Thread: Giant Centipede Attack:

Woke up to the sounds of screams two mornings ago...Missus surprised a foot-long centipede in the kitchen...I had to get dressed, so her sister, who was staying the night downstairs, responded first, and clubbed the bstrd's head flat..

Yesterday morning, next door neighbour, who gets up early every morning (4:00am), wandered into the bathroom and stepped on one the same size...
It showed no mercy...struck him 3 times before he "woke up"...But he's a tough old guy (Thai Vietnam vet)...When I saw him later, he had his lower leg clamped in a tourniquet, waiting for his ride to the hospital...more embarrassed than anything...

But these are wicked looking fckers...especially when they are large...and apparently the bite is quite painful...

are they the armour plated looking motherfuckers?




withnallstokes been bit by one of them. nasty

Yep...that's the one...

I had an old mirror outside and I moved it today and felt something biting on my finger when I was carrying it.

I turned it around and was looking at a 12 inch long Dokgar.

Bastard scared the shit out of me but I didn't drop the mirror.

^Calm and coolheaded...as usual...

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

Yep...that's the one...

i met a farang monk years ago and he reckons they are the most aggressive creatures he's come across. he said where most creatures, snakes etc... will try to avoid you at all costs these critters will go out of their way to have a pop at you. how accurate that is i don't know.

Most aggressive critters I have come across:

1. Red Ants (Mot Dang)
2. Australian Tiger Snake.
3. DoKgars.
4. Funnel web spiders.
5. Any dog that is guarding a young baby.
6. Leeches.

i meant to say in thailand.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Most aggressive critters I have come across:

1. Red Ants (Mot Dang)
2. Australian Tiger Snake.
3. DoKgars.
4. Funnel web spiders.
5. Any dog that is guarding a young baby.
6. Leeches.

who lets a dog guard their baby?

Originally Posted by alwarner

who lets a dog guard their baby?

Some dogs are very protective of it's families children.

I had a golden retriever and nobody could go anywhere my wife or children if I was not around.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Originally Posted by alwarner

who lets a dog guard their baby?

Some dogs are very protective of it's families children.

I had a golden retriever and nobody could go anywhere my wife or children if I was not around.

oh right; see what you mean now.

Originally Posted by alwarner

who lets a dog guard their baby?

i do ...i never ostrisized the dog when the baby came along, they grew up together and were great mates..[bully/cattle cross] no one got near me daughter while that old dog was around..R.I.P. GERTRUDE

What's a Dokgar ?


One of these ?

he means the mother fucker centipedes. vicious as fuk. cut ones head off once still moved for three days

Takharb I remeber them being called. they compress if trod on and if you get the wrong end the will swing round and bite you.

I once found one in my 18 month old (at the time) baby bottle sterilisation kit. shit my self. but punishment was dealt. Hard work too.

look at this cnut

If it was one of these, then they're armless. Loads of legs, but armless.

That's a millipede not a centipede. The will curl up into a circle if disturbed. We had them in Africa when I was a kid.... we called them chongololos. Harmless.

thats a millipede; harmless, just curl up

Originally Posted by robuzo

I don't think he does, I think he means "duk-gaa," the Tokay gecko. Those things will go for you if they feel threatened. I saw one put a hurting on a meter-long tree snake.

not what the title suggests

Originally Posted by superman

If it was one of these, then they're armless. Loads of legs, but armless.

didnt see the joke

Originally Posted by Mr Orange

thats a millipede; harmless, just curl up

Originally Posted by robuzo

I don't think he does, I think he means "duk-gaa," the Tokay gecko. Those things will go for you if they feel threatened. I saw one put a hurting on a meter-long tree snake.

not what the title suggests

The OP isn't LT. The word for "centipede" in Thai isn't even close to "dokgar," more like "mangpong." Hard to imagine someone holding onto a mirror with a 12-inch centipede sinking its fangs into their finger, unless LT is an even harder man than legend has it.

Had one of those evil twats crawl over my chest while sleeping on koh chang. I screamed like a bitch and stayed outside till the morning. Them and spiders, no thank you.

Not a "killer" but it would hurt.

^ Yeah...just a little fcker...not impressive at all...

The one in Mr. Orange's vid doesn't look all that aggressive. Runs away after being prodded instead of going for the throat.

Unless of course this is some devious trick and it doubles back to get a good bite after nightfall...

The bite off those bastards is pretty nasty.
I got bit on the back of my neck whilst asleep - the bite woke me up.
My shoulders and neck were paralysed and i found it difficult to breathe, but both effects only lasted about twenty minutes.
The breathing difficulty wasn't helped by me panicking because i had been (wrongly) missinformed that the bites could be fatal.
I had a lump about the size of half an egg on my neck for a couple of days, but no lasting damage.