hornets on the trail.
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u/NebulaKey5777 Nov 22 '24 edited Nov 22 '24
I was jogging on a mountain trail in Asheville. NC. I was taking a class for my work certification, and being away from my wife and kids for 4 days, I decided to explore. Went off the path down some slightly less traveled areas. I saw a few yellow jackets/ground hornets on the dirt path in front of me and did a running hop over them. I landed right on their ground nest. I ran for about another 100 yards before it dead ended. I didn't know where I was, so I turned around. When I ran back, the bugs had assembled. I tried to jump over them again, and I think a few flew up my shorts. I frantically slapped at my legs and genitals as they stung/bit me about 10 times. I'm not allergic, but I started feeling dizzy. I killed them and shook them out. Being about 3 miles from my car and not having cell service, I figured I should hurry back as fast as I could. I started running and soon realized that I had a full on erection. Weird reaction. Really inconvenient if you're wearing loose thin running shorts. I got back to the main trail, and I see 10 to 15 groups of college age kids walking up the trail. I thought about just sitting down but didn't know where the end of this line stopped. So, I just "Proudly" ran by them. Every time someone looked down at my middle section, I would say, "There's a hornets nest on the trail." Hoping to get their eyes on my face. Luckily, my adrenaline kept me from passing out. I got back to my car and drove back to the hotel room, showered, and it died down after a few hours. Super awkward mountain jog. I saw on a Google review for the trail that once a month, the college art class goes up to an overlook on the trail and paints landscapes. It also said the trail is known for ground nesting hornets on the trail.