Student finds live scorpion hiding in Shein parcel | UK News [Video]

Online shopping can deliver all sorts of surprises.

Will your new clothes look and feel as they seemed when you saw them on a screen? Or does it come packed with a live scorpion?

Sofia Alonso-Mossinger, 18, thought she’d found a toy when opening a bag of boots she’d bought from fast-fashion firm Shein. Then it moved, BBC reported.

‘I unzipped the outer packaging and saw something move and was like, what’s this?’, the electrical and electronic engineering student said.

‘I thought I was dreaming. I feel like I am all right with spiders and things but it was scary being in my room with a random scorpion.’

Sofia’s flatmate Phoebe Hunt, 18, rushed from her room at the sound of screaming, only to find Sofia with the live scorpion.

Phoebe said: ‘At first, I’ll be honest, I said we should kill it and then everyone pointed out that wasn’t the most humane thing so we scooped it …