He’s having a real stroke of bad luck.
A 21-year-old Australian man has been bitten by a venomous spider on his penis – for the second time in five months, according to a report.
“I’m the most unlucky guy in the country at the moment,” the man who only identified himself as Jordan told the BBC.
Jordan, a tradesman, was using a portable toilet at a work-site building in Sydney Tuesday when the redback spider bit him on “pretty much the same spot” he was bitten the first time in the same location while going to the bathroom.
“I was sitting on the toilet doing my business and just felt the sting that I felt the first time,” he told the BBC. “I was like, ‘I can’t believe it’s happened again.’ I looked down and I’ve seen a few little legs come from around the rim.”
Jordan said that he’s been more cautious since being bit on his manhood the first time and even looked under the toilet seat before sitting down this time around.
“After the first time it happened I didn’t really want to use one again,” said Jordan, who decided to take his chances anyway.
“Toilets got cleaned that day and I thought it was my opportunity to go use one,” he said. “[I] had a look under both seats and then I sat down [and] did my business. Next thing you know, I’m bent over in pain.”
His co-workers took him to the hospital, but were less sympathetic to him this time than the first time a spider masticated him, Jordan said, according to the BBC.
“They got worried the first time,” he said. “This time they were making jokes before I was getting in the car.”
Jordan was treated and released from the hospital and said he would return to work soon, but will likely be avoiding the portable toilet.
“I think I’ll be holding on for dear life to be honest,” he said.
Redback spiders are native to Australia and their bites, which cause severe pain and nausea, can be deadly. However, no fatalities have occurred since anti-venom was produced in Australia in the 1950s.