Rail passengers en route from London to Edinburgh were delayed after a scorpion was spotted on the train.
The unexpected cargo disrupted an Virgin Trains East Coast service heading to the Scottish capital on Sunday afternoon.
Harry Horton, a passenger on the train, said he first noticed something strange when people in the seats ahead of him started standing up and retreating.
“There was something going on at the end of the carriage and I couldn’t quite see what it was,” he said. “A lot of the passengers were up on their feet. All of a sudden a couple came down to my end [and] they said there’s a scorpion on the loose.”
A guard appeared and the scorpion was returned to an ice-cream container it had been stowed in, Horton said.
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